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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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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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***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

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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on April 27, 2018 at 10:32am

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on April 27, 2018 at 10:32am: Good Morning and Happy Friday!

NonnaB - congrats to your nuke and DIL. How sweet that they choose to honor MrB with his name for the baby :) That speaks volumes for the kind of man he surely was <3 Keeping you and KAMmom in my prayers as this anniversary approaches.

JayDee - love the balloon pictures! That would be amazing to look out the window and see these floating by. On our 5th anniversary hubby surprised me with a balloon ride near San Diego. Definitely an adventure!

ProudofK - boy I will be glad when all this is over. I'm hoping the house sells quickly. The garage sale will be an adventure tomorrow. They open up the gates to her community and let everyone in - apparently they do it twice a year and it's a pretty big deal. Its' just one more thing on our "to do" list right now though....and I agree with you - I swear as we take stuff out of the garage/sheds someone is sneaking stuff back in! I have no idea where all this is coming from :-/ I'm thinking we'll be doing the same thing - as soon as the house sells we'll be in panic mode to finish getting everything out lol! Good luck with finishing up yours and enjoy your trip to GC!

Danny'sDad - your son should have some free time especially if he is getting there the week before the holiday weekend. He definitely will have a curfew but if they don't mind they could probably at least take him out for a meal or two. (Of course, nothing is set in stone until he gets there lol!)

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on April 27, 2018 at 10:20am

Comment by Chipmunk on April 27, 2018 at 10:18am: DannysDad - my son arrived at GC the weekend before LaborDay weekend - he was given some liberty time and that is when he actually went out and purchased his new laptop. If you read my discussion above (there are several posts within it) - Nuke A school Daily schedule - there is a post around Nov. that explains the various phases. My son had to be in his dress uniform, and he had a limit to the radius distance he could travel from NNPTC, but had Monday off as a holiday, along with Saturday and Sunday.

JayDee659 - Thanks for sharing the balloon pictures, my husband's grandfather use to fly balloons - this was a sweet reminder. Enjoy the horse races and the best of luck to your chosen one!

ProudOfK - I know all too well the issues of moving a houseful of stuff - and then we move and fill it up again!! My husband and I were evaluating our strategy last night for removing an item of furniture from our garage (from my mother's estate - that went to daughter - that came back after her marriage last June !) so that we can loan it to a single mom in need. The point was how to get it out of the garage and move the least amount of other stuff in the process!!

Comment by DannysDad on April 27, 2018 at 9:55am: My nuke is scheduled to arrive at GC the week before Memorial Day weekend. Does anyone know if they are allowed liberty the first weekend they are there? I have family in the area that *might* want to visit him, but I don't want to suggest it to my nuke or them unless I know it would work. I know they still have a curfew so he'd only be able to go out with them during the day. Anyone have details about what to expect?

Comment by JayDee659 on April 27, 2018 at 9:50am: Most of you probably know about the Kentucky Derby - the most exciting 2 minutes in sports. For those of us who live in the area, the race itself is just the culmination of two weeks of Derby festivities. There are activities daily starting with the nations largest fire works display (truly amazing) last Saturday. Today was the Great Balloon Race. The breezes brought the balloons to our way and our office was treated to lots of beautiful balloons landing all around us early this morning. I just wanted to share with you that it might bring you some of the joy it brought to us. Also, there's a horse running this year named Lone Sailor. Guess who my money is going on.. :). He's had some great times in his warm ups.

Comment by NonnaB on April 27, 2018 at 9:31am: Buzz beck and ProudofK, KAMMom and I both lost our husbands on the same day. I keep her in my heart.

Comment by ProudOfK on April 27, 2018 at 1:01am: I've been wanting to get on here and post for some time. I've been following all of your posts - I've been happy with you all, sad with you all, laughed with you all and proud of our sailors as I've read your posts. But I'm very seldom on the computer when I'm reading your posts and I haven't figured out a way to post when I'm on my phone and when I'm on my notepad I could post but it's much more difficult.

B'sNukeMom - I feel like I've been on a parallel path with you as far as your mother's move but it's been us moving. We moved very close to the time you're mother moved and then we've been trying to get everything out of our old place (and in the middle of everything we had to have a new drain field put in). Our house was on the market the whole time and now we are down to the wire this weekend. We need to get the last of stuff from the garage and shed (how does so much stuff fit into a garage and shed that really don't seem that big - I think someone must go there when we're not there and put more stuff back in) this weekend, then we sign papers on Monday, the house should close sometime next week, then we leave for GC on Wednesday. Makes my head spin.

JDubya'sMom - I believe it was you that I've been meaning to comment too - if I remember right your son has PIR this weekend and he is an ET. My son's PIR was a year ago this weekend - he is an ET and now finishing Power School. Enjoy PIR tomorrow!

Comment by ProudOfK on April 27, 2018 at 12:46am: NonnaB - I had the same thought that Buzzbeck did whtn I read your post - I was pretty sure that you and KAMMom had both lost your husbands within about a day of each other. This must be a difficult time. At that time my son was just graduating from bootcamp and now we're getting ready to go to his Power School graduation.

Comment by Buzzbeck on April 26, 2018 at 10:23pm: NonnaB: So good to hear from you. I recall you and KamMom going through the same thing 1 year ago. Congratulations to your nuke & dil. A new life, what a wonderful way to remember your husband.

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