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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 Lgallagher on November 19, 2014 at 2:33pm: Thank you Rhonda8881.... I needed to hear about your time and lack of time with your son and how you deal with it. We are their biggest fan. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Comment by Rhonda8881 on November 19, 2014 at 1:58pm: NAM now means Navy/Marine Achievement Medal. They are also awarded in the Navy's other department (lol) the Marines!!!

Thanks for the detailed explanation Kaye S. I would not have said it quite as god!!! It is awarded for going above and beyond more or less.
My sailor just celebrated his 8th anniversary with the Navy and we have only spent 2 Christmases together (last year was only because of a loss in the family) and a couple of New Year's. No Thanksgivings since 2005, no birthdays since then either. He has been in Hawaii for 7 of those years now and that is a little too far and expensive to do very often. And now he is married to a girl from Hawaii so I don't expect to spend many holidays with them in the future.

We as Navy moms have to learn to cut the cord and be happy that our children are happy and successful in their adult life. I learned that counting my blessings makes me a lot happier than focusing on the strife/sad times. It does take time to get used to our children not being with us, but we are their biggest fans and need to support them in their journey.
Sorry if I am rambling on. Feeling a little nostalgic this morning.

Comment by Kaye S. on November 19, 2014 at 1:16pm: 1) NAM = "Navy Achievement Medal;" awarded for exemplary achievement of some objective (e.g. patrol, inspection, deliverable, etc.)

2) Boomers, as noted, don't surface during their deployments (except for supplies, communications, or other special circumstances). You should assume you'll have NO contact, other than emails, with your sailor during a patrol.

Our personal record with holidays is four years in a row (2006-2009), meaning no contact for four Thanksgivings, December birthdays, or Christmases. Needless to say, Christmas of 2010 was major league!!!

The random, unpredictable phone calls we've received during a patrol are considered "gifts" (the boat surfaced and sailors were allowed to call)!

Comment by Annette on November 19, 2014 at 11:55am: Rebecca, I couldn't figure out what you were talking about at first. But I believe you mean boomer. There are fast attacks and boomers and I believe it has to do with the weapons they carry. Also their patrols or under ways are different in how they operate. My hubby was on a boomer in the cold war, our son is on a fast attack.

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on November 19, 2014 at 10:46am: What does NAM stand for? Keep seeing this and never heard my son mention this. Thank you.

Comment by Rhonda8881 on November 18, 2014 at 11:46pm: Not every command sends a notification to the parents of a sailor when they receive their dolphins. I never received anything except a call from my son.
I did receive a letter when he received 1 of his 4 NAMs, but not the other 3. Each command is different.

Comment by Rebecca K. (SHIP13DIV247) on November 18, 2014 at 11:18pm: Kaye- thank you for that informative post! Is anyone here have a son that is on a Bummer? My son is currently on Deployment on the Florida. This is his first Deployment on a Bummer. His 'home' boat is the Alexandria (fast attack). Once before he missed the Holidays, when he was on Deployment on the Alex. Anyway, I was wondering if it might be at all possible that I might have a chance to be able to Skype with him close to Christmas time? I know Bummers go down for 6mns and stay down, for the most part. I was just hoping some of you Ladies or Gentlemen might tell me some of your experiences with your son's Deployment on a Bummer that happened during the Holidays. -Thanks

Comment by Mark on November 18, 2014 at 8:50pm: Enjoyed the Crow's Nest post, K - good stuff!

Comment by BunkerQB on November 18, 2014 at 8:48pm: baby dukie's mama, my glasses are "offed" read nukie instead of dukie the first time. Thought it was a good name. Don't feel too comfy yet. You know moms will find unexplored ways of feeling guilt for not doing enough at a drop of a hat. :)

Comment by Phoebs on November 18, 2014 at 8:33pm: Thanks everyone for your help, I've got it all figured out now. Been in contact with the ombudsman.