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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

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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
Latest Activity: Jun 29

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 Kevsmom93 on May 18, 2014 at 11:25am: Oh and Mark I am a jarhead momma and I've never been referred to as mean....thankfully!!! Well at least not to my face!

LOL!!!

Comment by Kevsmom93 on May 18, 2014 at 11:17am: So happy to read all your good news. Happy homecomings coming your way to Giselda, OklahomaMama, Carols_kitchen andTysmom Goin to Hawaii!, Happy Travels!

I am enjoying my Sailor. We have one more week to go before we say our farewells. I wish I wouldn't count the days and just focus on the ones where he's here but my husband and I say that since our boys both left that's all we do is live for countdowns!

CoTwin perfectly understandable that you might wonder what the relationship might be between Sailors and Marines. I know everyone already gave great advice to you on this but I'll add my two cents for what it's worth. My oldest Kevin is a Sailor and my youngest Ryan is a Marine! They have the most amazing conversations that my husband and I find hilarious. Yes, there's a very healthy competition between the two services but absolutely nothing to worry about. I am so excited to hear about your new adventure. How wonderful your son is encouraging you to join in too. Can't wait to hear more about you going to culinary school, too cool!

Glad everyone enjoyed the watermelon sub, ProudNavyMom#1 thanks for sharing :-D I haven't made it yet but I'll let you know how it goes. My husband is in charge of it! I've got some other ideas too but want to see how they turn out first. I ordered a Lego Sailor from Amazon for around $5 and free shipping if anyone is interested. Didn't feel like digging and searching for one in my boys 1000's of tiny lego pieces..lol.

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on May 18, 2014 at 10:18am: Love the watermelon sub. My son is suppose to come home end of June. I will have to make it. I like the Lego Sailor. My son has always loved Lego's.

Comment by mrsb on May 18, 2014 at 3:21am: Diana, thanks for posting the link for the watermelon submarine! I meant to but have been traveling and out of communication for a couple of days. I've missed my Navy moms!!! I'm thinking I'd like to make the submarine for when my Sailor comes home, hopefully in August.

Tysmom, it's nice and warm and humid here in Hawaii!!! I'm sure you will enjoy the change of weather!!

Comment by ProudNavyMom#1 on May 17, 2014 at 4:55pm: The watermelon submarine shows you how to carve a watermelon to look like a sub and place watermelon cubes back in for a party center/talkingpiece.
Kevsmom your link is a HIT! HAHAHAHA thank you for sharing this with us.
All, kevsmom93 is making it for her Sailor's farewell party who will be leaving for his first assignment soon.

http://www.watermelon.org/images/Carvings/HighRes/Submarine.jpg

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on May 17, 2014 at 3:24pm: susank, that was the most funniest article I have ever read. It sounds just how my son has described being on the sub. I am sending it to him to read.

ProudNavyMom#1, what is the watermelon submarine?

Comment by susank on May 17, 2014 at 1:03pm: Yay I got help! Enjoy!!!!

Comment by susank on May 17, 2014 at 1:03pm: www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/docs/simlife.htm

Comment by susank on May 17, 2014 at 1:01pm: Also have any of you seen the article " United States Navy. Submarine Centennial. Submarine Simulation. Life Aboard a Submarine." It is really funny. I will try to find the link. I am not computer savvy so I will ask for help from hubs or daughter.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on May 17, 2014 at 1:00pm: Thanks Marc, So you live there? That is good Bakery info. I need to find out how feasible it is to be able to open right on base. Don't want to be next door to a tat place, like here get a donut and a tattoo LOL. Now we need to hope that when my nuke is finished he ends up there.