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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 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: 1307
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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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Comment by LindaGirl on October 30, 2015 at 4:12pm: Navymom9828, have to agree with you. 3 texts or calls during the week would be unheard of with my son. One call a week is just fine with us, usually sometime during the weekend, if he is not on duty, or is not deployed!

Comment by MaryBeth on October 30, 2015 at 3:28pm: Thanks! Will he stay in Groton for A school? Yes, I hope to see my son for the stand down as well. Not sure if/when that exaclty is but my hope is there. To funny, I'm lucky to get texts as well. If I do it is usually a one word response to my two paragraph texts:-)

Comment by fayegirrl4* on October 30, 2015 at 1:52pm: MaryBeth, glad you were able to make it to Groton to see your sailor. Our son is 3 weeks from finishing BESS. He arrived Sept. 5th in CT and had to wait for 3 weeks for his school to start. We are hoping to go and pick him up in December if he gets leave. I,too, read the posts but don't comment often. Our sailor doesn't text or call much. Maybe 3 x a week if we are lucky. Its been a big adjustment for all of us but a good one.

Comment by LindaGirl on October 30, 2015 at 8:37am: Kevsmom93, in agreement with you 100%. Thank you all for sharing this journey with us, as Navy Moms. At times our journey can be exciting & rewarding, and at other times, scary and frightening, but we have each other & that's what matters! (((NMH))).

Comment by Johanna on October 29, 2015 at 6:26pm: My youngest Sailor is on a great Sub and they also do the squares. He a smile that lights up the sub and has a great relationship with the boat. Wgphen he was deployed through the holidays last year, one set of square was a montage of all his Halloween costumes since he was a baby and the his Christmas squares were a mintage of all the the outtakes of he and his older Sailor brother, from my attempts at getting the perfect Christmas card picture. Those pictures ended up in the galley and made everybody smile...;))

Comment by Samson on October 29, 2015 at 2:46pm: I noticed that when my son was out to sea if I didn't email quite often (every day or so) he would then find time to check in. Otherwise it was just me emailing him. I sent him news, sports articles that I cut and pasted. I went in for major surgery on his first trip out. He was able to call me before I went to the OR, he was gone when I came out. I just told him to remember no news is good news and I would email when I could think straight. Unfortunately for all of us the boat (sub) had problems with emails and they were out for 6 weeks before they got there first one. He was extremely busy he said so thankfully he didn't have much time to worry. He said he just kept remembering that no news wss good news. Something that I have learned to really rely on when he has been out of reach.

Comment by Kaye S. on October 29, 2015 at 2:34pm: Ideas for non-embarrassing calendar pages:

1. I made a montage of photos of his 3" GI Joes and Micro Machines posed on the kitchen table. There were lots of conversations about who had which of those figures, etc.

2. I made a montage of photos, swiped off the internet, of his favorite restaurants and what he'd order at each. Several were unique to the TX/OK area. Lots more conversations about what was the best restaurant and what to order!

Both times, he was the center of attention, but NOT in a bad way :-)

Comment by MaryBeth on October 29, 2015 at 2:13pm: Hi all, I just got back from visiting my sailor in Groton. What a wonderful visit we had. It was something that both of us needed. He kept saying that over and over....warmed my heart and brought tears to my eyes. Even though they are our young men they too feel loneliness, depression and all those feelings that guys aren't supposed to feel. My son is to complete sub school by January and I'm so anxious for him as to where he will be sent. I'm sure the closer he gets to leaving the more i will be reading all of your posts.. keeps me informed and educated on sub talk:-). I don't comment often but wanted to share my trip with you. God bless you and yours. It's an amazing thing that our sons and daughters are accomplishing.

Comment by angier on October 29, 2015 at 1:25pm: Hi Kevsmom93,

You are so right about Mom's that might not join in talking on here but will be helped by what they read. I know I am so glad that I am here. I have gotten alot of information and support that I really needed. I cannot thank all of you enough for being so honest and supportive. Hugs to All :)

Comment by Kevsmom93 on October 29, 2015 at 1:00pm: My heart goes out to all of you and the emotions we all struggle with as Mom's. So many of you opened up and shared some very emotional moments, God Bless all of you for your honesty! I know there are many moms reading this forum who will never join in but are going to be helped because you shared your heartfelt stories.