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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

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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

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Comment by BunkerQB on November 11, 2014 at 2:25pm: This is good FYI on being stuck INSIDE a car. My son was in Ballston Spa doing his Prototype training. It was 1 am, he decided to go to the gym. When he finished, he got in his car, he did something strange and manage to trigger some anti theft mechanism resulting on all the doors getting locked. He could get his key into the slot but it wouldn't turn. He couldn't unlock his door or open the windows. Luckily his cell phone worked. He didn't want to call his roommates at 4 AM, so he call his mom and dad.

I was on the internet, looking for locksmiths, emergency BMW services, etc. Husband was doing all the calling. Every 15 minutes, we called him to report of progress. AAA said they didn't have a technician who would be familiar with this problem. Most of the locksmiths don't "unlock" cars. Finally, we paid $125 to some BMW advisory. This guy sent us an email advising us to call the NY high way patrol. Ask them to us some contraption that slips over the glass so the patrolman can push down the window enough for my son to pass the car key to the patrolman. The instructions also included turning key in the opposite direction twice (I think). Apparently this disengages the anti theft mode and everything was back to normal. This was an older BMW. NY highway patrolman was wonderful and responded within 10 minutes. By that time, it was 5 AM EST - we in CA were completely exhausted. He went home and slept like a baby.

Newer cars have ignition keys w/o a key that stick out. You push the "lock" and "unlock" button to open/close the doors. I have a newer foreign car. I learn that if the battery is very low (or dead), lock mechanism won't respond. There is a little notch that contains a "regular" key which can be inserted into the slot to open the car doors.

Comment by MOMofDREW2.0 on November 11, 2014 at 2:20pm: Enjoying reading the posts today in my 4th of July shirt because while you all are freezing it's 80 degrees here in NorCal.

Happy Veterans Day and thanks for everyone's service.

Congrats for all the Dolphins! Huge accomplishment. So proud of them.

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on November 11, 2014 at 12:42pm: Happy Veterans Day to all that are serving or have serviced. Thank you for all do.

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on November 11, 2014 at 12:41pm: Kevsmom93, I think the lock/unlock button is by the radio so you can turn up the music and unlock your door to jump out and dance quickly to a good song. lol

Comment by Kevsmom93 on November 11, 2014 at 11:06am: "THE IN-DE-PEND-ENTS" sounds like a name for a movie! I'm sure we could all write a script for that one..lol Yes, BunkerQB laughter is our best friend where our kids are concerned. You just can't take this stuff seriously :-)

My husband has been driving our son's old 1994 Ford Escort on occasion (our son's first car when he was 15 1/2) it has this ridiculous alarm system..because as my husband says you can't be too careful with a 94 Escort! Anyway, he went to get the mail one day and realized he couldn't because the alarm system wouldn't let him stop and get out while the engine was running! What the heck, we know our son knew how to work it but my brilliant husband couldn't figure it out...lol.

LoriM why is the lock/unlock button located by the radio? LOL! (hypothetical question)

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on November 11, 2014 at 10:38am: Tina41, that is funny how you couldn't find the door handle. I just got a new car-chevy cruze and couldn't find the lock/unlock button. It ended up being on the front dash under the radio.

Comment by tina41 on November 11, 2014 at 8:30am: hello all!

bunker--love the car story! on that note, my husband and I were looking for a car. we got into a car and couldn't get out. it was so funny! the darn inside door handles were hard to find. so I sympathize with your son!!LOL

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on November 11, 2014 at 8:20am: BunkerQB, how do you lock yourself inside a car? Then again, it was 4 am--really don't want to know. lol

Shirl 6, it is ok to love yourself--you have to start somewhere.

Comment by shirl on November 11, 2014 at 1:20am: I meant to say u got to love them, that stupid spell check .

Comment by shirl on November 11, 2014 at 1:20am: Haha so funny again bunker qb they do always call when trouble brews. U got to love me it is good too have a sense of humor about them and there antics. And yes kevsmom we do have to let go a bit they are men now, it is hard sometimes but when they do good on their own it is so,great.