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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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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: 1304
Latest Activity: May 7

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

THE BOTTOM OF THE COLUMN

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New to this life? SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR NEW NAVY MOMS

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Comment by tysmom on January 1, 2016 at 11:24pm: Congratulations to your son and the awesome crew of the USS Providence!

Once again I learned something new.

Comment by tysmom on January 1, 2016 at 8:48am: Happy New Year!!!

Yes KayeS, good advice to all, read the pages section. I reread it the other day and accessed some of the sites. Some of it could be updated, from 2011.

Comment by Kaye S. on January 1, 2016 at 1:54am

Folks,

PLEASE read the "Pages" (far right-hand column), before:

Asking questions (might save you some time)
and especially before ANSWERING questions! (Keeps you from giving an incorrect answer)

For the last few inquiries, I'd recommend:

Submarine Schooling in Its Various Forms - NUKES DO NOT GO TO GROTON. They do not attend BESS. They depart Great Lakes directly for Nuclear Power Training school in Goose Creek, SC.
Fast Attacks vs. Boomers vs. Carriers - Overviews the different vessels with a generalized pro/con description of each.

Oh, and Happy 2016 to everyone!.......k.

Comment by tina41 on December 31, 2015 at 11:09am: hello all!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL!! MAY YOU, OUR SAILORS, AND YOUR FAMILIES HAVE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR!!

rtw-my son is nuke so he was assigned to a sub after he completed nuke school. do you know what rate your son signed up for?

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on December 30, 2015 at 6:54pm: ELO. My son is a EM on a fast attack, currently on deployment. He called home both Thanksgiving and Christmas from Japan. He emails sporadically also and I can email him everyday. He likes that connection to home.

Comment by scubagirl on December 30, 2015 at 12:51am: My son is a MM on the Newport News. He does alot of maintenance in port and on a underway. He also had to do cranking(washing dishes), stand watch and work on getting his dolphins by being certified on all parts of boat. They left for his first deployment first week of this month. No contact yet and I know it will be spotty. His girlfriend and I have been sending emails every couple of days but who knows when they will get them. I hope this helps.

Comment by ELO.Navy.Mom on December 29, 2015 at 10:36pm: My mm is assigned to a bot but hasn't deployed yet. Mucho, mucho maintenance is what they do all day long while they are in HI.

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on December 29, 2015 at 9:09pm: I do not know what mm's do on deployment, but boomers usually go out for 3 month with sporadic email contact. Fast attacks go out longer, but the port, which means sailors can call. Boomers return quietly, little or no advance notice. Fast attacks have home comings - you can greet the boat on its return.
Hope that helps

Comment by Submom2016 on December 29, 2015 at 8:52pm: What does a mm do when they are deployed? Also which sub is easier on a moms heart a fast attack or a boomer?

Thanks

Comment by fayegirrl4* on December 29, 2015 at 12:57am: Welcome rtw1! You are in the right place for info and support. Our son has been in Groton since His PIR and he likes it. His rate is MM and has about 5 weeks left of A school then He hopes to get soft orders. Best of Luck to your sailor and THANK him for his service!