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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.

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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 December 5, 2014 at 4:20pm: 985cat I am not saying anything other than the living spaces are thisclose on the Virginia class subs because I have been on the newest one in the fleet, and that is what I observed in person. Not sure which straw man you are debating though. In fact I have not commented on that news item at all -- yet.

Comment by William in Nashua on December 5, 2014 at 9:32am: Well I have been on my son's submarine which is currently the newest operational submarine in the Navy, and the corridors are so narrow that for two people to pass each other in the hallway you both have to face sideways, and squeeze past each other back to back. They can put women in one berthing area and men in another but the concept of personal space does not exist. And that was in the forward areas, I can only imagine how tight some of the areas must be in the engine room.

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on December 5, 2014 at 9:06am: I don't believe that women shouldn't be on subs because of situations like this, but because the design of the boat is not condusive to coed living. Hopefully the design of newer boats will remedy this.

Comment by 985cat ship 14 div 065 on December 5, 2014 at 7:25am: With no disrespect to anyones comments on here. Women have always been the subject and object of sexuality in our culture. You see it all over the Media, ( t.v..magazines, commercials, pop-stars)etc.Does that mean we have become desensitized to it, yes, of course if your honest with yourself. I believe respect has gone by the wayside with the younger generation. One could argue its how we are raised. But its not all that easy.Think of the respect your Grandparents had in there generation. The way they acted, dressed, and addressed a woman. We can almost say and expect that boys will be boys. Not to sound sexist but how many of you have said, if a Man could only be a Woman for a day and see what she goes through, and does what she does, then he would understand. I am all for equality, I think a man should act like a Gentleman, and woman like a Lady. By thinking there is no place for women on Subs because of situations like this, is almost to say " well boys just cant behave" and give it an excuse. Then we might as well take women off of all the Aircraft carriers, DDG's, Frigates, etc.. There goes half the Navy! As The saying goes "Shape up or Ship out"

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on December 4, 2014 at 11:50pm: You know - I'm all for equal rights, and if you are qualified for the job you should be allowed to do it - but I am also for common sense! I think that gets lost in a strive for "equality"!

I am good with all male boats!

Comment by mrsb on December 4, 2014 at 11:24pm: No they are not Cath Bubblehead.

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on December 4, 2014 at 11:00pm: 985Cat - definately somebody's wife - my son is on another boomer - his commanding officer is the husband of one of those officers! He said he has been going down there frequently to make their lives miserable! (My son's boat is in dry dock in VA).

My son commented that they are starting to work on the culture - but it will take time. Unfortunately the subs are not very conducive to coed living!

Comment by mrsb on December 4, 2014 at 7:06pm: Well said 985cat. He made a very poor decision.

http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/crime/2014/12/03/submarine-...

Comment by MaineGrammy on December 4, 2014 at 4:13pm: I had not hear about this until it was mentioned here. Our son is on a fast attack, so no females there yet. Unfortunately this will happen. I am sure it happens on surface ships often, but this is only getting press because it was on a sub, and women on subs are news. We may not think women on subs is a good idea, and most of our sons feel that way, but, women have been pressing to break the glass ceiling for years and this is just one of the few places that was left from breaking.

Comment by mrsb on December 4, 2014 at 3:01pm: 985cat, I just read about that-it's terrible!!! I never thought it would be a good idea to put women on subs, my son doesn't think it's a good idea either. Too much temptation there an obviously some young men didn't grow up.