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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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***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 Josie(PIR11-5)ET_A_SCHOOL_1107 on December 8, 2010 at 5:33pm: Hello:

Here is something I learned on my trip to Goose Creek.

My sailor is an ET. There are about 25 of them in the class.

I asked where is the study hall? My Sailor they do everything in their class room. Apparently, they have lockers in the room to keep their stuff. They stay in their room and instructors come to them.

For gifts: NEX gift card, Netflix membership ( they might not have time, but they may want to watch a movie on their computer on the weekend?) I gave my son my code if wants to use it? Maybe change for the vending machines in the Rickover building. My sailor was collecting our change throughout our trip. He doesn't keep cash only the ATM card, so change is good for him.

Comment by CA mom 101 on December 8, 2010 at 3:18pm: Hi, my son arrived in GC just before Thanksgiving. He is doing fine. I am hoping some of you can help me with some gift ideas for him... I don't know what he can have, and if there is anything he can use. He already has a computer and an i-phone. Doesn't have much else with him, only things he has purchased since arrival. Any ideas would be appreciated- thanks!!

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on December 7, 2010 at 10:26pm: Well, Dec. 7 is drawing to a close. Say a prayer for all of the sailors who remain forever at Pearl Harbor.

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on December 7, 2010 at 8:22pm: Thanks, Mark! I'll let him know. He was so confident going in, and was frustrated when he got it back. I can't say he's not trying though...

About room inspections- I'm fairly sure that they just look for things to give the guys hits on. Even if their sinks is the cleanest sink they've seen all day, some of them will give the guys a hit, just because. Aaron has learned not to care as long as he doesn't fail.

And Kat- The McDonald's isn't really that close. It's further away than the big Nex is. I wish I could draw you a picture :P
The closest thing to the barracks (well besides the Rickover and such since I've never been back there), is the Mini Nex and Subways. The Dive is on that same street a little ways down, along with the uniform shop. These can be a 5-10 minute walk. Then down the road even further is the big Nex, McDonalds, Chapel, Movie Theater, Car Wash, etc. I'd say it's at least a 15 minute walk... Probably over a mile. At least that's what Aaron always claims :P

Comment by Julsburd on December 7, 2010 at 8:14pm: I know my son is playing WofW but I hope he learns to temper it a bit. I'm pretty sure it was the reason he wasn't successful in Purdue's Engineering School. He has the smarts, he doesn't drink to excess and he didn't have a steady girlfriend so by process of elimination it had to be that game!

Comment by Mark on December 7, 2010 at 8:12pm: That was supposed to be "regrade " - dang this stoopid phone that thinks it knows better than I do! :)

Comment by Mark on December 7, 2010 at 8:10pm: The first test in HTFF has traditionally been a first wake-up call for the hotshots in nuc school. They probably won't get as many degrade points back as they'd like, because it is the first really difficult test they get and it teaches them the level of attention to detail that will be required the rest of the way. I was also frustrated by my score on that test, but buckled down after and steadily rose to second in my class. For those of you whose kids are still in "A" school, share this with them and they will be a leg up on their classmates.

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on December 7, 2010 at 7:01pm: Josie,
Glad you had a good trip. thanks for the info. I was wondering how close that McDonald's was. Another gift idea. We too are thinking about going down there in March, when our daughter is on spring break. Will have to see how it goes by then. Don't want to go down there in the summer. We may try to take his truck back at some point, but that's a long haul from Phoenix. He might do better to buy something cheap back there, then sell it to another Nuke when he is ready to leave. anyway, glad you got to check out the base and see your son.

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on December 7, 2010 at 6:56pm: Seems odd that they would give them a microwave and fridge in their rooms but then mark them down on their inspections for food they have in there.

Comment by amanda on December 7, 2010 at 6:49pm: Josie- Besides watching his figure :P most of them choose not to have food in the room because if anything is open they will get marked down during inspection. My boyfriend's previous roommate had a bag of chips rolled up and clipped in his locked armoire and they got a hit for it.