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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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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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: May 7

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 CO-TwinSalorsMom on June 7, 2015 at 11:37pm: that is crazy William. He said it still may stay in Hawaii, So we will just have to pray for that as he really would not like Norfolk.

Comment by William in Nashua on June 7, 2015 at 9:54pm: Yes, they would.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on June 7, 2015 at 8:19pm: My son JUST got moved to Pearl Harbor and now they are thinking of dry docking his boat to Norfolk!!! They really would not move him again clear back east??

Comment by cybergrouch on June 7, 2015 at 5:28pm: Thanks for the "housing" info. I'm thinking that except for some clothes, maybe some kitchen stuff and a box of DVDs he won't be taking much more than he already has in his room in Groton. I think after being away for a year and a half, he might be ready to part with some stuff (like his massive free pint beer glass collection).

Since we live in Georgia and he's going to Seattle, we've got some decisions to make.

Another question? I'm an Army brat and we moved every 6 months to 3 years (mostly 1-1.5 years). Do submariners transfer bases similarly?

Comment by cybergrouch on June 7, 2015 at 5:19pm: My son is ITS (Information Technician Submarines). F school is also called SUBLAN (Submarine Local Area Network). It is computer stuff specific to the submarines they will be working on. It's about another 6 weeks long. His class and their submarines schedules worked out so that they went to F school instead of reporting to their assignments.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on June 7, 2015 at 3:03pm: http://www.times-standard.com/general-news/20150606/north-coast-hon...

My Dad is on this trip with my SIL!!!

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on June 6, 2015 at 10:35am: Cybergrouch, my son is in Bangor, WA (I think they are next to each other). He also lives in the "barracks". I am not sure if they are all the same but his has 2 bedrooms (4 guys 2 guys to a bedroom) then the bedroom as a bathroom. They all share a kitchen and living area. They kitchen is pretty much full size (no dishwasher). I have sent some pots and pans and cooking utensils. He uses paper plates. I think the living area has sofa and chair. My daughter went to visit and said the bed is very small. She said smaller then a single. Both my kids had full size beds so anything smaller then that is tiny for them. She said he really doesn't have a closet and I think they have some storage under his bed. I would wait and see what he might need. My son did take his skis back with him this last visit and he keeps them in the corner of the living area. The 3 guys that he lives with are not on his boat so at times he does have the whole place to himself.

Comment by cybergrouch on June 6, 2015 at 9:32am: My son will graduate from F school at Groton soon and will be on a sub out of Bremerton, WA. He says he will be in on-base housing (probably a barracks) and I was wondering what his accomodations will be like. Actually I'm wondering how much of his stuff he's is going to need to take with him (or I can send with him so I can make me a Mom Cave out of his room) :D

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on June 5, 2015 at 9:19pm: They save garbage for this event and apparently they saved red garbage for the red headed sailors. It is a disgusting tradition. Google it and you can watch videos.