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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 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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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

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PLEASE READ ARTICLES IN THE "PAGES" AREA

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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 William in Nashua on September 9, 2015 at 8:48pm: Well that is a good point Mark as he was already assigned to a boat based in Groton at the time, and the trainer is there. He might have volunteered for it, I just wrongly assumed that the nukes all had to do the escape trainer.

Comment by Mark on September 9, 2015 at 6:01pm: Enlisted nucs absolutely do not attend BESS, as William points out. Nucs assigned to a boat in Groton may experience the escape trainer, but it is commonly waived for various reasons. My son attended BESS in 2009 for Sonar Tech, and did not go through the escape trainer. I was a nuc on subs in the 1980s, and nucs did not go through the trainer then. I'm skeptical that the Navy would spend the money for travel to send nucs to Groton solely for the escape trainer. I won't go into the reasons why, because it probably isn't appropriate for this forum. Nuclear Power school is not considered a C school either, and all nucs since the nuclear training moved to Charleston have had their A school there. Nuclear A schools before then were in Orlando for 10 years or so - prior to then, they had their A school in Great Lakes (where I had mine), but never in Groton :)

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on September 9, 2015 at 5:38pm: William - my son's friend was nuke and attended BESS & A School in Groton, then went to C school for Nukes. I think it varies. My understanding was that everyone that serves on a sub has to go through BESS (BOSS for officers)

Comment by William in Nashua on September 9, 2015 at 5:24pm: Nukes do not go to BESS at all, they learn the submarine stuff at the nuke schools. So they go right from nuclear prototype school to the boat. The one exception to that is nukes do have to go through the submarine escape tower exercise at Groton just like everyone else on subs. Groton is nice I actually liked Groton it is a nice easy drive and is really a Navy community. Plus the whole base is submariners and it is really steeped in submarine history. Good luck to everyone going to Groton.

Comment by Webby2014 on September 9, 2015 at 4:59pm: My son is MMWep. He spent about 6 months in Groton before getting his PDS to Kings Bay. He did not get his orders until right before A school graduation. He has enjoyed his time in Georgia so far. Welcome to the submarine world. This crazy journey continues

Comment by Biriam on September 9, 2015 at 4:40pm: Do you know if I should wait to send him his personal items until he lets me know?

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on September 9, 2015 at 4:29pm: Yes, depending on his schedule and card status, he has varying forms of liberty. White is the most restrictive.

To get on base, he has to meet you at the gate. Don't know where you are from, but the Nautilus museum is right off base and is very interesting!

Comment by Biriam on September 9, 2015 at 4:24pm: Thanks a lot Cath. He has told me something about that. Can you visit him?

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on September 9, 2015 at 4:17pm: BESS is about 8 weeks A school and others in between vary in length. All in all, my son was at Groton for about 10 months - he is Sonar. Each rate is different, and then there is always the "wait" time to class up!