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Navy For Moms

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 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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Welcome to the deep, silent world of submarines! If you're new to this world, start by reading the "Pages" of info found in the right-hand column, below the strip of member avatars.

We welcome your questions. But, while you're here, maintain silence... don't slam doors or the lid on the toilet!

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!

Group Administrator: Kaye S.

Members: 1310
Latest Activity: Feb 25

READ THE "PAGES" FIRST!

NEW MEMBERS !!

PLEASE READ ARTICLES IN THE "PAGES" AREA

in the right-hand column, under the avatars ----->

BEFORE YOU ASK QUESTIONS !!

These articles are the "reference library" for moms, ready to answer FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) 24x7 (twenty-four hours, seven days a week). You may not have to post a question after all! Thanks, Kaye S.

NOTE: THERE ARE MORE PAGES THAN DISPLAYED -

FOR A COMPLETE LIST, CLICK ON "VIEW ALL" AT

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Comment by LLovesmysailor on October 14, 2009 at 2:02pm: Judy, I will keep Joshua in my thoughts and prayers. Please keep us posted. If you get a chance please go the Molly's adopt a sailor group. There is a part of the group that sends prayers and get well cards to sick or hurt sailors. I know they would love to include Joshua.

Comment by jean on October 12, 2009 at 8:29pm: The History of Navy Day in the United States of America

Ships anchored on the Hudson River for the 1945 Navy Day.In the United States, the Navy League of the United States organized the first Navy Day in 1922, holding it on October 27 because it was the birthday of the Navy-supporting President Theodore Roosevelt. Although meeting with mixed reviews the first year, in 1923 over 50 major cities participated, and the United States Navy sent a number of its ships to various port cities for the occasion. The 1945 Navy Day was an especially large celebration, with President Harry S. Truman reviewing the fleet in New York Harbor.

In 1949, Louis A. Johnson, secretary of the newly-created Department of Defense, directed that the U.S. Navy's participation occur on Armed Forces Day in May, although as a civilian organization the Navy League was not affected by this directive, and continued to organize Navy Day celebrations as before. In the 1970s, the "birthday" of the Continental Navy was found to be October 13, 1775, and so CNO Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt worked with the Navy League to define October 13 as the new date of Navy Day

PNM of Austin
jean

Comment by Rhonda8881 on October 12, 2009 at 3:36am: Thanks for the reminder Kaye!

Comment by Kaye S. on October 11, 2009 at 8:52pm: Hey, ya'll... NAVY DAY IS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH! Wear your Navy gear with pride!

Comment by BunkerQB on October 10, 2009 at 12:37am: Isn't it possible to be reassigned to "shore" duty until the end of his commitment? If his injury is work related, then doesn't a sailor have some recourse? Those with more experience, please shed some light on this.

Comment by Kaye S. on October 9, 2009 at 7:09pm: Oh, Judy... to have come this far and now this. This must be hard on ALL of you. I'll pray for his healing, your family's peace, and some mercy from the Navy. Hugs, k.

Comment by Rhonda8881 on October 9, 2009 at 7:01pm: I am so sorry to hear of your son's injury. I will add him to my prayer list at church also for Health/Healing of his injury. If it be God's Will, he will overcome this obstacle. Hugs to you also.

Comment by Gloria P. on October 9, 2009 at 5:46pm: Sorry to hear that he is in my prayers

Comment by NevadaSierra on October 8, 2009 at 9:39am: Got to chime in - thanks Bea for what you've said. There is nothing in the world better than the hug and thank you. I had to work while raising our kids. With this recent forced retirement (unemployment) I have the blessing to pick Owen (9yo grandson) up after school and do homework. What a treat. I couldn't do it with my own and now I can with him. It is a wonderful blessing. Our world is so fast - with these financial times, I pray that families can 'get a break' and take it. Fortunately, the Navy knows how important families are and support them.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on October 8, 2009 at 9:32am: I have always felt strangely uncomfortable with this subject. Not because of anything anyone says but because I didn't fit into either catagory. Yes, I had a career, yes I was a stay at home Mom. Worked for myself and my studio was in my home. My kids knew when I was "at work" but they often were sitting in the room at the same time. So, in a way I've never been qualified to say which was better. In a way, I did have the best of both worlds, even though I was never going to move up a career ladder. I've been told by both sides that I just didn't understand.