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

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New to this life?  SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR NEW NAVY MOMS

Need an Ombudsman?  OMBUDSMAN REGISTRY

Discussion Forum

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Personal Storage on Fast Attack Subs

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Personal Storage on Fast Attack Subs

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submarine visits to foreign ports

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Comment by MOMofDREW2.0 on March 26, 2015 at 3:48pm

BunkerQB, check your spam folder for emails from the sub.  I missed the first couple.  It wont come from your sailors regular email account but a new one with the sub's name in it.

Comment by BunkerQB on March 26, 2015 at 3:07pm

My son once said, "Mom, you'll just have to be patient and wait until I get around to answering your questions." I replied, "Are you kidding? Really? Any good mother would ferret out the answers ASAP. It might be decades before you are good and ready, I'd be retirement community by then. I can't believe your CO aren't used to getting inquiries from pushy moms?"  He laughed, looked at his watch, "I told my CO it would only take 2 minutes for you to get your dander up."
Yes, I shut up and waited. (huff).

Comment by Cybermom on March 26, 2015 at 2:34pm
Bunkerqb,I did send an email to someone I'm told is the ombudsman, if I waited for answers to my questions from my son, I'd never get anywhere.
Comment by Cybermom on March 26, 2015 at 2:33pm
Anyone here with a sailor on the USS Providence? Or know if there's an FB page?
Comment by scubagirl on March 26, 2015 at 2:03pm

BunkerQB, I know he put me on a list when he got to Norfolk and I think it was for his ombudsman but when he called this morning I was so surprised he was been flown out today I forgot to ask all the right questions.  We had spoken a couple of days ago and he did not think they were going to fly him out since they had already been gone 2 weeks and this is a short underway.  He was training to be a line coach this week for the rifle range and he had the impression he would finish that training and not go out until they deploy since this is a short underway. It really is not a big deal and I will be asking alot of questions  from all the moms to make sure I know all the right questions to ask him before they deploy at the end of the year. Thanks for all your help and information.

Comment by BunkerQB on March 26, 2015 at 12:23pm

scubagirl, chances are that the FB group for your son's sub is a SECRET FB group which means the name of the group, members and content are not visible. Furthermore, you won't find it using the FB search function. The secret FB group (for my son's sub) was organized and run by the wife of one of the officers. My son gave me the name of the ombudsman for the sub. I emailed her directly. She verified my info and added me to the secret FB group. Within the group, there was much communications, photos, etc. As soon as my son completed his commitment to the Navy, I was immediately removed from the group.
Key is to get the name of the ombudsman for the boat and find out if there is a secret FB group. I know that a number of boats did not have FB groups. Much depends on who can volunteer to create and manage the group.

Comment by scubagirl on March 26, 2015 at 12:09pm

Hi all, looking for moms with a sailor on the USS Newport News sub.  It is hard to believe not one mom or wife is not on any of the sites I belong to.  My son left to be flown out to the boat.  He arrived in Norfolk early March and had to have shots completed before he could join boat on their underway.  Surprised to get call this am so I did not ask all the questions I needed to ask. Thanks in advance if anyone can give me any info regarding a FB page for his boat. 

Comment by Nereida on March 25, 2015 at 12:19am
My son is graduating from A school this April 30. He will be going to Georgia!
Comment by William in Nashua on March 24, 2015 at 3:30am

Hi tina41 congratulations to your son!  He must like Hawaii, I bet.

Comment by tina41 on March 23, 2015 at 6:31pm

hello all!!

thanks mrsb!  how have you been?  have you heard from your sailor lately?  my son and his wife are loving Hawaii!  so hope to be able to visit sometime!

 
 
 

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