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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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Los Angeles Region

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This group is for members in the Los Angeles Region. We are hoping to have Meet & Greets, share information and support each other.

Location: Los Angeles County, California
Members: 38
Latest Activity: Dec 3, 2016

MEET & GREET -- UPCOMING EVENTS

MEET & GREET: Saturday April 28, 2012

2:00PM @

Damon's Steakhouse
317 N. Brand

Glendale, CA

(818) 507-1510

Reservations have been made, please join us.

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Comment by Bandito's Mom on March 4, 2012 at 1:15am: BunkerQB, we will miss you in all sorts of places on N4M. Thank you for your service here. We really appreciate you.

As to doing nothing for the wedding, you do have to use it as an excuse to shop for dresses. And then there is the Rehearsal dinner, are you putting that on?

JAs Mom, congratulations on your son's engagement too.... is it spring or something?

Welcome aboard Cheri, we have a Meet & Greet planned for April 28 in Culver City, please mark it on your calendar

Comment by Bandito's Mom on March 4, 2012 at 1:11am: Wow elizabeth!!!!! Details please. Getting married in San Diego or L.A.? How did they meet, I am thinking not long ago? Have you gone shopping for a dress? I did most of my Mom-of-the-Groom shopping online. Ordered about half a dozen and finally found the right one. I am sending Hugs your way.

Comment by BunkerQB on March 3, 2012 at 11:03pm: Good evening ladies,

I am signing off from the group. My son's commitment to the Navy ended last week. He decided not to re up and is going back to the civilian world. I will be transitioning to a more supportive role on this site. If you need me, find me in the San Francisco Bay Area Navy Families Group.

Fair Winds and Following Seas.

Regards, BunkerQB.

Comment by JAsmom on March 1, 2012 at 12:53pm: elizabeth, congratulations on your son getting married even with the short notice. my son got engaged on Valentine's Day. he's in San Antonio right now and said they would wait to plan a wedding until after he finishes all his training. But who knows what will actually happen.

Comment by BunkerQB on March 1, 2012 at 4:28am: If any on you happen to be in North Cal on March 11 please come to our meet and greet in Fairfield. We have about 25 coming so far. Here is the link to RSVP

http://www.navyformoms.com/events/fairfield-ca-meet-greet-san-fran-...

Congrats on your son getting married on Friday. I am rather surprised you are still acting and sounding sane.

My son is getting married in July. I am not doing any organizing so I don't have to think about it otherwise............

Comment by elizabeth on March 1, 2012 at 2:38am: Our board has been very quite. My sailor is getting married this Friday, with only 10 days notice.

Comment by Bandito's Mom on February 5, 2012 at 1:26am: Adding it to a Blog too,

Comment by BunkerQB on February 4, 2012 at 2:12am: Feel free to pass the info along, so everyone knows. Just copy my post and paste it as a comment in your other groups.

Comment by Bandito's Mom on February 3, 2012 at 12:04pm: Wow, thank you so much. I thought it was because I had finally upgraded by browser. Been cursing that decision ever since. Much better without the chat. You are a wealth of info!

Comment by BunkerQB on February 3, 2012 at 4:16am: IF THIS SITE IS RUNNING SLOW OR FREEZES UP, check to see if you are connected on CHAT.

Disconnecting from CHAT will solve the problem. When you first log on to Navy 4 Moms, look at the bottom right of your screen. You'll see either a red dot or a green dot. A green dot mean you are connected on CHAT, a red dot mean you are not. You should surf the N4M site after you DISCONNECT on CHAT. So if you see the green light, click on it (you'll see a "connected to chat" with a check in front of the words. Place you mouse over the "check" symbol and click. The red dot should appear. I go through my whole session disconnected from chat. At the end if I have time, I go into chat for awhile. But I always make sure I am disconnected before I log out of Navy 4 Moms; otherwise, the upload will take forever when you log on the next time.