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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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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.

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Comment by SlezaksMom on November 13, 2013 at 2:38pm: Clarifying further:

I absolutely DON'T see it as a bribe/pay-to-play/payola culture. I feel that is pejorative language for what is basically relationship-building, problem-solving and strategy skills being evaluated at the same time they are being required to demonstrate that they can manually/physically do the job and study.

Why? Because they are going to be living and working with other people. People they HAVE to deal with -- whether they like them or not. And the job STILL has to get done. They have to work TOGETHER with the guy they love because he's always stocked with SlimJims or the guy they hate because he always smells like a SlimJim.

In my opinion, it takes a certain level of maturity and social grace to foster all the different personalities and egos and back stories of ANY group. But when you factor in the awesome responsibility of defending freedom, confined space, and exhaustion I think it's tough. If a candy cane helps and you can figure that out at prototype? Wow...what a freaking great job the Navy has done in creating a program for training that can teach in 6 months what many people I encounter daily can't grasp: no one gets through life alone. Period. Everyone needs help and a pick-me-up.

Comment by Mark on November 13, 2013 at 2:28pm: Oh crap! Who told you about the rocks? lol

MOMofDREW, I may have missed my chance, having spent the night in Lodi last fall while traveling to San Diego for work :)

Comment by susank on November 13, 2013 at 2:27pm: My son is the most honorable person I know. I remember him talking about candy coming in handy. It just made me smile. They also had to bring a treat for the class when they passed prototype. He baked about 15 loaves of pumpkin bread. Again just part of the way to lighten things up. Every check out he earned was for his knowledge. I would never think of this as bribes. Now maybe if they were handing over $100 bills I would worry.

Comment by NF Mom on November 13, 2013 at 2:23pm: Christy (ET Nuke Mom) wrote:

"...if this is part of their training,
why wouldn't the situation be the same at both facilities?"

A couple of reasons the culture might be different.

My understanding is that BS is a civilian run facility with the military command as guests, while GC is military run.

The other reason is command cultures vary based on the individual commander and tradition passed down from the previous commander.

I suspect one would have to be there to know if things like candy is really a bribe, or part of the lessons being trained.

I can understand both reactions to what has been posted here,
but my son never went to BS so I have not even heard about the circumstance in BS ( second or third hand ).

I would not jump to the conclusion that what is going on in BS are bribes based on the limited information posted here.

Comment by MOMofDREW2.0 on November 13, 2013 at 2:21pm: And for you quick response Mark, you win a bottle of wine from M2 vineyards in Lodi. When can you pick it up? Haha

Comment by SlezaksMom on November 13, 2013 at 2:20pm: @mark - I'm from Florida and went to school in San Diego, so Knoxville has been interesting and was a great place to raise a family...if you don't mind the glowing rocks in front of ORNL that is. LOL

Comment by Mark on November 13, 2013 at 2:13pm: SlezaksMom - I'm a huge fan of the Knoxville area BTW. I've had the privilege of spending several weeks in town for training in Oak Ridge. Fascinating area you live in, with a world-class music scene, as well.

Comment by SlezaksMom on November 13, 2013 at 2:10pm: suebal - I want to be clear: do you feel that I said something detrimental about your son?

Comment by SlezaksMom on November 13, 2013 at 2:05pm: @christy - I think that BS has been online for a longer period of time, and I think that every little group of people develops his or her own culture and mores.

My son told me that his instructors during his last little bit of PS explained the basics of how Prototype works, and that he and several shipmates -- who'd been together since A-school -- got together and put in for where they wanted to be.

I will admit to thinking it was crazy to go to BS in the winter, but that was mostly snow-driving fear (Gimme a torrential downpour to drive through and I'm golden. A flake of frozen water makes me tremble in driving fear and wonder what the chains actually DO for tires...)

When my son was on leave, we got to talk about what it was going to be and he expressed his concerns and why he chose to go where he did. Right, wrong, or indifferent, it's his career and I'm like everyone here in that I do everything I can to support him!