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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

Events

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**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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Sub Moms

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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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New to this life? SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR NEW NAVY MOMS

Need an Ombudsman? OMBUDSMAN REGISTRY

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Comment by BunkerQB on August 19, 2009 at 11:37pm: Click here to see the remodeling we did earlier this year. Remind hubby to use low resolution of photos. B.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on August 19, 2009 at 11:31pm: Bea S., The kitchen looks great. I'm still waiting for a few small pieces of moldings. They have to be ordered from the cabinet people. I'm awful at the computer thing but I will definitely bug my husband to put the pictures up on my page. Probably this weekend. The basement is still a scheduling problem. Alex's return date has changed 3 times. The contractor has been understanding but I think he is beginning to think I'm crazy. I've got 2 weeks to come up with a start date. I'm thinking of getting a dart board and putting dates on it. I do have the cabinets for the basement painted so something is started.

Comment by BunkerQB on August 19, 2009 at 11:23pm: Hmmmm. We asked our junior officer about it when we were in HI. He said nothing but I can tell from his expression that whatever he was thinking was not complimentary. I didn't know about the JOs getting crucified.
Lyn Love, how is the remodeling going? Have not seen any photos posted on your page with pics of granite, tile. B

Comment by LLovesmysailor on August 19, 2009 at 10:45pm: If you are going to read Scott Waddle's book. I would ask you to remember that although he took responsibility for the accident in public, He has (and does in the book) blame the crew for the accident. His career was not as he described it and those people died because an arrogant commander was show boating for VIPs on board. In the end he was retired with a full pension and no punishment while his junior officer's careers were destroyed. OH, and he wrote a book and made a profit from his actions. Sorry if I have angered anyone but his book was (to me) self serving and not what the Navy or his crew deserved.

Comment by Gloria P. on August 18, 2009 at 5:39pm: My son soon will be on his sub. He has FOUR days left before he leaves to Hawaii. He's happy, excited and a little nervise since he's never been so far from home. But we know he going on this great adventure and going to love it. We are happy and a little sad to see him leave but proud of all his done so far. Can't wait to plan our trip to see him sometime next year. I'll keep everyone posted. :)

Comment by LLovesmysailor on August 18, 2009 at 3:55pm: Paulette, We just moved to north of Pittsburgh and are now in Cranberry. My family live just outside of Detroit. Alex is now an ET-2 on the USS Miami stationed in Groton. He is presently on Deployment and we miss him very much. He's been gone for quite a while. Kings Bay is a beautiful area. A lot of guys end up living in Florida near the beach.

Comment by Paulette,Rob's Mom on August 18, 2009 at 3:35pm: Lyn, Very handsome son. I just read on your page that you live in Delmont, PA. I grew up outside of Murrysville in Plum. Stilll have family and friends down there. I like it better then Michigan but thisi is wher we are. My Robert is stationed in Kings Bay, GA. He will be on the USS West Virginia, but right now is waiting for it to come into port. He's on the gold crew. This will be his first time out he just graduated from MT C school this paaaadt July.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on August 18, 2009 at 2:54pm: I finally figured out how to get a picture up. This handsome young man is my youngest son. I don't have a picture of him with his E-5 stripes or his fish, but he is my favorite youngest son.
Kimmy, thanks for the banner info.

Comment by Kaye S. on August 16, 2009 at 9:37pm: Tricia, go to my page and find a blog entry on how to email a submarine. It should tell you what you need to know, but feel free to ask questions! Hugs, k.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on August 16, 2009 at 11:51am: Hi Lashonda, My son is stationed at Groton. He really likes the area. Right now he's deployed and has been since March. We are looking forward to seeing him sometime this fall. Make sure you don't miss your son's PIR, its an amazing thing witness. A day you will never forget.