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Navy For Moms

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 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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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

THE BOTTOM OF THE COLUMN

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New to this life? SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR NEW NAVY MOMS

Need an Ombudsman? OMBUDSMAN REGISTRY

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Comment by William in Nashua on June 19, 2015 at 6:46pm: Hello everyone I am glad to hear all the good news about our submariners. Welcome to the group Laura. Linda that is great news - I am experiencing the silent part of the Silent Service myself now Lol. Hope to hear something one of these weeks.

Comment by Linda on June 19, 2015 at 8:00am: Spent a long day with my phone in my hand finally got the hi mom I'm back at 9:30 pm last night. So good to hear his voice. Planning a family visit sat and sun. Can't wait to see him.
Cath you were right no dockside homecomings at Kings bay.

Comment by Nana Donna (nanaTo2Saliors) on June 18, 2015 at 11:58pm: Laura G I have a grandson on the USS Alabama gold crew. He actually has me on his ombudsman list so I get all the updates. He is single and parents divorced so I guess he decided it was best to have me a middle bystander on the list. He has been on the Alabama for about 2 years now and has been under several underways. The Ombudsman has always kept me informed even though I don't live in WA

Welcome this group is great

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on June 18, 2015 at 10:46pm: Oh that is fun and interesting Baby Dukie's mama . Very cool

Comment by LindaGirl on June 18, 2015 at 12:13pm: Welcome Laura, this site helps us all, no matter how long we have been here, whether it's with new info, or additional info, we are all learning!

Comment by Laura G on June 18, 2015 at 12:09pm: Hi all :) I'm new to the site and the group but I just wanted to say that all the posts and "pages" and links have been such a comfort to me. My only son is a "nub" on the USS Alabama and I knew next to nothing before coming to this site and this group. Missing him terribly but knowing I'm not alone in this helps so much! Thank you!!!!

Comment by Cerise on June 18, 2015 at 11:42am: baby dukie's mama, what do you mean by plank owner?

Comment by Cerise on June 18, 2015 at 11:41am: My son is also single and new to the sub life. I got an Out of Office from Ombudsman and that's it. I thought maybe I would get an info email following that one, but nope. Should I respond to the Out of Office email with an introduction and a few questions? Or what is the protocol.l

Reading some of your posts about your son's not wanting to stand out sounds familiar.

Comment by Kevsmom93 on June 17, 2015 at 12:10pm: Going to chime in too...ditto for me, my son is single too. I know where you are coming from because he's been on several underways in the past and we were never a part of any of those, no ombudsman list for us. He finally added us to the list when he was deployed. Our very first email let us know to always continue to write no matter whether we heard from him or not. I think your son will go through this same transition and eventually understand it's no big deal to write home to Mom and or Dad. It doesn't make them a momma's boy or some kind of wuss..or whatever it is they get into their head :-/ We also get lots of updates and info from the ombudsman and the FRG. We also get lots of email updates we even have a contact email for the FRG. Both have been very helpful when we've had any questions. It's the same for our other son who is a Marine and also deployed.

Comment by LindaGirl on June 17, 2015 at 11:41am: My son is single as well and I'm on the ombudsman's list. I get all sorts of info of what is going on that my son doesn't even know about. Sometimes I'll tell him things that the ombudsman has posted if I think it's important that he should know about, & I'll tell him if I'm not sure that he knows about that particular info. He doesn't seem to mind.