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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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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: 1308
Latest Activity: Jul 31

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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New to this life? SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR NEW NAVY MOMS

Need an Ombudsman? OMBUDSMAN REGISTRY

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Comment by susank on May 21, 2014 at 9:09pm: They gave my son a pre deployment handbook to give to us too. It has everything and I mean everything in it. Don't fret.

Comment by susank on May 21, 2014 at 9:07pm: We only learned of and heard from the ombudsman a couple of weeks before they go. She told us about mailing a halfway bag. Your sailor needs to put your name on the contact list. Your sailor will go to a pre deployment meeting and he will learn all of this and my son did get the packing list then and all other instructions.

Comment by susank on May 21, 2014 at 8:53pm: We'll bcgoldy, William, and Blue Rock, just like I said, that is why we all have each other. One big hug to you all. Funny how my friends here at home have NO idea what we all go through with our sailors UNDER water and we don't know when, where, or for how long.

Comment by BlueRockSailorMom([prototype) on May 21, 2014 at 8:31pm: I all. I just found out by accident that my sailor went underway sometime in the last 7 days. He called me on Tuesday of last week and didn't give so much as a clue. I'm totally freaked out. I figured i would get some kind of warning. Guess not. William in Nashua, I know just how you feel.

Comment by William in Nashua on May 21, 2014 at 4:00pm: That is a very thorough checklist but when my son is underway I have no idea when the submarine will be going out on patrol, where he will be and for how long, or when he is coming back. I have no idea who the ombudsman is either. Other than that we are all set though Lol.

Comment by bcgoldy03 on May 21, 2014 at 3:06pm: You cant even imagine what a disorganized disaster it was when he left. He had not arranged for auto bill pay on his car or car insurance, he had not given the ombudsman the info to update who would be able to receive info if there ever is info. He had not arranged credit card payments ( i never even knew he had credit cards ugh), I had to force him to give me the necessary account numbers and passwords to straighten things out and prevent him from having his car repo'd and ins cancelled! Unless you have been there you cant even imagine it, leaving the next morning with a few days notice and the check list is like 4 pages long of things you should really take care of ! So moms, Make Sure your sailors have updated the form on file with you listed as emerg contact because more than one person can be on that list but ONLY if your sailor designates it that way. My son only put his dad and his dad and i are long divorced! So i am lucky my relationship with his dad is good and he will share info with me. The sailors can update this info any time but it is bad for them to wait till last minute when so much has to be thought of and done! Also make sure they have shared with you their $$ info if they dont have a wife or girlfriend who would take care of their banking / bill paying while they are on a "silent" underway.

thank you ladies and Susank you dont post too much ! Your post and all the others have really been helping me feel connected to my son in a weird way. At least i am connected to other Navy moms who understand how hard this is.

Comment by susank on May 21, 2014 at 2:58pm: You are sweet mrsb. I do love to read everyone else's posts. My family thinks I am addicted to N4M but oh well it works for me:)

Comment by mrsb on May 21, 2014 at 2:49pm: susank you don't post too much!! We all enjoy reading each other's posts!

bcgoldy, welcome! Even though you've been here watching it's nice to meet you! I absolutely dread the time when my son is underway, but am so glad to have all of you here. I will surely need the support. Couldn't ask for a nicer group of friends!

Comment by tina41 on May 21, 2014 at 2:46pm: hello all!!

bcgoldy--it is nice to hear from you!! welcome to the "silent" world.

Comment by mrsb on May 21, 2014 at 2:43pm: Spunky, thanks for posting that! I'm going to print it out when I get home from vacation and send a copy to my son. He doesn't have a boat yet but will in a few months. Am sending it to my "adopted" Sailors as well! :)