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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

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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:

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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.

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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.

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Comment by WearsLargeHats on September 19, 2017 at 4:45pm

Thinking about it, y'all are probably right -- better for him to know sooner than later. I just really worry about him worrying about it. I'm not sure when we'll hear from him, so who knows about the timing. We'll just have to stay flexible.

Comment by elizabeth_fl on September 19, 2017 at 3:52pm

I am so sorry to hear your wifes cancer has returned, ya'll are in our thoughts and prayers. I would def tell your sailor before he goes out to sea esp before a deployment. My husband lost his step father (the man who raised him) on the patrol before he and I met, it was unexpected and they brought him home so he could be with his family. After we got married (same boat) he lost an uncle, we had not yet discussed if something happened and he was gone if he would want to know or not. So I tried to put myself in his shoes and sent word out to the ombudsman and they notified the boat and then him, I would have wanted to know and I honestly couldn't have kept something like that from him for the 2-3 weeks that they had left before getting home. He chose not to come home from that patrol. But like previously mentioned, he will have time to process what is going on. On both boats that my husband has been on, they have had sailors taken off the boats after receiving difficult news and brought them back home aka where the boat is, as they cannot fully do the job at hand and keep their minds on their work. I believe that by telling him prior, not only will it ease ya'lls minds however, it very well might ease his knowing you told him and ya'll talking it out.

Comment by carols_kitchen on September 19, 2017 at 3:29pm
My submariner says if it's told while he is still on land, it gives him time to process. Should it turn terminal, which we pray is not the choice, your sailor will have filled out a form for when he's at sea. The form lets his commander/ombudsman when to contact the sailor. Make sure you are on the Ombudsman email updates. The sailor had his wife and us on that list. Prayers and hugs.
Comment by MaineGrammy on September 19, 2017 at 3:22pm

WearsLargeHats - First of all, sorry to hear that your wife's breast cancer has recurred.  My prayers are with you all.  If we were in your shoes, we would tell our son.  Be up front.  Our young men and women are on subs because they can handle stress.  Of course I am sure your son would be stressed about this when on deployment.  I also feel that telling him before the deployment, will give him time to process the news. I know that our son would be very upset that he was not told before.  If your son is smart as all the submariners I know, he will probably sense something is going on in your phone calls.  

Comment by carols_kitchen on September 19, 2017 at 3:13pm
Oh, dear, WearsBigHats, I'm not sure how to answer that. Is he on Boomers or Fast Attacks? I'll see if my submariner has any thoughts on it.
Comment by WearsLargeHats on September 19, 2017 at 2:28pm

So my wife's breast cancer has recurred after 9 years. The prognosis is good so far, but she will have to have surgery. The problem is that my boy is at sea right now, and they will be going on deployment in the near future, so I am not sure what to tell him. My inclination is that I'd rather not have him worrying about something he can't do anything about. But we talk to him every week when they aren't underway, so we can't keep it from him if she has the operation before they deploy. I guess we'll just have to play it by ear.

Comment by philly_mamasota on August 27, 2017 at 8:49pm

Yup! We must always keep OPSEC in the front of our minds. My youngest son is on a aircraft carrier and has top security clearance but my submariner doesn't give him any information either. It's the long silent underway that tug at your heart but we keep going until we get that phone call "Hey, I'm back!" His boat has great ombudsmen (women!) and they keep the families together and informed. As long as I hear from them, I know it's all good!

Comment by Kitty on August 24, 2017 at 4:35pm
Whoa! That is an amazing photo! I know you are thankful to have him on land!
Comment by carols_kitchen on August 24, 2017 at 4:34pm

Thanks. It's his hobby, and his collection grows. His wife does videotaping at weddings and refills his FILM cameras. He also uses digital. You will laugh that he was on his way to interview for a kiddy portrait job in St. Louis, when the recruiter made a cold call to our front door. He signed up that day. I knew he had when he was gone for 5 hours.

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on August 24, 2017 at 4:26pm

Wow - looks like a professional photo!

 
 
 

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