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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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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

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

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: 1309
Latest Activity: Dec 31, 2024

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 ELO.Navy.Mom on December 24, 2016 at 2:36pm: Talked to my sailor yesterday...he is safely on land for now, heading back underwater soon. Merry Christmas to all!

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on December 23, 2016 at 9:32pm: Merry Christmas!

Comment by Eaglefan on December 23, 2016 at 1:09pm

Comment by tina41 on December 23, 2016 at 12:34pm: hello all!

I want to wish everyone and their families a very merry Christmas and a safe and blessed new year!!

Comment by Rhonda8881 on December 22, 2016 at 4:53pm: Just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Comment by elizabeth_fl on December 19, 2016 at 9:59am: Hi Nuke ELT Mom-- we are new to the SSN lifestyle (my husband only did the last 2 weeks of his SSN boats deployment before they pulled back in) I can assure you that even in the little bit of time he was with that boat out at sea, once they got his email set up (it took abt 3 days maybe) I was able to get an email from him EVERY DAY!!! I couldn't believe it and was honestly AMAZED!!! Because coming from a BN to an SSN, we didn't know what to expect. Our first patrol together on the BN I got 6 emails on a 91 day period and with the SSN I got like 7 emails in abt 6 days!!! To say I'm was excited abt the amount of communication is an understatement. So yes you will hear from them!!! I hear that SSN's have the best communication of all the subs. While I personally kinda dread having to get into the SSN lifestyle, it seems to put my heart at ease knowing that communication is worlds better than a BN (where he seemed to always be 1 or 2 weeks behind getting my emails and responding) just keep in mind to NEVER stop sending them :) per my husbands words to me when we were first getting started

Comment by bcgoldy03 on December 18, 2016 at 1:38pm: Hi Nuke ELT

My son has also been in for 5 years. He has been on a fast attack, USS Virginia for 3 of those years, with a number of deployments. Some were short some longer. They have had 2 or 3 of them they did surface at a port and stay there a few days with some sailors (mine did) allowed to have liberty and run free on land there. For a regular deployment they can get email daily and email you back

Comment by LindaGirl on December 16, 2016 at 8:06pm: Proudmamaoftwo, whenever we've gone to Hawaii to visit our son, we stayed at either The Best western Plaza Hotel or the Honolulu Airport Hotel, both are within a 5 minute drive of the Main Base Gate, as well as the airport.

Comment by philly_mamasota on December 16, 2016 at 2:36pm: proudmamaoftwo, please check this out & see if it can help you with your plans: Navy Gateway Inns & Suites (NGIS) has high quality rooms at affordable rates, rooms start at $45. For reservations call 1-877-NAVY-BED (1-877-628-9233) or www.dodlodging.net. A friend used this for the SF Bay area and said it was beautiful but the sailor has to book it for you.

Comment by John and Yvonne on December 15, 2016 at 12:16am: Sub moms,

If your sons on the subs aren't going home for Christmas day, we would love to invite them to join us for Christmas dinner at our home! The more the merrier!

Yvonne and John