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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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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

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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: 1304
Latest Activity: Feb 11

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 MaryBeth on February 25, 2016 at 9:58am: He is fast attack and is underway so I'll not feel bad about him not having a halfway box :-) Thanks fabulous ladies for easing the ol mommas mind!

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on February 25, 2016 at 9:08am: My son is on a boomer and he has had mail drops. They also do halfway boxes. They take them on the sub ahead of time and open them halfway thru their underway. I guess ever sub is different. My sons ombudsman is wonderful in getting the phone tree info out. Good luck with your son when he is out and about.

Comment by mrsb on February 25, 2016 at 1:37am: Sue!!! Welcome to SubMoms!!!! Sorry I missed you but I will see you in chat!!

Comment by mrsb on February 25, 2016 at 1:34am: MaryBeth, just to clarify, if he's "underway" there will be no half way boxes or bags sent; they are only sent on deployments, which are usually around 6 months, more or less. Underways are short, sometimes a couple of weeks to a month, so no boxes or bags can be sent. Of course I only know about fast attacks, not so sure about boomers!

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on February 24, 2016 at 5:47pm: Mine brought me wine from Spain but didn't bring it. I think he is drinking it himself. I got his deployment t-shirt, oh joy.

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on February 24, 2016 at 5:40pm: I noticed a post mentioning porting on a deployment - only fast-attack subs port (actually come up and sailors get to get off the sub) Boomers do not, although they are starting to do so in scottland. Boomers go out for 3 months and fast-attacks for longer.

Both do shorter "underways" not considered a deployment. This can be a few weeks.

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on February 24, 2016 at 1:36pm: Yes, He needs to email you first - that's the way you get his address.

My son's first underway was on a different boat than the one assigned. His boat was in dry dock. I did not know until I received his email what boat he was going on! One weekend when I tried to send emails to him I received a "returned email" notice that no such user existed. My first thoughts were - did they throw him off the boat? Ha! The boat was having technical difficulties that were eventually resolved!

Comment by MaryBeth on February 24, 2016 at 1:12pm: I hope he does it before they are underway! I've drilled it into his head and I know that he will want communcation with me.....what a surprise :-) I will still be able to emial him if he just so happens to not put me on the list?

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on February 24, 2016 at 1:06pm: If you are not on the list before he leaves, then it will be hard to get any boat info - leaving arriving and halfway boxes - that all goes through her. He will not have very much time at all to email - my son is on a boomer. There were 150 sailors and 3 computers. The silent time lasting more than a month was difficult, but I kept emailing him and praying for him.

Comment by MaryBeth on February 24, 2016 at 1:03pm: Cath...he does not have his dolphins. He will put me on the Ombudsman's list once he is "official". He promises me that he will do so. :-) So will he have a sub email i gather...more secure, etc. Thanks for telling about the departure./leaving ling....very helpful indeed.