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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

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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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 5, 2015 at 1:33am: Those others have toped up in my head as well. Funny. Keeps my able to not get too nervous for him. Keep it light.

http://www.timescall.com/longmont-local-news/ci_28250388/colorado-w...

This has been going on here tonight!! A first for me!!

Comment by Annette on June 5, 2015 at 1:16am: CO-twin...when my bubblehead goes out, I always get "Under the Sea" from Little Mermaid in my head! My sister, his favorite aunt, goes with "Yellow Submarine"! ;)

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on June 4, 2015 at 11:15pm: My surface twin sailor making shellback

Trying to find my pics from the Steel Beach parties and the swim duty. Had pics of sailors with BIG guns standing shark watch duty.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on June 4, 2015 at 11:01pm: WellMy nuke is under the sea. Been singing Sponge Bob. Hope he is not getting sea sick. Will be looking forward to stories of his first time out on his boat. He said he starts over with Quals for dolphins for Subs. He said he will be getting yelled at a lot, but found out CO's favorite items and stocked up ahead of time to smooth things over.

No FB messages from his twin, means they must be done traveling and are down to brass tacks and are in mission mode.

Wild weather here. A first for me, tornado sirens going off. What do all the neighbors do??? they all go stand in the street to try to spot one. LOL

Comment by mrsb on June 4, 2015 at 9:54pm: My son is on a sub and I did see pics of a swim call-some were in the water and some were on their cell phones. And someone is always on watch looking for "things" in the water that could cause problems. :) Oh and he's on a fast attack.

Comment by Annette on June 4, 2015 at 6:46pm: And I can tell you that my hubby, who rode a boomer in the cold war, never had a swim call in the North Atlantic!

Comment by Rhonda8881 on June 4, 2015 at 5:39pm: My son was on a sub for 5 years and only had 1 "steel beach" stop. It was a swim call because subs don't have a big enough surface for a party!!!
The ocean water has to be very calm for them to have a swim call because there is no rescue boat to retrieve anyone who gets too far away!

Comment by Pat L. in IL on June 4, 2015 at 5:17pm: From my experience with Molly's Adopt A Sailor, MOST of the Steel Beach Parties are on surface ships.

Comment by SunflowerMom on June 4, 2015 at 12:00pm: I have enjoyed reading your posts about steal beach parties, they sound like fun. I didn't think that they still happened based on conversations with my sailor (boomer). It must be based on command.

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on June 4, 2015 at 12:00pm: Wow, so the "steal beach parties" are real. I am sure my son would have told us about it. Maybe he will get on this time out since it is summer time. The other times he has been out it was winter or fall.