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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.

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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

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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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A place to come for support and guidance for anyone with a loved one in the nuke program ⚓️.

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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!

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***NEW MEMBERS***

PLEASE READ ARTICLES IN THE "PAGES" AREA (20)

in the right-hand column, under the members (hit "view all") ----->

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!

"There is lots to learn before coming to NNPTC." This link will give you much needed info:

https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Home/NNPTC/

NNPTC OMBUDSMAN CONTACT INFO:

(843) 296-9426

MILITARY CRISIS HOTLINE INFO:

RED CROSS CONTACT INFO:

In the event of an emergency within the sailor’s family, where you feel the sailor must be notified and considered for Emergency Leave, you must notify the American Red Cross through the national headquarters in Washington, DC (1-877-272-7337) or via their website www.redcross.org.

The time frame for each of the schools is listed under "Your Sailor's Schedule Upon Arrival to GC" to the right ------->

Here's a "Welcome New Members" link from BunkerQB with some good info: Welcome New Members

The NF Rating Information Card can be found at NF Rating Information Card. (If you get the security warning, it is safe to go there.) https://www.thebalancecareers.com/navy-enlisted-rating-descriptions-nuclear-field-3345847 has some good info for you.

IMPORTANT: Read and follow these Operational Security (OPSEC) guidelines. N4M is an open website that can be read by non-members; and not all members are necessarily what they seem. Be smart and keep yourself and all our sailors safe. Keep YOUR safety in mind too. It's human nature to trust and want to share, but don't provide personal information to others. Great and lasting friendships are made on NavyforMoms.com, but use common sense and caution before proceeding. Online chat safety tips

Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak

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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 22, 2018 at 1:54pm

Comment by Amarrah on September 22, 2018 at 11:53am: Tracie- Thanks for sharing, I'm sorry to hear about your son, but glad to know it's not as rare as I thought. I found out yesterday he starts back next month. I thought that was a bit soon, but at least this way he doesn't have the chance to forget much of it. Maybe they'll be in the same section :)

Comment by Chipmunk on September 22, 2018 at 9:23am: The Hammer - great news!!! Yea!!

Re: PS graduation - my son said the other day it is unofficially moved to the 26th, they are waiting on official approval. I realized I need to make new motel reservations. I hadn't made any flights yet, due to hurricane coming, so waiting longer now. Personally, I hope that it is moved back, I really need the extra week just for myself.

Thoughts for me this week as we do final preps for the estate sale the end of the week. Hopefully, the rain holds off today, so we can get the rest of my married kids moved out of the house, especially their mattress. We finally got the water turned on at their place the other day. (that was a hassle with the landlord's responsibility.) But they found a cute place and will actually be closer to us. It is going to be as hard to say good-by to my aunt and uncle's house as it was to my parent's. This is a really nice neighborhood in the older section of our city. Last night, I uncovered a 3-D paper model of the house that my uncle had done!! The things we find.

Comment by The Hammer on September 22, 2018 at 8:38am: Amarrah - this happened to my son in A school. He got sick and rolled back and is now just a few weeks from graduation with a high 3 average.

Oh... and GREAT NEWS to share... got an email from United this morning and they have refunded one of the $200 change fees! I'm just waiting on the second appeal... fingers crossed!

Comment by WonderGeekWoman on September 21, 2018 at 4:31pm: Amarrah - My son seemed to be struggling from stress in the beginning of Power School, but then he got sick and was rolled back for missing too many days. It turned out to be the best thing for him. He was able to jump back into the next class, review some things, retake a test that he hadn't done well on before, and the rest of PS seemed to go better for him. I hope it works out the same for your son!

Comment by SubMom on September 21, 2018 at 3:25pm: I have proudly worn my shirt not only for those deployed but also the ones that are struggling. I want everyone to return safe and I want to see “22” eliminated as a statistic. God bless all those that are protecting us.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 21, 2018 at 2:24pm: Thank you for sharing that Tracie. It's good to hear that your son is feeling some relief from the situation too. Sometimes a chance to step back and re-group is what is needed. He's got this!

Comment by Tracie on September 21, 2018 at 1:36pm: @Amarrah my son also just got rolled back. Talked to him yesterday and the difference in that conversation and the we one had a week or so was remarkable.

He is a perfectionist and high achiever putting enormous pressure on himself, the fact that he was struggling and putting in enormous effort but still coming up short was taking a toll on him. He utilized instructors, was on max hrs, talked to chaplain, SLPO everything. But he’s a physical person so the long hrs in classroom made it hard for him to focus and absorb, he’s also not been in classroom setting in long time as he’s older. He was worried he’d be dropped or have his crows stripped if he failed.

He found out he failed the board day they evac and the new policy was to roll them back. He’s bummed he’ll be in holding until next PS classes up but he will able to study and learn material in a way that suits his mode of learning and without the 16 hr days. His state of mind is so much better and it truly was a blessing not just for him but also for me, I was really worried the stress was getting to him.

He kept his crows, nothing has changed he just gets to retry and extra time he needed to learn and prepare to succeed in the program with a new class.

I popped on just to let ya know it’s a setback but might end up being what helps your son succeed!

Comment by hds27 on September 21, 2018 at 12:57pm: @momterp I am waiting to hear about PowerSchool graduation and the Ombudsman messaged me this morning saying still not definitive we will not know until next week. It has tentatively been moved to the 26th, but nothing actually decided.