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This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

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Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!

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

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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

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

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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.

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Latest Activity: May 10

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.

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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 14, 2024 at 10:44am

Comment by mariecb on February 13, 2024 at 2:57pm: Oh how fun - enjoy your time together!!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 13, 2024 at 11:15am: B,C & Oliver arrive Thursday night! I can't wait. And today my lil Oli is 9 months old ~ time sure flies!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 12, 2024 at 11:24am: Jacob94mom - ah the Navy ways....it's never easy. Keeping your son and all his shipmates in our prayers. And yes, One day closer!

Comment by mariecb on February 11, 2024 at 10:08am: Jacob94mom - your post brings back a flood of memories in my son's past deployment. Your son's service and the families sacrifice are so real, and need to be respected and appreciated by all! I will be thinking of you all with positive thoughts and prayers. Please keep us posted. Take Good Care! NMH's to you!!

Comment by Jacob94mom on February 10, 2024 at 12:44pm: Hi ladies! I can finally say Jacob is safely on the Ike and I am once again the mom of a deployed sailor. After delays, one take off and return, back and forth to the military airport, 3 times. Loading and unloading the plane. Hotel stays, (provided by military and meals) waiting for hours for busses. He and his wife and baby saying good bye 3 times. It was crazy week for sure. I got my last text from him at 1:15 Friday morning that they were flying to the ship. I’d give details, but it would be too much! lol Keep them all in your thoughts and prayers. This momma too! I’m trying not to watch the news and worry. No news is good news! And one day closer!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 9, 2024 at 11:27am

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 6, 2024 at 11:33am: Happy Tuesday!

9 days and counting until I get to see my Lil Oliver (and my son and DIL lol!).

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on January 31, 2024 at 11:12am

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on January 29, 2024 at 7:16pm: Jacob94mom - WOW! You've had a lot going on. First off I hope that your husband is recovering and feeling better! Be careful though that you don't overdo it.

And what!!!!!! Another grandbaby!!!!! OMG how exciting is that!! Boy are they going to have their hands full but in a good way lol! Ugh, the dreaded deployment.....I just don't know how families do it with littles.....man that has to be hard. I sure hope her sister can help her out. B&C haven't said anything (yet) about another. I'm pretty sure they want another but there's been no discussion of it yet - at least to us lol! If they can wait about 3 years we'll be moving back there but I don't know if they want to wait that long....we shall see....