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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 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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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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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

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Comment by Kaye S. on April 16, 2009 at 12:00am: Hey, Mom Stew... tell your son that if he doesn't give you a "sign of life," you'll send one of his "bearskin" baby pictures to the COB's wife. I bet you hear from him within 24 hours! ;-) Hugs! k.

Comment by lauren on April 15, 2009 at 8:09pm: Welcome to the group Patricia

Comment by Karyn on April 14, 2009 at 4:36pm: Hi Patricia R. -- First contrats to your son for getting thru Power School. That is a lot a pressure on our young sailors. As for Proto School in Balston Spa...love that area. My son also went to school there..then out to sea...then when time for land duty he picked teaching at Balston Spa. When he was going to school there he said someday he would live there. Well, I believe he will. He is marrying this November to a nice young lady who he met in Saratoga Springs and is from that area. So I do believe when he retires from the Navy they will end up there. Again, congrats to your son.

Comment by Kaye S. on April 13, 2009 at 1:08pm: Thanks for the 'congrats!' Drew is great... had him for two weeks' leave. He brought me four coveralls and a utility shirt that needed those pretty silver fish sewed on! He's training now (as is Nick, I'm sure). Due to some clerical goofs, this is the FOURTH time he's had torpedo handling class... he says, "I can probably TEACH one of the d#$% things!" lol! Hugs, k.

Comment by Kaye S. on April 13, 2009 at 12:44pm: Yvonne, the ship that was attacked by pirates was the ALABAMA owned by the Mersk Shipping Line (not our beloved submarine), so they refer to it as the "Mersk Alabama." It was the ship from which Captain Phillips was kidnapped. After the pirates took the Captain in exchange for letting his crew go, the US Navy put personnel aboard to help the crew take it safely into port.

The USS BAINBRIDGE is the US Navy ship which was sent as rescue and has been keeping an eye on things all this time. One of the pirates (a 16-yr-old, for heaven's sake!) was stabbed during the original attack, and was taken aboard the Bainbridge for medical care. Snipers (SEALS) on board the Bainbridge waited until the three remaining pirates exposed themselves, and then "took them out." 3 dead pirates + 1 captured pirate + 1 safe captain = GOOD GUYS WIN! Hugs, k.

Comment by lauren on April 12, 2009 at 11:06pm: Ok all my hard working friends.............I want to let everyone know that I crossed over and also belong to navy4dads ........ok big deal right!!!!
What I want to share is that we are getting together a thank you package for the USS Bainbridge letting them know how much we appreciate them and if you would like to join us with this that we'd love to have you and of course you can sign any message you send a N4M mom........lol
the link is http://www.navydads.com/group/carepackagesforourtroops
Peace and blessings .....

Comment by Kaye S. on April 12, 2009 at 7:24pm: Norene, here are the FLORIDA moms I'm aware of: Genia, Jessica Green,
Julie M, Sheryl p, and Tracey. Find them by putting "uss florida" in the 'Search' box at the top of the page. I have their page links, so if you have trouble, give me a shout. Hugs! k.

Comment by Karyn on April 12, 2009 at 3:15pm: I was thinking the same thing! YAY NAVY!

Comment by Mark on April 12, 2009 at 2:34pm: One of the pirates is apparently in custody - keelhaul 'im!!

Comment by Mark on April 12, 2009 at 2:07pm: Hoo-ah! Let's hear it for the US Navy - freeing Capt. Richard Phillips and killing three of the pirates holding him hostage. Details are still coming, but you can be pretty sure it was a SEAL team operation, quite possibly operating from a US submarine.