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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!

Join groups!  Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself!  Start making friends that can last a lifetime.

Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak

All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018. 

Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)

Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC

...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.

OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind.  In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships."  OPSEC is everyone's responsibility. 

DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.  

DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."

Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

Events

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.

Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.

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EMPTYNESTERS

A place to come to for Navy Moms & Family Members who find themselves with an emptynest. A place to share our thoughts..comfort each other and give advice.

Members: 583
Latest Activity: yesterday

EMPTYNESTERS

Please, if you no longer want to be a part of N4M's consider NOT deleting your profile as everything you have ever posted will disappear when you delete it .  You can leave a group but don't permanently delete your profile!

A place to come to for Navy Moms & Family Members who find themselves with an emptynest. A place to share our thoughts..comfort each other and give advice.

RED CROSS CONTACT INFO:

In the event of an emergency within the sailor’s family, where you feel the sailor must be notified and considered for Emergency Leave, you must notify the American Red Cross through the national headquarters in Washington, DC (1-877-272-7337) or via their website www.redcross.org.

Discussion Forum

Our home officially became an empty nest on March 29th

Started by BlueMom11. Last reply by Tammy⚓️Girl Jul 27, 2021. 14 Replies

Depression of husband

Started by vivian (Ship 03, Div 021). Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Oct 9, 2019. 14 Replies

Bursting with pride BUT.........

Started by LadyPendragon. Last reply by anasazigypsy Apr 17, 2019. 24 Replies

EMERGENCY MESSAGES VIA RED CROSS

Started by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Jan 12, 2015. 0 Replies

Sending 2 off to Basic in less than 3 weeks between them

Started by k10mom (Ship 14, Division 146). Last reply by CO-TwinSalorsMom Nov 12, 2014. 8 Replies

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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on January 22, 2021 at 11:24pm

mariecb - B will be 32 in June and our youngest will be 27 in August.  I agree - how did our kids get so old lol?!

We FaceTimed with them a bit ago and B bought a bunch of "beach" type things at the Dollar Store.  He figured if they couldn't be in Hawaii he would bring Hawaii to them for her bday.....it was really cute.  And they were wearing Hawaiian shirts when we talked.  Glad they could make light of it - especially since it's 18 and feels like 4 at their house right now!  And Hawaii is 75* lol

Comment by Tammy⚓️Girl on January 22, 2021 at 9:21pm

B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN, very nice to hear happy news.  I hope we can get to see our son in CA this year.

Comment by mariecb on January 22, 2021 at 1:50pm

My oldest (former navy) turns 30 in May!  Hard to even get my head around having a child that is 30...youngest is turning 27.  It is almost a year since we got back from our Hawaii trip - hope C and wife can get there soon...never put a honeymoon on hold too long!!  :-) 

Happy Friday and week's end to all...NMH's!!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on January 22, 2021 at 1:14pm

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Hi all - Happy Friday!  Today is C's 30th birthday.  They would have have been flying to Hawaii today to celebrate their honeymoon, graduating from MSU and her birthday.  Unfortunately that trip didn't happen......On a positive note she started grad school this week and they are completely moved in to their new house.  Now if we can just figure out when we can visit them in MI! 

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Comment by Tammy⚓️Girl on January 6, 2021 at 9:56pm

B'sNukeMoMMMN, thanks for the article.  I just read it - very interesting. 

Comment by Tammy⚓️Girl on January 6, 2021 at 9:47pm

Daysleeper, our numbers are up in Maryland.  You stay safe as well.  Kudos to you for mowing neighbor's lawn.  How nice.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on January 1, 2021 at 9:41pm

Tammy_Girl - I have a discussion on here regarding RED shirt Friday.  Remember Everyone Deployed - here's the link:

Red Shirt Friday

 
 
 

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