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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 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 Erica8369 on April 6, 2010 at 10:43pm: Thank you Mark, The program my son is/was in was for engineering, he's in Goose Creek, S.C. Somewhere in his contract he signed up for subs also, which is why I thought it was Nuke Sub school. So, do you know what will happen to him when restriction is over? Will they offer him BESS or send him to fleet? He scored a 78 in his asvab, so I assume they will not just send him anywhere, but I'm not sure. I appreciate any feedback you can give.

Comment by Mark on April 6, 2010 at 10:28pm: You're going to have to be more clear about the training program your son was in, Erica. There is no such thing as "Nuclear Sub School". There's the Navy Nuclear Power Program, which includes Nuclear Power School, but is for both submarine and surface nucs. There is also BESS, or "Basic Enlisted Submarine School", but that program is for the guys on subs who aren't assigned to work on the Nuclear Reactor plant. The nucs who wind up on submarines don't go to sub school, believe it or not - since the rigors of the nuclear training program make sub school kind of beside the point. Nuclear power training is in Charleston, SC and Ballston Spa, NY - sub school is in Groton, CT.

Comment by Erica8369 on April 6, 2010 at 9:06pm: Can anyone shed some light on a situation for me? My son was in Nuclear Sub school and didn't pass a couple of his test, so they have him on restriction. He says they are moving him out of Nuclear Subs to something else, but he is not sure. Has anyone else gone through this with their child or themselves? Will he be out of Subs totally and sent to fleet? Help

Comment by Anti M on April 6, 2010 at 3:18pm: I used to cut my hubby's hair to regs. I still cut his hair now, but not as short. Electric clippers with a choice of attachments is key. The back has to have a military taper, not be block cut, so that's a skill to learn. The taper over the ears is insanely difficult on some guys. Then you have to shave the back of the neck and the throat, I used the clippers with the attachments off.

Our clippers are 20 years old and still going. trick is to clean and oil them after every use.

Comment by Jennifer on April 6, 2010 at 2:11pm: Mary, My son had a couple phone calls like that in DEP and he found them extremely helpful.Those were generally his favorite talks with current military guys. It's most likely just to give him a feel for what he will encounter and to answer any questions he has. Also to help him narrow down which direction he wants to go. Nothing to be nervous about since it is likely entirely for his benefit.

Comment by Mark on April 5, 2010 at 11:40pm: That could be it - that new, they may not appreciate how sloppy it looks (well, militarily speaking) when the back of the neck isn't shaved below the hairline. That, and having the proper tapered appearance at the hairline is where the homegrown cuts can fall short of regs most easily.

Comment by Jennifer on April 5, 2010 at 11:26pm: Well, I think he may have misunderstood a little since he failed because of the fuzz on the back of his neck and others failed because of bad or lack of haircuts but the final instruction was given to all of them about needing haircuts. Maybe the ones by the roomies "didn't count" because they were obviously done poorly? At any rate, I wouldn't be surprised if things are a little stricter still since they are so new to military life and I'm glad for that.

Comment by carols_kitchen on April 5, 2010 at 9:51pm: Just quick chatted with my sailor. He said he kept his head shaved so he wouldn't have to worry about inspection at GC. He also said if someone did a bad job of cutting a shipmates hair, it showed.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on April 5, 2010 at 9:12pm: All I can say is if there was a barber on my son's sub, then they must have locked him in a closet. My son looked like it had been a good while since he saw a barber. It was definitely that shaggy pirate look, when he got home.