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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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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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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

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Comment by bonnieb75 on June 16, 2016 at 7:16am: I thought something was going on with the email system.. Thanks so much for the info!

Comment by lillyfield41 on June 15, 2016 at 9:15am: This morning I received a text from my son. EVERY TIME he spends a minute letting me know what is going on in his life (and what makes him laugh when he is far away from me) --- i cannot even describe the elation i feel and the gratitude i feel! he doesn't have to call me. He doesn't have to text and he certainly doesn't have to understand that i haven't gotten a package together with the items he wants from home yet. I spoke with a woman in the coffee shop this morning who said i text too much. i thought it's not enough (because this morning it was with my son.) I thought about his pen and paper letters from basic training and mine to him and i hope he sits and pours over my words as much as i do his. :) to all the moms whose sons are out of touch for a bit... just stay strong!

Comment by Pooh'sMom on June 14, 2016 at 5:24pm: Yes! Thanks for posting Kaye S.

Comment by Julie on June 14, 2016 at 4:52pm: Thank you for posting

Comment by Kaye S. on June 14, 2016 at 12:56pm: JUST POSTED BY THE USN

Sailor Mail Retires, Direct Delivery Takes Over

JUNE 13, 2016, NORFOLK (NNS) – The Navy is modernizing its method for sending emails to Sailors aboard submarines, effective June 30. The 25-year-old ‘Sailor Mail’ migrating to the ‘Direct Delivery’ system as a necessary improvement, ensuring the Navy has a supported program in the future.

Under the older Sailor Mail system, emails would automatically be modified to include removing attachments with the sender receiving a notification of the modification. This will not happen with Direct Delivery and some attachments may be allowed, depending on mission and ship settings to control attachment size.

Contact a Recruiter!
“The new system is bringing some improvements, but overall, families will see little change in the basic system for keeping in touch with their loved ones,” said Master Chief Information Systems Technician Richard Okrasinski, Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic Force information technician. “Your Sailor’s email address will not change, and emails should flow faster between you and your Sailor since we are eliminating a manual intermediate step.”

As before, ship connection speed will still be limited by operational and environmental conditions; however, emails will flow directly to the submarine if the vessel is communicating.

“A significant difference from the old system is that instead of your email being moved to and processed on a classified network — required by the old system — it will be delivered directly to the boat via the unclassified network,” said Okrasinski.

Learn More About Joining, Contact A Recruiter Today!
Follow these steps to ensure a smooth transition between services:

1.) Do not send emails with large attachments. Remember words do not use a lot of bandwidth, but forwarding a long email thread can become a large file. Adding background pictures and images in the signatures also takes up space. By sending emails in plain text, you will help the email get on and off the ship sooner and more reliably.

2.) If you do not receive a response daily, please be patient. While underway, the ship may have limited connectivity to the unclassified network and may not receive all non-mission essential message traffic. Additionally, as in the past, some operations will prohibit the transmission of unclassified email.

3.) Remember, what you write is likely to be read by a human reviewer on board. The reviewer is a trusted member of the crew who has been trained on allowable content.

Comment by mrsb on June 12, 2016 at 11:14pm: Thanks Tina and Linda, it was a lot of fun!!! I thought it was the next best thing to him not being there!

Comment by LindaGirl on June 12, 2016 at 10:55pm: Love the cutout!

Comment by tina41 on June 12, 2016 at 8:37pm: hello all!!

glad to hear you all had fun! congrats to the newlyweds!! you have a handsome sailor!

Comment by mrsb on June 12, 2016 at 8:11pm: Wow, what a weekend!! I just got back from attending ProudNavyMom's son's wedding in Houston! My friends Bonnie and TideFan met me there and we played tourist for a while, then went to the beautiful wedding. My sailor was supposed to be in the wedding but he and the groom couldn't both be gone at the same time so I made a "flat" Evan to go along!

Comment by cybergrouch on June 11, 2016 at 12:56pm: Has anyone been to a Family Weekend in Kitsap/Bangor? My son's sub is having one the end of July and I was wondering what it was, how to dress, etc.