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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.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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: 1309
Latest Activity: Dec 31, 2024

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 mrsb on July 22, 2015 at 11:57pm: Good for him tina41!!!! We are all proud of him too!! I would like for my son to re-enlist but I don't think he will. You should be very proud!!!

Comment by tina41 on July 22, 2015 at 10:01pm: Hello all again!!

Forgot to tell some good news! My son has re enlisted!!! So proud of him!!!

Comment by tina41 on July 22, 2015 at 9:57pm: Hello all!!!

To all of you going to PIR, congrats to your sailors and to you!! Enjoy!! It is awesome!!

Comment by Amy L. on July 21, 2015 at 10:28am: hello also to DawnB01! Hope to meet you also at PIR, maybe we can get together at Sarge's Meet & Greet. I have already met one mom on here that I now consider a good friend and she's going also!!! My son sounded really that they had one of the first women to be on a sub! He says that all of them are getting along really good and are trying really hard to work on some flags so they can carry them in at PIR!!!

Comment by Amy L. on July 21, 2015 at 10:25am: Good morning everyone!!! Thanks Pat L. and yes I have already signed up for Sarge's meet & greet!! Cannot wait to get there!!!!

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on July 21, 2015 at 10:21am: My sailor's BC division was made up of mostly if not all submariners. He became good friends with several and their paths have actually ended up on the same boat.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on July 21, 2015 at 9:53am: Amy L and Dawn BO1, Try to go to Sarge's Meet & Greet on Thursday night. Then you will be sure to meet each other. I go up there periodically to talk and hand out brochures for Molly's Adopt A Sailor. It is lots of fun to meet the new Navy families and Sarge has lots of great tips to make PIR easier to navigate!

Comment by DawnB01 on July 21, 2015 at 7:19am: Hi Amy L - I'm so glad to hear that she other submariners in her division. I was wondering whether or not she did. She is also suppose to be Sonar, but that might change to ET-Nav. Not sure. She will be headed to Groton after graduation too. I didn't know that they had gotten a ribbon, or is it an individual ribbon. I didn't get a call this past weekend which really stinks, but maybe next weekend. So far as I know they told her at MEPS that she was the first female submarine recruit to head to GL. I know that the two others from our area were headed out on Monday. Sounds like she is in good company. I hope we get to meet at PIR.

Comment by Amy L. on July 20, 2015 at 2:15pm: Hello everyone! Haven't been on in awhile but do get everyone's update and wanted to say thanks to all for everything! I get lots of great information!!! Did want to say hey to DawnB01, I did get a phone call from my son on Saturday! Love getting that call but HATE having to say goodbye!!! He did tell me that he had one of the first female submariners in his division!!!! He is doing Sonar Technician and will be going to Groton CT when he graduates! They are all looking forward to firearms training this week, my son was hoping to get another ribbon!!!

Comment by DawnB01 on July 20, 2015 at 2:09pm: Thank you Kevsmom. We are very proud of our daughter. She has always been one of the best parts of our lives and knowing that she felt comfortable enough to make this decision means we've taught her well. It's funny that we know what a pioneer she is, but she doesn't see it that way. She has never really been a person who gets excited about too much, so she doesn't see it like we do. Maybe that will change when she gets to sub school in Mid-August. :)