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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

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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 mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on December 12, 2010 at 1:18pm: The sun is shining today on the 17" of snow that Minneapolis got yesterday. but it is cold only 2 degrees. The Metrodome roof collapsed last night due to the weight of the snow and so the Vikings/Giant game has been postponed until tomorrow and they will be playing in Detroit.

Comment by Jo1 on December 12, 2010 at 1:13pm: My sons at The University of Minnesota right now in Minneapolis and they closed the campus yesterday because of the blizzard. He said some of the students were snowboarding and sledding down the stairs of the student union. He decided to stay in his room. I told him to enjoy the snow because he starts BC in April and will be in South Carolina next year at this time so it might be awhile before he sees it again, lol. I just home it clears up so we can pick him up next weekend Christmas break.

Comment by Linda (navynucmom) on December 12, 2010 at 9:52am: @Mark, thanks for the info. I think he said it was his advisor who told him about the book...but my son probably didn't realize they can get the book for him. I will tell him to ask tomorrow when he goes to class. Thanks again!

Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on December 12, 2010 at 8:35am: Penny, my son came out of BC as an E3, and he only had one semester of college prior. I don't think the college time is a factor.

Comment by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke on December 12, 2010 at 2:58am: Can anyone help me out - I was thinking that a Nuke candidate that is in bootcamp, comes out as an E3...providing he has college behind him as well. anybody know?

Comment by Mark on December 12, 2010 at 1:30am: MMNukeMom - your son is talking about the study book for the advancement test from MM3 to MM2. The thing though is that the Navy provides those; they're not available from a bookstore, or Amazon. All he has to do is ask his staff advisor, or whatever they call them these days, and they'll hook him up. It's a little premature for him to be concerned about, just starting "A" school - but it would still be a good thing for him. There is a lot of good information in there that will help him in "A" school; though I'm sure that there will be a lot of other resources available to him as well.

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on December 11, 2010 at 10:35pm: My son is 1104 A, grad date for A school is Feb. 11 (but I guess that's not written in stone). Those MM study guide books sound great, maybe they're available in the NEX? Anybody headed to GC for graduation, please scope it out!

And hey, GO NAVY! Great game today.

Comment by javajo50 (MM Power School 1103) on December 11, 2010 at 10:30pm: Michimon~my son is in class 1101A and I believe his graduation is Jan 21st so they are probably pretty close . Since I only live within 5 hours of the base, I plan on driving over to see his graduation. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that your son will see a white Christmas when he comes home. I still miss snow at Christmas having spent most my life in Wisconsin. In Georgia we usually will have one day of snow that might bring as many as 3 inches in one day. It's really fun for the kids here :)

Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on December 11, 2010 at 8:18pm: javajo, I don't know exactly when he's graduating. When I asked him, he said he wasn't sure--he had it written down somewhere, and he'd let me know later. He's in class 1102A. He said he had a couple of weeks or so left after Christmas, so my guess is it will be the middle of the month.

MMNukeMom, my son's an MM and I haven't heard anything about a study book. Then again, I just learned I don't know everything there is to know yet. LOL

Comment by Linda (navynucmom) on December 11, 2010 at 8:06pm: my son just got to GC last week, he is MM and starts A school next week. he wants me to get him a book called MM2 and/or MM3 - it's some kind of study book that they told him he should get to help study on his own. Can anyone tell me if you know how or where to get this/these books? I've googled and come up with nothing.