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

**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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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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Sub Moms

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. 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

THE BOTTOM OF THE COLUMN

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New to this life?  SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR NEW NAVY MOMS

Need an Ombudsman?  OMBUDSMAN REGISTRY

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Comment by tysmom on October 24, 2014 at 10:32pm

Great story!!!

We need to start being the people like James in this story. If not us, then who??

Comment by SlezaksMom on October 24, 2014 at 3:20pm
Thanks everyone!! I'm supposed to be taking a nap, but wanted to say that yes, I agree there are angels among us.

Moreover, I think WE can be angels for others. It's the little things (like taking pictures of sailors graduating for their moms who can't be there) that we CAN do that make a difference to others. It's service. Our kids do it, and we do too.

<3 to all you angels and I apologize for anyone's makeup that got wreck because of my story! :)
Comment by T'sNukeMomMM(class1449A) on October 24, 2014 at 2:03pm

KKristen, Thanks for the information. Kaye S. also pointed out the pages to me of files or documents. Thus, I plan on reading this files which are full of good useful information.

Comment by ProudNavyMom#1 on October 24, 2014 at 11:52am

Slezaksmom, I've been trying to post since last night and for some reason, it wouldn't post. But here I go again... :)

You must be with your Son now and what an awesome and memorable story you will have to share with all about going to his graduation! Congratulations to him!!! You must be a very proud Mama! God bless all of you, and the wonderful people like James that would just step up and grab you as if he's known you all his life with an There you are!!HAHAHAHA

It is awesome and its heartwarmning!

But when I read it last night I teared up as well, I felt your every emotion running through your mind and body as you are told you will be delayed yet again if your luggage didn't go with you in the main cabin! And oh, so much more! When all you are thinking about is getting there and enjoying this awesome day with your boy!!!

Well, I hope by now all of this is behind you and you are enjoying your boy and giving him lots of hugs and kisses.  For some reason, they seem to love them more now than when they were younger! hahahaha  I bet he misses you as much as you did!!! God bless all of you and may you have an awesome and blessed time with him and a safe trip back.

Big NMH to both of you!!! And please thank him for his service and give him a big NMH from me! HOOYA!!!

Comment by hoosiermamma on October 24, 2014 at 11:11am

SlezaksMom I am sitting at work staring at my computer screen with tears rolling down my cheeks reading your story.  Human compassion never ceases to amaze me!  That gentleman was definitely a knight in shining armor.  Bless you and your son.  Enjoy your time with him.  NMH

 

Comment by ProudNavyMom#1 on October 24, 2014 at 11:00am
Lindagirl I feel the same as you. Grateful for all the moms out there and folks that are so welcoming and warm to our boys when we can't be there. God bless the nice folks out there, our boys , and all of us! :) big NMH!!!
Comment by T'sNukeMomMM(class1449A) on October 24, 2014 at 10:24am

Slezasksmom, What an awesome story. I also needed tissues. May James life and others like James be abundantly blessed. There was definitely an angel watching over you. Have a great time at your son's graduation.

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on October 24, 2014 at 9:36am

Slezasksmom, you probably had the biggest smile on your face at graduation. People like James make the world a little bit brighter. 

LindaGirl, your story is so sweet it made me cry especially with the holidays coming up.

Comment by LindaGirl on October 24, 2014 at 7:17am
Slezaksmom, OMG, what a beautiful story, it's so nice to know people out there who really care. It reminds me of a story my son told me when he first got to Hawaii a year ago. He had only been there for 3 weeks, before it was Christmas Eve. He and another sailor went out to dinner at a restaurant on Christmas Eve & struck up a conversation with a mother & her daughter. When my son & his friend went to pay the bill, the waitress said, "it's already been taken care of by the lady who was seated next to you". How I would have liked to have given that mother a great big hug! I know my son was homesick & lonely, especially around the holidays & it meant so much to me that another person would do that for my child.
Comment by Rebecca K. (SHIP13DIV247) on October 24, 2014 at 12:45am

Hope you and your son had a terrific day on his graduation. Treasure the time you have with him. =)

 
 
 

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