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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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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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New to this life? SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR NEW NAVY MOMS

Need an Ombudsman? OMBUDSMAN REGISTRY

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Comment by ProudNavyMom#1 on April 14, 2014 at 1:30am: Well, mrsb, my Sailor and his fiance' did attend the Submariner's Ball! I am so excited because I just noticed on the picture I saw of them that he has a MEDAL on his left breast pocket area and I can't find out till l get a hold of him. It's too late for him right now but I am wondering if anyone on here may know what that medal is for?

I hope you can see my Son's pic.

Comment by mrsb on April 13, 2014 at 11:29pm: Johanna, we all can't wait to hear about and see pictures of your next adventure!!

Lindagirl, I hope you feel better and can also spend time with your son-I hope it all works out. :)

ProudNavyMom, now we know why daughter-in-law to be was there this last weekend!! I hadn't heard anything about the ball until I saw a pic someone posted! :)

Comment by ProudNavyMom#1 on April 13, 2014 at 3:45pm: Kevsmom93 how exciting!!!! So happy for him and all of you!! Best to him as he continues in his Navy career!!! God bless him and yours! NMH!!!!

Comment by BunkerQB on April 13, 2014 at 1:26pm: https://www.facebook.com/groups/50743191307/

oops. here is the link

Comment by BunkerQB on April 13, 2014 at 1:26pm: Kevsmom,

Here is a open group (anyone can join, anyone can read comments posted) on Facebook for the USS Columbus. You have to get a Facebook profile to join. Since it's an open group, please be care of what you post (just like here). My son's sub had a secret Facebook group - more information was disclosed and membership had to be approved by the ship's ombudsman. I recall reading about the change in contact info for getting hold of the ombudsman for the different ships but I can't find thread at the moment. Sorry.

Comment by Kevsmom93 on April 13, 2014 at 1:06pm: Our son graduates his A school on May 8th. He will be coming home soon after that but I don't have an exact date as of yet. His Dad and I are overjoyed to finally get to see him again after all these months!! Can't even wrap my ahead around all the news he's shared with us recently.

His permanent duty station is Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the USS Columbus SSN 762. Can't believe he received his first choice, we're so happy for him! That means maybe someday (I hope) if his Dad and I are fortunate enough we'll be making our first visit to Hawaii :-)

I do have a question that I'm hoping a sub mom can help out with. He has tried to contact the Ombudsman and the email was sent back as no longer existing. Is there any other way to contact them? He sounded a little concerned and I told him I would ask my fellow sub mom's maybe they could help?? I've checked here on NFM's and I couldn't find a group for his boat :-/

Comment by Kevsmom93 on April 13, 2014 at 12:56pm: I can't wait to hear about the ball how exciting for your boys! That would be cool if you cold post some pics :-)

LindaGirl- My goodness sometimes life can really throw you a curve. I hope you're feeling better very soon so you can enjoy your cruise. Your son is coming home how awesome is that! I understand you're feeling so much disappointment on not being there for his arrival. But just think of how wonderful it will be that he will be waiting there for you on your return!

I'm with ProudNavyMom#1 can't wait to hear the rest of the story!

Comment by ProudNavyMom#1 on April 11, 2014 at 10:57pm: that's wpnderful! My Son is also going to the Submariners Ball. I hope they take pics! Looking forward to hearing more on this! God bless

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on April 11, 2014 at 8:53pm: Bad sequins of events. Bummer how long are you supposed to be gone? will have leave that you can be together when you get back?

Comment by LindaGirl on April 11, 2014 at 4:22pm: Hi ladies, got good news & bad news, depending on how you look at it! What are the chances of my husband & I being on a River Cruise on the Rhine River through Germany, as I write this. (Booked the trip last fall when we thought our Marine son wouldn't be coming home from his deployment in Africa, not till May or June). He is due home next week while we are gone, I so wanted to be at his home-coming, & thought about how it would be the whole time he was deployed! Not only are we on the River cruise this week, but it's the one time in 20 years, I decided not to get a flu shot this year, & guess who has an extremely bad cold at the moment, which I'm afraid could very well be the flu, or lead to it.