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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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Noticed some changes to N4M? Here's why...

What a hectic few weeks it's been! Ning, the company who hosts this site and handles the "technical" side of things, has been releasing lots of changes to their networks including Navy For Moms. I wanted to share with you everything they have announced and would love to hear your opinion in the comments section below. Here we go...

Private messages now have an increased character limit. This means you'll have more room to write your PM without having to send a second message to continue what you're saying!

E-Mail Notification overhaul including:
- An option to receive an email when a new member joins our community. Great for all of you moms who like to greet the newbies.
- More options to "Follow" content including Forum Categories, Photos, Videos, and Member Pages
- Notifications of replies that were posted after yours on any item you commented on
- Group notifications when someone joins a group you are a member of. Great for creators and admins of Groups who want to greet their new members.
- Notifications when your comment is featured by an admin (me)

*All of these can be adjusted when you visit your Settings link (top right) and then click on Email Settings. You can pick and chose which types of notifications you receive.

*I've had reports come in about email notifications acting up lately (ie. not receiving any). I've sent a note to Ning about this, but it helps if you send them a report directly. You can do so by visiting help.ning.com and clicking "Contact Us" at the bottom of the page. You'll need to log in with your N4M email and password before you can submit your issue.

Additional changes:
- "Friends Only" content will no longer appear on the Main Page's Latest Activity Feed
- "Send A Message" links replaced the "Add A Friend" link. This means you will be prompted to add someone as a friend before you send them a message.
- "Previous" and "Next" have replaced the numbers at the bottom of content pages. I personally find this frustrating and hope they go back to the number format. Let me know if you feel the same.
- Blog comment order has been reversed so that new comment appear on the last page. Let me know if you prefer it the old way - it's an easy change.

Phew. Lots of stuff to take in, right?

If you want more details, check out the information Ning posted here, here, and here.

Thanks for your patience as we navigate these changes together!

Elle

*UPDATE* New word from Ning - Page #'s will be returning soon! Woo hoo! :)

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Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on November 17, 2009 at 1:44pm: Elle, thanks for the updates, makes life a littler easier. The first, last and previous takes a little time to get use too!

Comment by Kelleypen on November 17, 2009 at 1:57pm: I would prefer to have the newest comments first, but the rest of the changes sound great.

Comment by T-Lynn on November 17, 2009 at 2:26pm: Thank you for this update. But question : I finally ( with a family members assitance) created my persoanl page. Oh do I have a slikde show :). But I have a friend who lives in Maryland. She would just like to visit my page to see the slide show - because she is in it! ( My sailor calls her - Aunt JoJo and to him that IS his Sunt) Can she see MY Page -ONLY- without joining? thank you TLynn

Comment by T-Lynn on November 17, 2009 at 2:27pm: Sorry mispelled there - I meant Aunt no sunt - sorry

Comment by Kaye S. on November 17, 2009 at 2:34pm: I'm adm of the Indiana Moms group. I, too, prefer page numbers and newest blog entry on top. The new notifications, though, seem helpful. Thanks! k.

Comment by Anna on November 17, 2009 at 3:11pm: Elle,
I agree with you - I like the numbered pages at the bottom of the group pages instead of the previous, next, first, and last. As a group administrator it was easy to go back a certain number of pages and go forward from there. This new way is too confusing for me!!!
Thanks for letting us give our opinion!!!

Comment by Storymom on November 17, 2009 at 3:42pm: Bring back the numbered pages please! New messages at the top too.
LOVE the two latest pictures at the top! Wonderful and inspiring! The Thanksgiving message is very touching...THANK YOU!

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on November 17, 2009 at 4:05pm: Hate it!

Previous" and "Next" have replaced the numbers at the bottom of content pages. I personally find this frustrating and hope they go back to the number format. Let me know if you feel the same.

Comment by Gloria P. on November 17, 2009 at 6:12pm: Some changes are good BUT NOT THE NUMBER PAGES please bring them back. Its so much easier to find something you read a day or week ago compare to the previous or next pages. :(

Comment by BunkerQB on November 17, 2009 at 7:20pm: Why fix something that wasn't broken? Bring back the page numbers. IMMEDIATELY!! PLEASE. Secondly, the mast head on top does not need to be the same size at all times. How about a narrower one so we can view more content - see more comments? The Navy Speak hmmmmm ??? I would also ask all first time members to review navigating the site and answer questions successfully before they cluttered up the blogs, forums, etc - just kidding.