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

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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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MINNESOTA NAVY FAMILY

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GROUP FOR FAMILIES OF MINNESOTA NAVY MEMBERS

Members: 121
Latest Activity: on Tuesday

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Comment by carol on April 13, 2013 at 9:06pm: AmyS, we're just glad you came and enjoyed yourself :)

I'm also glad that you and hopefully the others had a good drive home.

Diane, we really are glad to have met Tom. He took great pictures :) !!

Comment by AmyS on April 13, 2013 at 8:40pm: So nice to meet you all today. Even though I was on the quiet side (typical me) I had a good time. The picture turned out really nice!

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on April 13, 2013 at 5:15pm: I had planned to attend, but hubby invited friends over before he asked me. Will hopefully make it next time.

Comment by JJ on April 13, 2013 at 4:45pm: What fun! Everybody had a great time at the 2nd Annual "Everybody's Birthday". Here we are from Left to Right. Front Row: Carol, Holly and Betty. Back Row: Amanda, JJ, Ann, Diane, and Amy. (Tom not shown because he was taking the pictures!!) Thank you all for coming and we hope to see you in the future.

Comment by JJ on April 7, 2013 at 7:26pm: Welcome to the group!! Please check out the above discussion "Everybodies Birthday" for details on location and time. See you there!

Comment by carol on April 7, 2013 at 6:59pm: Great, dianejane. It will be good to meet you.

Comment by dianejane on April 7, 2013 at 6:51pm: Hi - I'm new to the Minnesota Navy Families. My son is currently at basic training. I'm going to try and make next week's lunch. I'd love to meet everyone and hear what all of your sailors are doing in the Navy. See you next week.

Comment by JJ on April 6, 2013 at 12:50pm: Hi AmyS...I am also in Coon Rapids, but Blaine is right across the street!! I am about 2 miles north of NorthTown. I have in my memory-banks that a more quite place would be better for our smaller group. We usually don't have more than 5 to 7 (sometimes more) people come at one time, but I have high hopes that more will be coming! I love the idea of a room for just us but cannot justify the extra cost. I was thinking (on Saturday) that we should have a chit-chat about a different location for future get togethers. I'll check a few places in the area. We also have moms from way South, so an every-other month (or so) the South location seems to work for them. With summer coming up, the roads are in much better shape and the drive for all of the moms would seem not so far away. The moms that usually come to the North location are from Coon Rapids, Maplewood, more north in Ham Lake and Wyoming and we have had some from the St. Cloud area as well. The moms south are from the Mankato area, so we have a wide spead of areas. Hope to see you on Saturday. Everybody's Birthday is always fun.

Comment by carol on April 6, 2013 at 11:52am: Hi AmyS. I'm in Coon Rapids. My sailor is coming home from his third deployment!!! He should have leave SOON! I hope that you can come on Saturday. It is always fun to get together and share about our sailors.

Comment by AmyS on April 6, 2013 at 11:28am: Hello, I have been a part of N4M for a couple years, but not very active so I thought I would take a minute to introduce myself and hopefully get a little more involved. My name is Amy and I live north of the metro and work in Blaine. My sailor is an MM and currently in New York; he is almost halfway through his third and final school before he gets assigned to a permanent duty station. He's really liked his experience so far and since he hasn't hit the fleet yet I have had enough communication from him to keep me going :) Hopefully everyone is enjoying spring even though it hasn't quite hit in full force yet. I am hoping to make the luncheon next Saturday as well.