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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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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Comment by mrsb on April 23, 2014 at 12:19am: navyvet, congratulations to your son on earning his Dolphins! That's great!!! Your name tells us that you are a Navy Veteran, thank you for your service!!! Please tell, what did you do, and where?

Comment by navyvet on April 22, 2014 at 9:47pm: LoriM my sons sub is in dry dick and he is out on a ride along with another sub he earned his dolphins on this cruise with the other sub

Comment by Laura on April 22, 2014 at 5:08pm: Thank you for the info.Lori Think I will know more than Alex before he gets to base! Does your son like WA?

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on April 22, 2014 at 4:44pm: Laura, My son is in Bangor, WA. He lives in the barracks when not underway. While the boat is in dry dock it is being manned by the gold crew but he is helping out with different things--he is on the blue crew. I think they do sleep on the boat when they are on duty. Not sure, will have to ask him.

Comment by Laura on April 21, 2014 at 1:56pm: tysmom...husband and I read article. Thank you.

Comment by Laura on April 21, 2014 at 1:55pm: Mrsb...hope your son gets SD. We are so happy ours got Groton, we live in NJ. Ours so far knows one friend who also has Groton, but different Sub. I would be happy if he knew and saw regularly 3-4 people.He reminds me often when I ask questions that its not sleep away camp. I will be learning so much in next few months.

Comment by Laura on April 21, 2014 at 12:59pm: Enough said! Very helpful. Laura

Comment by tysmom on April 21, 2014 at 12:56pm: There is a news article on Fox news that discusses the new sleep schedule for submariners.

Comment by tysmom on April 21, 2014 at 12:34pm: Yes a sub, not saying which one 'cause of underway.

He lives in the barracks when in port, but the subs are always manned 24/7.

Comment by mrsb on April 21, 2014 at 12:12pm: Hi Laura! My son would like San Diego, Pearl or Bangor-I would like SD since it's only an hour and a half from here and we could see him once in a while! But of course, he will go where the Navy sends him! Yes, he is in the barracks. He was in the boater barracks at first, only him and another Sailor but recently got moved. He is now closer to a bunch of his friends so he likes that. Doesn't have as much room now as he did before but it's only for a few more months. His group is supposed to graduate in July or early August. He does like Groton but is kind of sad because a lot of his friends have already moved on to their ship assignments.