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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

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

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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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New to this life? SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR NEW NAVY MOMS

Need an Ombudsman? OMBUDSMAN REGISTRY

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Comment by KH1970 on March 17, 2016 at 2:18pm: Cath Bubblehead, thanks for the reply. I called the Ombudsman and we are on the list. I guess they just haven't tried to contact us.

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on March 17, 2016 at 1:27pm: KHarmon - if this is his first trip, he is VERY busy! Keep emailing him. If you are on the ombudsman list, then she can give you info, if not, she cannot. If you are on the list, contact her - some are better than others!

My son is on a boomer, not a fast attack, so I do not know how mail drops work - sorry!

Comment by KH1970 on March 17, 2016 at 12:06pm: My son is on the Newport News. His Dad and I have only had one phone call from him, and a few very short emails. We have not heard from the Ombudsman, and are really surprised to be reading some of these posts about homecoming, mail drops, 1/2 way boxes, pictures and news articles on where the sub has been. Is there one place to go for this information? We are pretty lost as sea here. Any help/info is greatly appreciated.

Comment by mrsb on March 10, 2016 at 10:59pm: Kaye S, I love the "Auntie for a year" thing!! How fun that must have been!!!

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on March 10, 2016 at 6:19pm: My son loves when he doesn't have to shave while on the boat. He is one of those guys who has to shave all the time. They also have contests to see who can grow the biggest beard/mustache. He took a pic with a regulation mustache after being underway--I like him better without one. He didn't keep it. He said it it easier to shave then keep it up all the time.

Comment by Kaye S. on March 10, 2016 at 5:19pm: As usual, Mark is the answer man!

About $$$ for not shaving: FRG groups are not allowed to market fundraising to civilians - who might consider that as "double-dipping" (they pay military salaries, and the wives want more?!)

Thus, FRGs must find creative ways to fund their treasuries for family holiday parties, etc., but stay "within the family." So, sailors pay to stay scruffy! My son's former boat also auctioned services offered by the 'family' - the CO would wash/wax a car, the COB would grill a meal, the XO would babysit, etc.

I personally offered to be "Auntie for a Year." A wife 'bought me' for her sailor, who was deployed to the middle east for a year. Every month, I sent a care package, plus cards for birthday, anniversary, etc. He STILL writes to me as his "Aunt K.!" All good fun :-)

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on March 9, 2016 at 7:16pm: Don't know about no shave - but my son mentioned that for a donation sailors on their boat need not shave for the duration. I forgot what the money went to.

Comment by scubagirl on March 9, 2016 at 6:54pm: Thank you Mark. I thought I was safe with info as his ombudsman shared them and said we could share and say where they had been. Good point about the repair. It was mentioned in the article the sub was in port longer than anticipated due to repairs. The citizens of the port were concerned about repairs being made to a nuclear sub in their port. They were afraid the water might be contaminated. The Navy assured them it had nothing to do with the nuclear system. All of this was in the article released by the Navy. I appreciate all the administrators do for all the groups and try to never break any rules. I also like we are a drama free group and surely do not want to start any drama.

My son should be testing in the next few days. I hope all goes well for him. Not sure how confident he is as they have been silent for a while now. Also on no shave at this time. It that a way to save water? Or just make things easier??? NMH's to all us moms.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on March 9, 2016 at 6:32pm: I only post info that has been already posted on their FB page.

Comment by Mark on March 9, 2016 at 6:06pm: Scubagirl - your post was fine, as your ombudsman said. Naming the port visita is fine after the boat has left. You didn't get specific about the repair or part, so that was ok also. It would be better not to mention anything about repairs though, just to be on the safe side. I suggest everyone interested check out the navy.mil website. There are links to navy news and photos there that will confirm what scubagirl said about publicly released news and photos.