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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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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 Pat L. in IL on July 27, 2015 at 2:45pm: TJProudnukemom, Fingers crossed that he gets the rate he wants!

Comment by TJ Proudnavymom on July 27, 2015 at 1:52pm: Still waiting to know for sure but it looks like my sailor's re-rate from nuke school is going to "land" him on the USS Jimmy Carter. I think he asked specifically for that sub and there were 3 rates available. Still waiting to hear which he'll get.

Comment by William in Nashua on July 27, 2015 at 12:41pm: Attack subs do have a FPO address and you can indeed send your sailor a letter using that address. There is no guarantee when he will receive your mail though, or that the boat will receive mail at the next port of call or anywhere else, while it is still underway. I sent my son a mail once and it took forever to arrive. Now that the boats have email it is better to use that.

Comment by CO_Proud Parent on July 27, 2015 at 12:41am: http://www.uscs.org/cover-collecting/about-collecting-naval-covers/...

Here is a link to all of the Navy's ships / Subs. You can send mail to the FPO and it should arrive at the next port if it is a Fast Attack or SSGN boat. Others are right that Boomers (SSBN) typically do not receive mail. Hope this helps.

Comment by NonnaB on July 26, 2015 at 11:13pm: Catie, the is no FPO for deployed sub. You can send email to your sailor at this address: last name, first initial, middle initial, @ name of sub, .navy.mil. Your shoutd send plain text and no attachments. On fast attack boats, they may be able to receive email but not be able to always respond. But they do appreciate the family contact. The ombudsman usually lets you know about the halfway box (on fast attacks it is usually just st a gallon sized ziplock bag) and when it needs to be received so it can be stored on the boat. Hope this helps.

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on July 26, 2015 at 8:59pm: Catie,
As far as I know there is not an APO for subs. I could be wrong for fast attack. I know boomers do get halfway "boxes" but the ombudsman would have the details. As far as email, you have to wait to hear from your submariner. Fast attracts I'm sure have different protocol.

Comment by Catie on July 26, 2015 at 5:38pm: Can someone help me find an FPO address for deployed submarine?

Comment by tina41 on July 23, 2015 at 7:27pm: hello all!!

thanks everyone!

co-twin & william---glad you both got to hear from your sailors! they are sometimes far and few!!

Comment by William in Nashua on July 23, 2015 at 1:56pm: Hi Tina, welcome back. Congratulations to your son. CO-TwinSailorsMom that is so funny, my son losestrack of where he parked his car too. I have enough trouble remembering after parking in a mall for a few hours imagine what it is like after months. Mine is still underway somewhere although we got to speak a few weeks ago when they made a port call. This is quite a long patrol though Lol.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on July 23, 2015 at 12:13am: Hey, My son surfaced today and called his ma, He was so tired and trying to find where he left his car. He did several shifts of 24-3-24. He is doing good on his quals. He said they would be in port awhile now.

Congrates on your son Tina41.