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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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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

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NEW MEMBERS !!

PLEASE READ ARTICLES IN THE "PAGES" AREA

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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 July 1, 2009 at 1:03pm: Sally, Maybe you could send one of the latest DVD's?

Comment by Karyn on July 1, 2009 at 12:09pm: Nice Gloria...thanks. Congrats on the Dolphins. Happy 4th to everyone.

Comment by Kaye S. on July 1, 2009 at 2:10am: Hey, Paula! Booooommmm, Chhhhhhhh! Boooooooom, Chhhhhhhhhh! (Them's are fireworks for Donovan!!) Yippeeee! Hugs, k.

Comment by Gloria P. on June 30, 2009 at 11:13am: For all Moms & Dads this is a nice one I found enjoy!

Comment by Karyn on June 27, 2009 at 1:39pm: My son did not give me the book but also told me not to read it until later. I, to this day, have not read it. Been almost 10 years. :)

Comment by Paulette,Rob's Mom on June 26, 2009 at 3:32pm: Has anyone stayed near the base at Kings Bay, GA? We are going swn in July to see Rob Graduate MT school and need a recommendation.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on June 25, 2009 at 11:33pm: Mark, I think the thing that struck me the most was their description of Kinnard McKee. The man I met was truly a southern gentleman with a wonderful sense of humor. He told wonderful and funny stories. He was a quiet man with that great southern drawl, but you alway knew when he walked in the room. I was a young woman who knew nothing about the military at the time. But when Adm McKee walked in the room I knew instictively that he was very much in charge of the world around him. He was in civilian clothes and I had no idea who he was at first. He always made me smile.The description of him in the book was right on.

Comment by Mark on June 25, 2009 at 11:09pm: Glad to hear you've found the book, Lyn - by the end, you'll find the book a lot more uplifting than anything. Submariners were very happy when that book came out, to lift the veil ever so slightly. It is still in print by the way, enjoy!

Comment by LLovesmysailor on June 25, 2009 at 2:39pm: I've started reading a book called "Blind Man's Bluff". Its about the post WWII history of the submarine service. Its an old book and I don't know if it is even still in print. But it is a facinating book,but I will warn anyone who wants to read it that it does cover some of the more tragic aspects of submarine history. It gives wonderful insight into the birth of the Nuclear sub service and Adm Rickover as well as the cold war.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on June 25, 2009 at 2:25pm: Nancy, My last e-mail was also encouraging. I really do miss him. I'm in the process of designing the basement renovation and I keep asking myself "what will Alex like." I know he won't even get to see it for maybe a year.
I keep wondering how the beard is going. I do hope he decides to shave before they get home. He probably looks like a Pirate by now. I told him in one of my e-mails that there is another sailor on the Miami who"s Mom is on N4Ms, but didn't tell him who it was. Not that he ever gets out of engineering anyway. I think the thing he likes the most about being a Nuke is that he doesn't have to share a bunk, ever.