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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 Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

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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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***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 NavyMomLG on January 26, 2011 at 2:58pm: Thanks amanda - I know it is also very much a personal preference thing for the sailors too, but I appreciate the information.

Comment by amanda on January 26, 2011 at 2:45pm: I haven't been able to go to any of my fiance's but I'm hoping to make it to proto. I've heard a-school is the most intimate since there are so few of them. Power school is a little more formal and larger so not much one-on-one time. Prototype is hit and miss whether there is actually one (if everyone is behind, its more important to get them out on a ship on time than to have a cute little ceremony). From other discussions, I've heard a-school is the one to hit and if you miss that and are still dying to go, do power.

Comment by NavyMomLG on January 26, 2011 at 2:39pm: So, if you could only attend one graduation (A-School, Power School or Prototype), which would you choose? Or are they not like PIR, which I will remember for the rest of my life as one of the proudest moments and best weekends I have spent with my son.

Comment by texasmom Prototype on January 26, 2011 at 2:11pm: Yes, my boys (16 & 20) and I are driving up for the PIR and his dad and aunt are coming too. We found out that he is leaving for GC on Tuesday 2/15, which is also his 19th birthday, so hopefully we will be able to see him all weekend. I'm praying the weather will warm up because we certainly aren't used to it that cold. Frequently it won't get below freezing all winter, but it has been colder this year. Yesterday it got up to 60. I'm going to have to do some shopping.

WHat is the best way to ship stuff to GC? I'm sure he will at least want his laptop and cell phone asap.

Comment by DramaboysMom on January 26, 2011 at 1:59pm: I don't know who can use it. It said military families. Not sure whom all that would include. I got it through my "I love someone in the Military" link on my FB.

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on January 26, 2011 at 1:21pm: can parents use the militaryonesource? what about siblings? I didn't see anywhere on the site where it says who is eligible to use it.

We have been using H&R Block tax software for several years.

Comment by DramaboysMom on January 26, 2011 at 1:10pm: PS... found this link for those military families

http://www.militaryonesource.com/MOS/FindInformation/Category/TaxFi...

Comment by DramaboysMom on January 26, 2011 at 1:05pm: Well, just heard from my son who is still in indoctrination this week. He had a few minutes and got on a computer to "chat" with me. When he got to GC last week, he was thankful it was warmer (67) than it was when he left GL (-4, although he is used to the cold, we are in Northern Indiana) but he said it has gotten much cooler since last week.

We sent the phone through Snail Mail and the computer through UPS. Both should arrive today, and we will see which lands in better shape. LIke I mentioned to him, it isn't on our end the mail gets "goosed" it's what happend while it's trying to find him on base!

Have a great day, All,... It's back to working on computers at the school for me!

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on January 26, 2011 at 11:40am: Welcome texasmom. Bet you are counting the days until PIR. Hope you are able to make it to GL for the ceremony. It's such a wonderful day with so many memories. You will really feel that big sigh of relief from everyone the second that liberty is called. Do you know if your son is grad and go, or will he stay in GL for several days before going to Goose Creek? My son stayed 5 additional days in GL so we were able to spend the weekend with him. He loved laying on a soft bed that he could actually stretch out on, loved his sister giving him a back massage, and strutted around like a proud peacock in his uniform. Enjoy the times. It will pass soon, then you will be able to have more contact with him.

Comment by texasmom Prototype on January 26, 2011 at 10:54am: Hi everyone! I'm a newish navymom (my son is PIR 2/11) and heading to GC shortly afterwards. I'm from Round Rock, TX just north of Austin. He is an ET

Binker's Mom, where do you live in KY? I lived in Louisville for 2 years while attending Speed Scientific School at UL and loved the area and definitely enjoyed the food and the festivities of Derby week. It was a week long event 20+ years ago, might be bigger now. What is EFA? I'm not a fan of mint julips but love derby pie.