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Navy For Moms

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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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 Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

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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: 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 LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on August 25, 2014 at 12:59pm: Cath Bubblehead, your son will like being a sonar tech. Mine can't believe the meaning behind the different sounds and how he just knows what is what out there in the deep blue water.

baby dukie's mama, yes, it is amazing how they grow up and are so more independent. Of course, being the mom I still ask certain questions-- are you eating, getting rest, etc.lol.

Comment by Cath Bubblehead mom on August 25, 2014 at 11:11am: LoriM - my son too is sonar but he is still in school.

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on August 25, 2014 at 10:48am: Jeanette, I though that was what a CS was. Nice to see another job in the Navy. It seems like everyone is an MT or Nuke. My son is Sonar and I don't see to many of those.

Comment by LindaGirl on August 24, 2014 at 4:00pm: Hey Ladies, just to let you know, if you can't find what you like or want when looking to purchase a military t-shirt on the "tee-spring" create your own t-shirt website, another site is CafePress.com. They have literally, thousands of military t-shirts to chose from, including infants, toddlers, & children's ( as well as other items) at very reasonable prices that include every military branch you can think of. Just put in a search of what you want & it will come up. Ex: Navy mom t-shirts, Marine child t-shirts, etc. Happy t-shirt hunting! You literally can spent hours looking through the selections, & then when you pick something, they will have anywhere from 9 to 27 variations of the shirt you pick, including color & style. They also have other military related items, including stickers, mugs, etc. They do not just do military only, but other careers as well.

Comment by Kevsmom93 on August 24, 2014 at 1:08am: Tina 2 months is such a long time. Very happy for you to finally talk again :-D

mrsb you never fail to make me laugh out loud. I love reading your comments/opinions to my hubby he's always entertained!

Guess what? Our son's boat is back and he called today while I was out and my husband was at work! Sent him a text to please call again but haven't heard anything :-(

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on August 23, 2014 at 11:42pm: Oh Tina that is great. Our sailors do work hard hu? it is good to get a phone call or text but skyping is better.

Comment by mrsb on August 23, 2014 at 11:38pm: Kevsmom, you are so sweet to think of me and ProudNavyMom after your encounter with the witch at the airport. I probably would have ripped her head off, but that's just me!!! And you know how I am! LOL Some, most, people just don't understand the life of a military family. They don't understand that when you say goodbye you may not know when you will see your son/husband/bf again. Communication is very little. I just want to slap people sometimes!

COTwin, I can't get the visual out of my head about your son turning and you weren't there. So sorry for that, must have been so difficult. Glad that you stood up the second time as well. We all stick together and are such proud Navy moms!!!

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on August 23, 2014 at 11:36pm: thanks LindsGirl it is what it is, i moved on

Comment by LindaGirl on August 23, 2014 at 11:36pm: Tina41, I'm so glad you were able to skype with your son. I know when we are on skype with our son, after we've talked for awhile, I try to think of things to say & bring up just because I don't want the session to end! I look at him through the screen & try to pretend that we are in the same room together.

Comment by LindaGirl on August 23, 2014 at 11:30pm: Kevsmom93, I would do the same thing & stay until I could not see the plane any more. My husband would have to drag me away if he tried to get me to go any sooner.