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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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USPS "If it fits, it ships" - link to order boxes: USPS If it fits, it ships

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Comment by Sgtsixpack on May 4, 2018 at 8:41pm: To kaicat. Absolutely visit or attend as much as you can. We are 80 in Fl. We could not attend this PowerSchool and found out Thursday, the 3rd, gs had something to complete but he was still scheduled fo continue at BS. (Believe they start 5/15). Still don’t know if he was allowed to be in program today. So God is good. They say Rickover was “against the tide” and look what he accomplished. I’ve seen the pictures of these Nukes at attention in the Whites, and you know they all are our future, and present, heroes regardless of their names. All volunteers whose values have been instilled by great upbringing and are being honed and polished by “ The needs of the Navy”

God Bless them all!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on May 4, 2018 at 6:51pm

Comment by proudNukemom on May 4, 2018 at 5:35pm: Happy Birthday Chipmunk!

Comment by JayDee659 on May 4, 2018 at 5:35pm: Kaicat, we went to A school graduation and loved it. It's a small ceremony and marks another successful step in the pipeline. We went on a Thursday, spent that evening with our Nuke then the rest of the weekend too. If I'd have held out for power school graduation I'd have missed out as hers was cancelled due to a hurricane. I say, go as often as you can

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on May 4, 2018 at 5:28pm: BZ to all the graduates today, whether it was PIR, A school, Power School or Prototype. Another accomplishment down!

ProudOfK - glad you had a nice time - were you able to get pictures for Sgtsixpack?

kai cat - I think we'll be able to get the sheds/garage emptied out in time. I feel like most of it my mom said is going to the "junk" man. She just needs to find a junk man to come haul it away lol! I keep telling myself we'll have (hopefully) 30 days once it goes in to escrow. Then we hurry up & get it done. My mom hasn't been feeling well this week so I'm not sure if we're going to do much this weekend - might get a little break.

We went for A school graduation - flew in on Thursday and spent until Monday with B. Then he took off for Florida with some of his buddies for a week and we flew home. We had fun with him for the long weekend.

Comment by kai cat on May 4, 2018 at 5:22pm: Hi Everyone! I need some advice/information and of course this is the place to get it :)

My son told me the date of A school graduation, but he said I probably shouldn't come for that. He said I would just get to see him for like half a day and it wasn't very good.

He recommended we go in the summer so we can spend a whole weekend with him and he can stay off base at a beachfront hotel with us.

What do you all think? What is the schedule like during A school graduation. I could always try to go in the summer and for graduation

Thanks ladies

Comment by kai cat on May 4, 2018 at 5:18pm: B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN - LOL - I will stick with the occasional Tornado and week long power outages due to ice/snow storms VS earthquakes/hurricanes/wildfires/mudslides! I guess it's all what your used to?

Will you have your mom's garage/shed cleaned out in time?

NancyJo (CVN70) - I can't imagine what you and your children are going through. I just have you in my thoughts.

Kbpoohbear - My son's first choice was ET, which he got - but it is all "needs of the navy" LOL :) I have also read that is is based on ASVAB score (like what Danny's Dad said) so not really sure.

BlancheMarie - LOL! I offered blankets, mattress pad, clothes to my son first thing at GC - but what did he need first - PS4 and TV! LOL and unlimited phone data plan! And I call him an Alien also :) He started telling us when he was around 4 or 5 years old that he WAS an alien! Seems to fit right in!

Comment by ProudOfK on May 4, 2018 at 4:42pm: B'sNukeMom your picture was very fitting. The Chaplin at Power School grad today that did the benediction first commented that this was the Star Wars class and then said "May the fourth be with you" Power School grad was awesome and the weather was perfect!

Comment by JayDee659 on May 4, 2018 at 3:55pm: Pacnwwoman, I've never been to Keeneland but have driven by there. It looks beautiful!

Comment by PacNWmom on May 4, 2018 at 3:16pm: My brother married a girl from Lexington KY. As part of their pre-wedding festivities we went to Keeneland (where part of Seabiscuit was filmed) to watch the races. It was freezing cold, but tons of fun. What a beautiful place!