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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 navynrocks (1201M) on November 9, 2012 at 11:06am: What sucks is when your child has been in this program and busted there butt made good grades but somehow made a mistake on the test Tuesday & didnt finish the last section, even though the grade of what he did finish was ok it came down to point n half off , SO NAVY , how does it feel to punish these Nukes by not allowing them to be in there Power School Graduation this am and worse how it has made his mother heartbroken that she isnt there after we spent $$s for the trip and he was to come back w/us for a few days and i purchased an airline ticket for his return, If you can see i am PO"d your right,

Why do this test the last days when folks have time,emotions and Money on the line??? More and more i am reading how our "Nukes" are treated and even though i feel regretful in some ways he took this path ,He is an HONORABLE young man and "Working it out" The hardest thing he told his Dad was i want be there next to my "Shipmates" and i have worked just as hard. No Ceremony to be a part of. This is nothing more then more Punishment Tactics courtest of the Military!

Anyhow everyone have a great day even though mine(&his) is ruined all our Military folks are deserving and honorable folks whom deserve great rewards in Life.

Comment by MN Mom of MM on November 9, 2012 at 10:58am: Mary, some one told me recently.....When you open your eyes in the morning SMILE . It sets your immune system in motion.

On another note, lets be thinking when we will reach 1900. Wouldn't you think it could be around Thanksgiving or at least by Dec? My Mini suncatcher box is full and can be prize/s for the guess/ers of day we reach 1900 members.

And Dor, believing everything is well with you and family.

Comment by William in Nashua on November 9, 2012 at 9:36am: Mary when large groups send hundreds of care packages to a ship they usually choose a carrier. Just a different aircraft carrier, year after year. When are halfway packages ever sent to guys on subs by a non family member? Never heard of it. Speaking of the haves and the have-nots Lol.

Comment by MN Mom of MM on November 9, 2012 at 12:04am: Kayinaz I think this is oh so true- "if you wake up every morning saying "this sucks" then guess what "it will suck". Life is what you make it - in the civilian world and in the Navy. "

I have often stated...Confession of belief yields reciept of confession... and ..If your speaking negatives, you can not be believing positively for anything. I continue to pray for all out sailors, nuc and all others, as with all our military. I thank God for protecting them, and helping them work together to be THE BEST as they service our country. (Praying for the USA too.)

Comment by CyndiLucky on November 8, 2012 at 10:19pm: THANKS!!!!!! Well there's my first hump HeHe

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on November 8, 2012 at 10:16pm: A school is 3 months for MM and 6 months for EM and ET.

Comment by CyndiLucky on November 8, 2012 at 10:11pm: Okay, first dumb question? how long is A school?

Comment by susank on November 8, 2012 at 4:49pm: On a happy note we are flying to WA to see our sailor for this Veteran's Day weekend! Since visits are few and far between, they are sooooooooo special!

Comment by susank on November 8, 2012 at 4:42pm: A big hug to you Emily. I think you are finding that being in the fleet is different from the schooling part. It is really living the Navy life with hard work and long separations. My son was encouraged to join the Navy by two different submariners from the "old" school and he is finding it a little different than their experiences. Times have changed with all walks of life!

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on November 8, 2012 at 4:11pm: I just got back from having lunch with my daughter who is married to an ex-nuke who went on and got his a master's in nuclear engineering. I told her about our blog today and she says she never heard him speak particularly negatively about his time on a carrier (the Stennis) but actually still has 5 really close friends he made while in the navy. He's an even-tempered guy that's good at rolling with flow so I expect that helped him. He was out for a short cruise when 9/11 happened and they sailed right out to the Persian Gulf. He feels like he did some good and is grateful to the navy for his education. I hope my son feels somewhat the same eventually.

The conversations with veterans strikes a chord and I couldn't agree more. Just this wk I talked with an old seaman who was on the Mauritania during WWII. Great guy from the Greatest Generation. On the other hand, my BIL has PTSD from Viet Nam so bad he can't work and his problems are legion. I pray daily for our sailors and all our veterans. We owe them so much and I pray the gov't doesn't screw them over.