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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.

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

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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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Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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CONFUSED AND FRUSTRATED!!!-Need help with site!

I'm starting to feel like a complete IDIOT because I just can't seem to figure out how to do things on this site. Although I dont't really do any social networking (i.e. facebook,mayspace, twitter...) I like to think that I'm somewhat computer literate and not a stupid person! When I click to add someone as a friend, it doesn't do anything. Does the person I tried to add as a friend get an invite from me that I don't see? Am I supposed to get a message of pending friends?When I tried to send a message to someone who added me as a friend, the screen just sat there doing nothing and my inbox didn't show any messages I had sent. And why did a reply that I wrote to someone that replied to my discussion show up on my page as my reply to me??Everytime I click to do something (reply,add friend,send message...) the screen just sits there and so I try to click it again,and it lets me, but doesn't do anything! - not a confirmation, not go to another screen,nothing! What am I doing wrong!? I have searched in alot of discussions and even gone to the ning site but I just can't seem to find the answers I need or that I'm looking for. I would like all the wonderful ladies who took the time to reply to a question/discussion I posted know how much their quick and informative replies were appreciated! Some of their profiles are set to private so I can't leave a comment on their page and when i tried to leave a comment on the page of the ones that weren't private, it didn't show up!Would it just be easier for me to leave messages on the group page until I can get this figured out or what? ( If I can even get that to post!) What is it that I'm not getting/understanding? PLEASE HEELLLPPP ME ! I'M SOOO CONFUSED AND FRUSTRATED!!!! I would really like to get this figured out so that I can be an active participant in this site beacuse I really do think that is a wonderful site with alot of great members! I would appreciate any help I can get on this!
Sincerely .Julie (Shane's Mom)

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Comment by BunkerQB on May 1, 2010 at 12:10pm: This comment below was the welcoming message posted on your page. Have you gone to the Welcome New Members blog and read the contents? Go to FORUMS, click on "How to do stuff on N4M. I have posted four discussion on how to use this site. Please read the discussions. The answers are all there. All the members who try to help are just volunteers. Best of luck to you.

Welcome to N4M. Your key to adjusting is finding support groups – Click on the underlined links:
1. New Moms Stop Here group. Think of this group as your orientation station. We have experienced members who can answer questions and point you in the right direction.
2. Depper’s… in but not yet . is a group for those just waiting for bootcamp to start (Delayed Entry Program)
3. Boot Camp Moms group. Is your son/daughter already in bootcamp? This is the group.
4. OCS Graduate Moms or the NROTC Moms. For those going to be an officer or going to NROTC?
Read this blog on how to use the N4M site.
Welcome to New Members
Learn to use the “Search” function. Search in blogs, forums, discussions in previously posted threads BEFORE adding a NEW blog/discussion. Finally, it takes time to learn how to use this site. Be patient.
Check your page & status box regularly.
Best of luck, BunkerBee and AbbyblueOK (from the New Moms Stop Here Group)