This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

FIRST TIME HERE?

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

**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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Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms!  (Hint:  When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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Sub Moms

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. Kaye S.

Members: 1307
Latest Activity: on Saturday

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

Discussion Forum

Roll Call: Name your sailor's sub!

Started by Kaye S.. Last reply by jes12joy Jan 29, 2021. 1320 Replies

Personal Storage on Fast Attack Subs

Started by Catherine. Last reply by navyvet May 19, 2020. 1 Reply

Personal Storage on Fast Attack Subs

Started by Catherine. Last reply by JayDee659 May 18, 2020. 1 Reply

submarine visits to foreign ports

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Comment by tina41 on May 14, 2014 at 4:06pm

hello all!!

you gals and guys will be one of the first to know!!! 

Comment by susank on May 13, 2014 at 8:36pm
You bet silent is really only understood by sub parents/spouses! Hope you hear soon Tina and be sure to let us know when you see his wonderful name in your inbox!!
Comment by Eaglefan on May 13, 2014 at 5:05pm
Mark, you piqued my interest with "shootin trash", so I looked it up, and it actually does sound pretty cool. I wish I could find some way to make taking out the trash that exciting for my 13 year old:)
Comment by tina41 on May 13, 2014 at 4:13pm

hello all!!

eaglefan--congrats on getting your email!!  me and his wife are "Patiently" waiting for one.  "silent" takes on a whole new meaning when your son is out in the great waters!!

Comment by karent0801 on May 13, 2014 at 10:04am

Mark, I wish you'd share more info about how they get the trash off the boat.  I can't even imagine!  Needless to say, I can't wait until my sailor is home in July to explain all sorts of sub craziness!

Comment by Mark on May 13, 2014 at 2:06am

shootin' trash is indeed a very technical operation; it really doesn't need much embellishment to be pretty cool :)

for those scratching your heads, ponder what it might take to get trash off the boat in a way that won't give away location by leaving debris on the surface, while under a couple hundred feet or so of water, and doing it safely

Comment by mrsb on May 12, 2014 at 11:07pm

Hooyah Eaglefan!  So happy to hear that you heard from your son!  How wonderful!!

Comment by Eaglefan on May 12, 2014 at 8:40pm
I finally got an email from my son who's underway for the first time! I loved hearing about his adventures. He even made being the "trash man" sound exciting:)!
Comment by 985cat ship 14 div 065 on May 12, 2014 at 6:54am

H everyone,  hope you all had a great Mothers day. I have been very successful in emailing my son on the Wyoming using Yahoo mail. I have had about 4 emails, He said he is pretty sure I have not gotten all of his though. I cant wait to see him.

Comment by mrsb on May 11, 2014 at 11:44pm

Yes, Mark, thank you!!!

 
 
 

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