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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

Here's the story of RED SHIRT FRIDAY: Red Shirt Friday

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

MAKING POSTS TO THE GROUP - Please be sure you are on page 1 when typing your comments or they may not post!

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Comment by Chipmunk on March 23, 2018 at 12:17am: Kai Cat - and any others whose sailor was in THU after PIR, if you can share your sailor's experience with X'sNukeGF in her discussion above, I know she would appreciate it.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on March 22, 2018 at 10:39pm: I did not know about the instagram thing. I will have to look into that. I am a member of the FB group Loved Ones of Hawaii Submarine Sailors. You have to go thru a process to join as it is a closed group but it is a pretty good one.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on March 22, 2018 at 10:34pm: The toll road issue is a total bummer. Something not good there. I had heard of there being issues with the toll roads in Virginia as that is where twin 1 was stationed.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on March 22, 2018 at 10:32pm: This is my 4th deployment to live through. Twin 1 to join was an it on a destroyer. He deployed twice for 9 months, but could call and fb chat. I could send care packages often. He now is out of the navy and moved to Alaska. Twin 2 to join is the one on the sub. It is a fast attack. The first time the obundsman was not great about communicating. He did internet call when they were in a port. Also she did give a heads up to one time to send cards to someone who was meeting the boat. I also emailed daily and he got them in bunches occasionally then would shoot me an email. He also would ask, Is anything weird going on on the news?? They would not have a clue. This time we were given a list of things we could do ahead of time. I bought him a calendar day and made a poster that will be put up that day, His birthday. and a halfway box sent to be packed aboard. and all those letters. She lets us know everyone the boat came in from an underway as well. After this deployment my twin 2 will be finishing up his 6 years next year and be coming home to go to college.

Comment by Chipmunk on March 22, 2018 at 8:26pm: Kai Cat - glad to hear your son has classed up. I assume Captain's Mast came up because they would have discussed issue re: it more indepth during INDOC.

The T in his class is just a designator for ET.

Re: Mail - so far I haven't had any issues with things that have been sent, but I generally tell my son when the pkgs are to be delivered and remind him to just go check in the mail room for him.

Well, between my youngest and I, I think we spent almost 3 hours on the phone with my son this afternoon. Today was his I&CE 3 exam and it was not the outcome he was hoping for. I also found out that at least for ET's they do not continue having PT at least during the last stage of ICE and they also don't have to run 5K again until they start Power School. It is my understanding that they will be switching over, if haven't already to morning 5K runs. If they are still in FIT because they did not pass their physical evaluation then they still have to do PT, but otherwise their class is relieved from that so they can study more. Only nothing took into account that they were confined to their BEQ during the tornado warning, so he lost homework and then study time this last Tuesday. He said the rain also just came in an instant and poured like it does when we are usually underground during our tornado times. Made me stop to realize I am going to need to plan for rainy weather there.

A girls trip sounds fun - Branson is doable for me!

Comment by JayDee659 on March 22, 2018 at 8:14pm: Kaicat, Google "captains mast". Its basically a non judicial punishment and can have many outcomes. I've heard of some who are separated and some who just received another form of punishment.

Comment by kai cat on March 22, 2018 at 8:08pm: I love the idea of a girls trip! I feel so shy about meeting in person, but so brave on-line!

Without a lot of details - when you are 'masted' does that mean you will be separated? Or no longer be a nuke?

I'm so happy today! Got my son's official class #1827-T! Anyone else in here with the same class? What does the T stand for?

Thanks ladies :)

Comment by JayDee659 on March 22, 2018 at 7:52pm: It's crazy about the mail situation. Other than a lost package that she sent me we never had any trouble. Must he a change in staff.

Comment by AZ2OH2IL2UT on March 22, 2018 at 7:48pm: momterp that doesn't surprise me. My son's packages sometimes took FOREVER for him to be notified. He finally decided to get a PO BOX instead.

Comment by momterp on March 22, 2018 at 7:43pm: Speaking of packages, I learned a valuable lesson: I had ordered a Mrs. Fields cookie for my son's birthday to be delivered to GC. It arrived on Monday per FedEx and to date my son has still not gotten a package slip. I gave him the tracking number but he seems reluctant to go check on it without the slip. One complicating factor is that he just graduated A School and did not have his new address yet so I sent it to the one with his A school class number. He also had not received the birthday card I mailed a week ago as of the last time I communicated with him yesterday. Disappointing!