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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

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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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Comment by Rhonda8881 on September 23, 2015 at 1:42pm: Cranking is working with the Cooks. When my son did his cranking he did not mention dish washing; he waited tables, more or less. Helped with other things but what I remember most was being a waiter. He said everyone complained about cranking but he decided to spend his energy by making the best of it instead. Attitude has a lot to do with everything.

Comment by mrsb on September 23, 2015 at 11:38am: tysmom, cranking is dishwashing, hour after hour, day after day!!

Comment by Kevsmom93 on September 22, 2015 at 10:52pm: Mark our son is on a fast attack, with a smaller crew it wasn't uncommon during his deployment for those unfortunate Sailors to crank a 2nd time.

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on September 22, 2015 at 4:09pm: William, I am glad to hear that your son looked on the lighter side. I feel we all must look on the lighter side at times.

Comment by tysmom on September 22, 2015 at 4:02pm

What is cranking????

Comment by kerbear2709 on September 22, 2015 at 3:57pm: I am not a sub mom but a sub wife, well soon to be... My husband leaves for bc december 3, then goes to Groton thereafter for Sonar Tech. Any insight to what I may be in store for is greatly appreciated. We have four children and I plan to move to CT while he is in A-school, hopefully.

Comment by Mark on September 22, 2015 at 3:52pm: William - kudos to your son for being a good sport about cranking as a qualified second class this late in the game. That is very unusual for the COB to have done; especially since one would presume that he'd like your son to re-enlist, and most wouldn't consider making him crank at that point to motivate him in that direction :) I hope your son's sucking it up at least saved someone else from having to do a second tour of cranking.

Comment by William in Nashua on September 22, 2015 at 3:01pm: My son never had to crank until his most recent underway. He has been an E5 since just after he got to the boat 2-1/2 years ago, so is long since qualified in submarines and senior in rate in all his nuclear quals. They had a change of command and a new chief of the boat arrived four months ago, and upon discovery it turned out somehow he had slipped through the cracks all these years. Been in the Navy for 4-1/2 years now. He said cranking as a senior E5 was like being on leave.

Comment by mrsb on September 22, 2015 at 10:51am: Kevsmom93, I have to agree with your son's dislike of 90 days of cranking-my son had the same! He really didn't like it much but there was one good thing. Since he had to wear gloves all the time doing the dishes and cleaning his fingernails actually grew!! He has always been a "nail biter" and he was so proud to show me his nails one night when we were skyping!!! I'm pretty sure they are gone again now but they sure looked nice!!! He never sent me a t shirt though, darn it!!! I know he's glad the cranking days are over!!

Comment by Kevsmom93 on September 22, 2015 at 10:29am: If I understood my son correctly being an FSA is nothing like being a CS.He got along great with all of them during his crank time and had the utmost respect for their job, and even more so since he was deployed.