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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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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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

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Comment by William in Nashua on May 16, 2012 at 12:23pm: Mine is more interested in getting additional Navy quals that will count as points on their promotion and evals. He said this is only the 2nd time they have offered this financial instructor certification to E4 usually you have to be a E6 to take the course and the certification is good for 3 years. Plus he has 3 semesters of college under his belt and his grad hold is only 7 weeks any so it would not be a good fit for another college class. It is good to know the college classes are offered.

Mary I think they tell them they are only allowed to drive 8 hours per day of course nobody is there in the car watching them LOL.

Comment by tina41 on May 16, 2012 at 6:29am: good morning all! it is over the hump day!! yeeeaahhh!!

william--glad to hear your son will be traveling with friends if not in the same vehicle. im sure they will be keeping their eyes on each other. no one will want to get lost. they will be like a flock of birds heading north!LOL my son will be graduating power school in july. he said something about taking college classes while on grad hold. i was thinking he would give his brain a rest, but i guess it is better to keep it active. as long as he doesnt burn it out!LOL good luck to your son and his friends!! closer commute for you and your wife too!!

Comment by William in Nashua on May 15, 2012 at 10:28pm: Well my son called me today he is driving from Goose Creek to drive to Ballston Spa for prototype the end of this month. There are six of them renting a house together and they are all going to drive in a big caravan of cars since they each have a car. I was hoping somebody would carpool together with him in his car, but they all have their own cars. Then about halfway there they are going to stay over at his classmate's house which is nice so they have it all planned out. He spent some time getting the car ready at the base you-do-it garage. My wife and I will drive there the middle of June and bring him a lot of food LOL plus she will cook for the whole gang I am sure. It will be great for us it is just under 4 hour drive door to door from our house. It will be good to place faces to the names of the ones I did not meet yet. Now he is taking extra qualifications for Navy while he is finishing up his grad hold after nuclear power school. One of them is command financial specialist training which sounds interesting was some classes held at the base and trains them how to advise people about the TSP savings plan and other investment and they tell them how to advise shipmates how to save and budget etc. which is good to know. He must have inherited that talent from my wife LOL. He wants to take fiber optics training later on after prototype if he can get it (he's a ET) and all the training he can get from the Navy. I am just glad he is keeping his mind active during grad hold LOL.

Comment by Sherri_M on May 15, 2012 at 7:34pm: Doreen, I'm guessing your son is waiting for a re-rate....went through that last year with mine. Things will work out! Just keep the faith! The waiting is the tough part. We waited a month for word on my son's new rate...so don't freak, it will come when the Navy is ready to tell him. Praying all goes well!

Comment by Doreen-ProudNavyMom on May 15, 2012 at 5:02pm: William- no not yet. Today he moved to a new building where he will stay until he is reassigned. It might take several weeks.

Comment by William in Nashua on May 15, 2012 at 4:36pm: Doreen did you son get his new assignment yet, what A school will he be going to.

Comment by GodBlessAmerica on May 15, 2012 at 1:22pm: It has been a few days since I have been on. It is true that you can miss a lot on here.

Emily, Congratulations! Thanks for the info about the National Parks. I am going to pass that on.

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on May 15, 2012 at 1:03pm: Thanks, everyone! :)

Hope all those new Stennis guys/gals are getting settled in over here. There seem to be lots of new Nukes (yay for Aaron not being one of the new guys anymore!!). :)

Hopefully we have news soon as to what the ship is going to be doing later this year...

In case any of your sons are interested, I came across an article this morning (several times in my newsfeed thanks to alll my military friends) and I thought I would share. They are now waiving all fees to National Parks for military and their dependents. Here's the link to check out. :) National Parks Article If your sons/daughters are the camping/hiking type, this would really save them a lot of money. :)

Comment by TN Navy Mom (Stennis Nuke Mom) on May 15, 2012 at 10:53am: Popeye officially reports to the Stennis tomorrow morning!!!!! it is really hard for me to grasp that he left for MEPS and BC 27 months and 6 days ago. It seems like he just left. How can time fly and the periodically slow to a snails pace? Praying for all the sailors who are joining the fleet and the moms standing behind them (oh and wives, and gfs and fiancees!!)

Comment by Binker & Bro: 2X Nuke Mom on May 15, 2012 at 8:13am: congratulations Emily and Aaron! hugs to you both! I am sure that since Binker is heading to the Stennis that we will actually get to meet one of these days! Congrats to all the new graduates--mom type and sailor type. Happy mothers day (a little late) to the best group of moms a sailor could ever have. Love you all!