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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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Comment by maryquitecontrary (1131 M) on May 19, 2011 at 9:28am: haha Emily I totally know what you mean....theoretically with the military it is very possible to be set......a lot of expenses covered, but you also have to save! :)

Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on May 19, 2011 at 9:26am: Mommajo, he graduates power school Aug. 12. He didn't make his July 23, 2010 PIR date, so he's a bit behind everyone else who got to BC when he did. (Nasty ruptured appendix.)

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on May 19, 2011 at 9:19am: I did tell Aaron that we weren't getting married until he was financially set because that's the only thing that worries me about being married (Especially young). He told me with the military we have nothing to worry about, but he also agreed to start saving more of his paycheck. :)

Comment by mommajo on May 19, 2011 at 9:00am: Dan's mom~when does (did) your son graduate power school?

Michimom~Your son entered about 2 weeks after my son...wondering what the next 5 years will be! Is he set to graduate power school in June?

RAP program was not available in December; maybe new quotas for a new year?

Comment by maryquitecontrary (1131 M) on May 19, 2011 at 8:56am: I've been telling my boyfriend about what you all are saying about the money.....hopefully he'll be smart up front with his money, and he'll be sitting really nice down the line!! haha

Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on May 19, 2011 at 8:20am: Well, today is the official one-year anniversary of my son being in the Navy. One year since he flew from Detroit to Chicago for boot camp. Yes, it does seem like one year, but not in a bad way. It’s really kind of bittersweet: I really miss him being here at home, but I am so happy for him that he has chosen this path to do something he really wants to do. And—most importantly--he likes it! (Reminds me of that old Life cereal commercial, for those moms who are old enough to remember. “Hey, Mikey, he likes it!” :D ) He says it doesn’t seem like a year to him.

When I mentioned this to my daughter, she was very sweet. She just smiled at me and said, “You are such a mom!” Well, of course!

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on May 19, 2011 at 7:19am: Aaron never seemed to have any money either. He would pay off his bills and go out for a weekend and then complain he was broke and couldn't even afford to go get food until his next paycheck. Right now he's sitting pretty good because A. His dad got one of his loans deferred so now Aaron isn't sending him money. B. He's getting BAH. C. He got 1/3 of his bonus (although I'm sure most of that is gone by now. He paid of his credit cards, bought a new TV, bought a ring, etc.).

I don't know how my cousin did it... He's a Marine and has been in for just about 6 years, I believe. But he is sitting VERY nice. He has so much saved up, that he's added our grandma to his account so that once grandpa is gone (He's been battling cancer and for awhile it looked as if he wasn't going to make it to Christmas or if he did it would be his last one), she has enough to live off of. He decided to take personal responsibility for her and that just made my heart melt.

And my brother had enough money that he had nothing else to spend on that he bought me a car (no complaining here).

So honestly, I don't know when it starts to make them money. haha. I've seen both sides of the fence. :P

Comment by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke on May 19, 2011 at 1:45am: Love the private messages !!!! lol

Comment by bobbysproudmom on May 19, 2011 at 12:05am: Quilt-my son had planned on working at the recruiting office so he could stay home longer between A School & Power School--- But-- they weren't doing the work at the recruiting office in this area at that time. He wanted his truck left at home so he could drive it while on leave(and during the time he would have been working at the recruiting office). He flew home and drove his truck to SC. anyway, yes it makes more sense to keep his car home for him and I hope the recruiting thing works out for your son.

Comment by quiltblue on May 18, 2011 at 11:26pm: If my son wants a car to drive when he comes home to visit and I have driven his car to SC... he can rent a car for his own use while he is here! I really don't want to drive his car to SC until after A school is over and his "time" between has been determined. He says that it's possible he can extend his "time" from 10 days to several weeks if he works for the Recruiting office, wouldn't it make more sense if his car was still here and then he could drive it back? Now of course I have to wait for the flooding to clear up between here in TEXAS and GC/SC... I really don't want to drive by myself all that way!