This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

FIRST TIME HERE?

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

**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.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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Daddy's First Hug - Ever...

WARNING - Before you start reading (or seeing the pictures) go get a full box of tissues or a roll of tp.



Thanks to a mom on this site (Yea N4M's and Susan), I got to be at the USS Truman homecoming!! What an experience!!! Talk about mixed emotions!! You will be crying one minute and then laughing with "strangers" the next!! If you have someone in the Navy, we are FAMILY - just us here at N4M's are closer "kin" with each other!!!



If you ever have a chance to watch a ship… Continue

Added by Brenda Sue on September 27, 2008 at 3:30pm — 4 Comments

N4M's will be down for a short period on Thursday 9/25 & Friday 9/26

**** Update : http://networkcreators.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=492224%3ATopic%3A352804



Ning just sent this my way and I wanted to give you a heads up.



"I wanted to let you know about a bit of platform maintenance happening early Friday morning, September 25, starting at 12:30 a.m. Pacific. This is an upgrade of our storage environment with 1 hour of planned downtime — Ning.com… Continue

Added by Navy for Moms Admin on September 24, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

NAVYForMoms.com & The Columbus Day Parade & You?

NAVYForMoms.com loves the Big Apple! :D



It's parade time again and NAVYForMoms.com is showing their presence in the Columbus Day Parade in NYC on October 13! The Columbus Day parade is a huge event in NYC. It features vibrant culture and spectacular achievements of some of the people who made America great. And who better to represent this country than our Navy moms! October 13th also is the Navy's 233rd birthday, so we will be celebrating that historic day with the parade goers as… Continue

Added by Navy for Moms Admin on September 23, 2008 at 1:00pm — 6 Comments

Quote Me, Capture This! 9/23/2008

Quote of the Week:

"This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave." – Elmer Davis

Photos of the Week:





080919-N-0807W-205 SASEBO, Japan (Sept. 19, 2008) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Robert Skibsted, assigned to the mine countermeasure ship USS Patriot (MCM 7), assists Mineman 3rd Class Jeremy Holloway as he flushes Oleoresin Capsicum, known as "pepper spray", from his face after being sprayed… Continue

Added by Navy for Moms Admin on September 23, 2008 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Quote Me, Capture This! 9/17/2008

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

"A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world." – George Santanyana

PHOTOS OF THE WEEK:





080912-N-9985W-005 NORFOLK, Va. (Sept. 12, 2008) Interior Communications Electrician Chief Petty Officer Joseph Stevenson hugs his daughters goodbye before he deploys aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87). The Mason is deploying as part of the Theodore Roosevelt… Continue

Added by Navy for Moms Admin on September 17, 2008 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

Twitter Time? Excellent.

Thought I share with you my joy of the day!



http://search.twitter.com/search?q=navyformoms.com



I didn't know we were being twittered about?! Goooooo N4M's!



I think the comment that made me laugh the most was ISShanks.

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=Navy4moms

"I believe I'm making progress! I spent a little time tonight on the… Continue

Added by Navy for Moms Admin on September 16, 2008 at 4:56pm — 1 Comment

Chat is Back (and better than ever)

Yes! It's baaaaaaaack. :D
It looks like there is a main room- and also, you can go off and have more of a private aim chat- 1 on 1.


Love it, Hate it? Let me know!


Added by Navy for Moms Admin on September 16, 2008 at 10:31am — 1 Comment

The R.I. moms/families get together went great. It was wonderful to meet everyone, and share our stories and concerns!Some "native" Rhode Islanders think they need a passport to leave their little ar…

The R.I. moms/families get together went great. It was wonderful to meet everyone, and share our stories and concerns!Some "native" Rhode Islanders think they need a passport to leave their little area of the state, so we have not decided on a location (or a date) for our next get-together! Hopefully those of you who were not able to attend will join us next time. Hugs :) Lois Continue

Added by Lois C T(momma T) on September 15, 2008 at 10:47am — 1 Comment

Yes. Admin has a Chat Update... and much (much) more...

Oh, the reasons I love Ning



Chat Update

We've been working to increase the stability of Chat all last week and this weekend. Specifically, the issue is that Chat slows down to a crawl intermittently and then returns to its normally speedy self.



In the last few days, we made the decision to replace a few open source components that we had used in the original Chat server we… Continue

Added by Navy for Moms Admin on September 10, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Quote Me, Capture This! 9/10/2008

Quote of the Week:

"In short, we must be constantly prepared for the worst and constantly acting for the best – strong enough to win a war and wise enough to prevent one." – Lyndon B. Johnson

Photos of the Week:





010915-N-3995K-024 New York, N.Y. (Sept. 15, 2001) -- The American flag is a prominent icon in the heart of what was once the World Trade Center in New York City, Sept. 15, 2001. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 1st Class… Continue

Added by Navy for Moms Admin on September 10, 2008 at 2:28pm — 2 Comments

****N4M's Is Catching Adweek Buzz... With your help!****

Dearest Members:

A little shameless self promotion? Maybe. ;oP

http://www.adweekbuzz.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1000802603



N4M's is up for a People's Choice award and I thought- you are the people, you should vote :D

So, if you decide to help- it will only take you 8 seconds! They only request your e-mail to make sure it's valid.



Right now we are in second place, but with your help we… Continue

Added by Navy for Moms Admin on September 9, 2008 at 9:00am — 7 Comments

Need some Janet this Monday... :D

Janet performed "Rhythm Nation" and "Luv" at the concert, which took place in San Diego in May for military personnel and their families.



And when I played this I found myself dancing in my seat... Hope to make your Monday a little better :D - CC





source:… Continue

Added by Navy for Moms Admin on September 8, 2008 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Link N4M's & Educate Us! :D

The Navy Online Community is huge... and there is a wealth of information, support and help out there. N4M's has a small library of links growing in our "Links 101" section! If you haven't checked it out yet- please do!



Today I added these three awesome links. Check them out when you have time.…



Continue

Added by Navy for Moms Admin on September 5, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Quote Me, Capture This! 9/4/2008

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. – Theodore Roosevelt



PHOTOS OF THE WEEK:





080902-N-5595G-001 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 2, 2008) Sailors count fathoms for temporary lifelines before participating in an upcoming replenishment at sea aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington is sailing off the… Continue

Added by Navy for Moms Admin on September 4, 2008 at 1:56pm — No Comments

Great job Navy Moms!





Just a big THANK YOU to Linda and all of the moms that contributed to the Navy Moms Cookbook. I talked with Linda this morning and she has orders for 450 cookbooks!!! The book is currently at the publishers and they will allow us to add to the order until noon Friday. If you have not had a chance to place your order and would still like to do so, just drop… Continue

Added by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on September 4, 2008 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

An email from our Sailors in Iraq -

In the two months that the Molly Adopt A Sailor program has been underway, many Navy Moms have so generously taken time to drop a card, write a letter or send a care package. Each month we select a different group of sailors to support. Our August Sailors are a Seabee group made up of both male and female sailors that have been stationed in Iraq since May 08.



Today we received this email communication from them and wanted to share it with you




Classification:… Continue

Added by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on August 29, 2008 at 9:29am — 2 Comments

Quote Me, Capture This! 8/26/2008

Quote of the Week:



"It is sweet to serve one's country by deeds, and it is not absurd to serve her by words." – Sallust



Photos of the Week:







080824-6483G-N-001 BATUMI, Georgia (Aug. 24, 2008) The guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) delivers more than 80 tons of needed humanitarian assistance supplies to the people of Georgia. At the request of the Government of Georgia, the United States is working… Continue

Added by Navy for Moms Admin on August 26, 2008 at 12:03pm — No Comments

Chat is down until TBD? Blah!

*** Chat is down*** :( Sorry! I feel bad! It's not on our end. It's btwn Ning and the people who made the chat software. Hopefully this issue will be worked out (soon?) and we will have it up and running again. Until then, we thank you for your patience. :)


Added by Navy for Moms Admin on August 25, 2008 at 2:54pm — 2 Comments

TGIF! Admin thoughts...

Dearest Members:



(1)Yes! Somebody alerted me that chat is down. Sadly, I will not have it fixed until early next week. I have to get my techie guys on this... and they are off for the weekend.



(2) I think I find myself typing this often on member's walls:

Your comment below hasn't been seen by anyone- they aren't alerted if you write on your own wall. Please copy your text, click on the icon(s) of the member(s) you want to respond to, and paste your text on their… Continue

Added by Navy for Moms Admin on August 22, 2008 at 6:12pm — No Comments

Quote Me, Capture This! (8/20/2008)

Quote of the Week

"Freedom is still expensive. It still costs money. It still costs blood. It still calls for courage and endurance, not only in soldiers, but in every man and woman who are free and who is determined to remain free." – Harry S. Truman



Photos of the Week







080728-N-1057H-445 GULFPORT, Miss. (July 28, 2008) Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 spends a hazy morning conducting battalion-level physical… Continue

Added by Navy for Moms Admin on August 20, 2008 at 1:09pm — No Comments

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