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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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Latest Activity: 18 hours ago

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 ProudParent on June 28, 2018 at 9:28am: KayCee- Yes, I believe that he does. He is a MM. He has a friend that is also a MM but is in a different section which is why I ask about how they are divided into sections. My sailor is very mechanical minded. He was a video game nerd but also spent hours working on cars. Changing out motors and figuring out wiring. Hopefully he will have a friend who helps him in the areas that he struggles and he can return the favor.

JayDee659 and ProudofK- Thank you for sharing your knowledge and stories. It's helpful as a new Navy mom.

Comment by JayDee659 on June 28, 2018 at 9:10am: ProudParent, this may be a mystery only solved by someone who's on staff there. Nancy Jo, might your son have an idea?

In my experience there's a broad mix in all classes. Keep in mind that all these kids are freaky smart, that's something that is a prerequisite to get in to the Nuke program. Like everyone else, some will perform better in one area, some in another. For example, my daughter had a little problem getting her head around some specific mechanical "thing" (get used to them not telling you specifics due to security). In any case, another sailor gave her a hand and taught her. That sailor struggled with the math so my daughter gave him a hand as she's a math whiz. Side note, they then got married and their 2nd anniversary is next Wednesday.

In the same way that Vivaldi was a musical genius but probably couldn't invent a light bulb.

Comment by KayCee on June 28, 2018 at 9:10am: ProudOfK - thank you for your explantion - that's very helpful.

ProudParent - does your sailor already know what section he is in? And what rate? My son is ET.

Comment by ProudParent on June 28, 2018 at 8:58am: ProudOfK thank you that does answer my question. I still don't have the correct vocabulary....squadron/sections. I am interested in how the sailors are grouped by sections if their rate is the same. I would assume they would group them by academic ability. If anyone knows please share.

Comment by ProudOfK on June 28, 2018 at 8:50am: ProudParent - If you're asking how the sections in Power School are created I can tell you that each section is by rate - example in my son's PS class there were 10 sections - 4 sections of ETs, 2 sections of EMs and 4 sections of MMs. If there is any methodology for dividing the sailors of a given rate into a section I don't know. Some of the sailors that had been in my sons A school class were in his same section and others were not.

Comment by ProudParent on June 28, 2018 at 7:17am: KayCee- Yes, my sailor will start Power School the first week in July. He should be through Power School by Christmas. Can anyone explain how the squadrons are created? How are sailors grouped?

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 27, 2018 at 7:34pm: Have fun MoMom and Safe Travels!

Comment by MoMom on June 27, 2018 at 7:19pm: Super excited to be heading to GC now to see my sailor graduate power school! We’re staying in Franklin TN with my sister in law, then off to South Carolina in the morning. Can’t wait to see my boy!

Comment by Chipmunk on June 27, 2018 at 6:05pm: Hi all - let's see if I can catch up!

So excited for my friends Ceej0347 and others that I know are headed to GC this week for A school or PS graduations!! Prayers for all and any others traveling that way as well.

Welcome to all the new members. Be sure to introduce yourselves and where you are at with your loved one on this Navy journey. As B's Mom and NancyJo said check out the info above and to the right. For those with sailors just arriving at GC, my son helped me write this discussion last year and there is additional information posted as he has progressed through the pipeline.
Nuke A school daily schedule - sailor's perspective

Bamamom1970 send me a friend request if you like and I will try to answer any ET questions you might have.

NNLori you and KayCee will have to swap Power Prep tales if you gather any when your sons are through. My son didn't have to do Power Prep, but he said those that did and still struggled with their tests had to start PS with a higher minimum of required study hours, even if their A school GPA would have been high enough for them to have lower study hours. Also, there are no regrades with Power Prep tests, so encourage them to study. If they are doing Prep for math then it is probably well worth it. They sort of "power" through the math, at least for the ET's in PS, from what my son has shared regarding his math tests.

In our phone conversation this afternoon, he also said "encourage them to keep up their PT skills on their own, and push for the higher averages, so that they can be on voluntary PT during PS. Being on voluntary PT helps immensely with having more study time for your class. Also, tell them to take advantage of going to NDI and doing the study quizzes." They helped him very much to prepare for his test today (non math).

Got to scoot but wanted to say hi!!

Comment by KayCee on June 27, 2018 at 5:29pm: ProudParent - thank you for the confirmation. Your son begins PS the first week of July too, correct?