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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:

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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.

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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.

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Comment by Karyn on April 12, 2009 at 1:42pm: HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE.

Comment by lauren on April 12, 2009 at 12:42am: Lyn I think you are right I hope they do a lot of kidding underway....Kel never says anything much either, he thinks they all got a job to do...now if you want to talk surface......................................lol

Comment by Mark on April 11, 2009 at 11:55pm: Well said Lyn - I really can't say what coners say about the nucs either, maybe a coner mom can enlighten us. I think they mostly feel a little sorry for them, though. In a year or so, I may be able to pry an answer out of my son.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on April 11, 2009 at 7:53pm: Alex gets along well with both Nukes and Coners. But, life on board during a deployment would be dull without a little kidding along the way. I've no idea what the Coners say about the Nukes. Alex doesn't share those remarks??

Comment by lauren on April 11, 2009 at 6:28pm: I guess really with out each and everyone of them. the job would not get done.....so the importance level is about equal, and so sad for any that feel different.

Comment by Kaye S. on April 11, 2009 at 6:02pm: Lyn, I love that about "cooks and Nukes!" I must remember to tell Son.

I don't understand why guys won't learn how to dance and cook, when women LOVE guys who can dance and guys who can cook. Nancy, your kid is going to get snatched up by some smart girl really fast! (Does he know how to dance? If so, I'll marry him myself.)

Mark, Son would tell you that it may have been SAFE for that guy in the kitchen doing the night baking, but it was still a TRAGEDY if he ruined the blueberry muffins! Ha! k.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on April 11, 2009 at 10:44am: Alex has often said that the cooks and Nukes are the truly important guys on a sub. With out the cooks, the Nukes starve. Without the Nukes, the sub goes nowhere and the coners get permanent shore duty. LOL Alex gets out of the Navy in 2012 and already has a job offer waiting for him. Companies are actively recruiting Nukes. His brother just gives him a dirty look, when they get together. Chris is a lifer so its all in good fun. Not that a CTN couldn't get a civilian job if he wanted one. lol BTW, Alex's best friend is an MM.

Comment by Mark on April 11, 2009 at 1:33am: In fact Kaye, while we're talking about cooks - the Hartford was very lucky with the timing for it's collision. The galley is one of the places where it could have been really bad. Fortunately, it happened at 1 AM, when the only cook working would have been the guy doing the night baking, and everyone not on watch was in their racks, one of the safest places to be if your going to take an 85 degree roll.

Comment by Mark on April 11, 2009 at 1:29am: Cooks are very important on a sub! It may be something the rest of the guys appreciate more in hindsight, but the guys in the galley on subs mostly do great jobs, work very hard, and have a lot to do with making underway time a lot more tolerable. For the most part, they care deeply about what they do, and the crew (I hope they still do) let them know when they do an especially good job - and the cooks love hearing it.