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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

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Comment by NNLori on September 9, 2019 at 9:36am: Just wanted to pop in and say Hi! It's been a long while since I've been here! My son graduated Prototype on 6/21. He couldn't come home until 7/11 but then we had him for month which was awesome!! He made the journey out to California to check in at his first duty station, the Theodore Roosevelt. He has only been there a couple weeks and is still getting oriented. He likes the area but it is EXPENSIVE! Not so crazy about living on the ship. Oh boy, he better get used to it or it will be along 4 years. LOL!! Anyway, just wanted to say hello. I do read and try to keep up with the happenings I just don't get to my computer to comment since I can't comment on my phone. Anyone else have a son or daughter on the TR?

Comment by Chipmunk on September 9, 2019 at 8:31am: Good Morning everyone!! - The baby shower was wonderful! The expectant parents were able to see some of my husband's family, including his mother, who they had not seen for over 12 months. We had a nice dinner the night before with just our family and had lots of laughs. My sailor called after the festivities on Sat and was able to talk to his sister, who was actually hopefully helping convince him that he did not need to take on someone else's kitten for them, by giving him as much information on the care and cost of a kitten/cat, so that he would make his own decision wisely!!

I will post pictures as soon as we can get them downloaded and I figure it all out.

Comment by Chipmunk on September 9, 2019 at 8:26am: ProudOfK - I agree!

New Adventures - It is also a circumference distance and at one point my son gave me a link to a map calculator they gave the sailors. My son only had 3 days of liberty after his A school, instead of a longer leave time. So, he had to stay within a closer range to NNPTC and I was planning outings for him and my youngest.

Comment by ProudOfK on September 9, 2019 at 12:07am: New adventures - there is a difference between leave and liberty. There are definitely limits on how far they can go for liberty. Initially I believe it's like 50 or 75 miles and then works up to 400. I am not aware of there being any mileage limitations for leave however.

Comment by Chipmunk on September 8, 2019 at 10:51pm: New Adventures - We live 16 hours from GC so I understand the difficulty in driving ! I say, go to PIR, then save up time to make it out to A school graduation. Depending on when that falls they may get a week - 10 days after A school - at least I think my friends whose sailors got to GC around Oct that was the case. It wasn't the same for my son, which is why we say nothing is set in stone.

Regarding the tablet, I think that would be small enough, but not sure.

Anyone with a recent PIR, know if they have restricted how much extra stuff the sailors can receive at the airport?

I know a tablet would have fit in the Navy issue backpack my son has.

The blanket sounds nice!

Comment by New Adventures on September 8, 2019 at 6:23pm: Katymom57 04 Oct if all goes well. He says he has met some other Nukes in his PIR but none in is section. He also seems to have changed his mind about rating choice but as of his letter did not know which he is yet.

Chipmuck and Proud K- Thanks. I was thinking of getting him a new tablet for a graduation present as his is very old. He has refused a new one in the past so someone in the family gets a new one they give him the old one. I could to that too but if I hand it off at the airport he can't refuse ! ?.

I used all but 2 days until July 1 2020 of my vacation recently so driving to SC just is not in the cards (15 + hours non stop each way so more like 18 hrs- too old for that in one shot). I get a few days off at Thanksgiving and Christmas and can make a trip around that.

We would love to have him come home, as would his friends, but I saw somewhere that leave in the first couple of months is only up to like 400 miles. We are too far for that. His best friends get married the week before PIR. He was to be in the wedding and now can not even watch it via the net :-( They would love to see him!

My work is a bit flexible but I have to give them notice as I am the only person that dose my job- and the holidays are a first some first serve kind go time. So many balls to balance.

I started the blanket- grey and dark navy. The pattern includes white but I decided to leave it out and make the squares bigger instead. Should be done in time for his birthday.

Comment by Katymom5 on September 8, 2019 at 10:33am: New Adventure when is your sons PIR? My sons is Oct 11

Comment by Chipmunk on September 8, 2019 at 9:37am: New Adventure - ProudOfK mentioned stand down time. At GC, they usually take about 2 weeks off at Christmas - How leave works has varied from what I gathered, and it also depends on their class to some extent. For my son, he was either allowed to take leave (which he had to borrow some I think) for the entire 2 week stand down - or if he stayed he had to stay the entire 2 weeks to be able to help stand watch. If they stay, they won't do watch everyday, necessarily, so you could go visit and spend sometime, especially if you could drive to him and see him.

Keep in mind with planning flights you need to prepare for them to arrive back early so they don't risk anything with delayed flights. One of my son's flights home, he just missed a major power outage in Atlanta, GA. Another time, he flew back to GC in extra time but then they had an unprecedented snow storm and school did not start back up on time. But I think those flying back closer to the start time, may have gotten caught with the snow. So you never know about the weather.

Others shared different scenarios with me when I was trying to figure out first holidays and so as stated, it is best to get it from your sailor first hand, they also won't know anything till they are at GC and in a class. And just because they arrive at GC on a set day, doesn't mean they will start their classes the next Monday - they could be INDOC for a month like my son and some others I know.

Comment by Chipmunk on September 7, 2019 at 11:17pm: New Adventure - I concur with ProudOfK! - My suggestion, you bring anything you think your son might want to take to GC with you, especially if you are driving. Then when you see him after PIR, you can find out from him more specifically if he can actually take it with him on the plane. At least you have it with you. My son did not have a laptop, so he purchased his once he got to GC. You will want to bring his favorite running shoes as they do PT 1-2x / week at GC and their run also. His phone, charger, his Kindle, and at least one pair of shorts and T-shirt for sleeping in. He had room for these few items in the black backpack they were issued. For mailing, my son wanted me to send him extra of his white underclothes so he had a fuller load for the white laundry!

It isn't so much an issue with the airlines and their luggage, as it was at Charleston when they were picked up. Llike ProudOfK mentioned. It took two shuttle runs for them to get picked up and taken to NNPTC when my son went two years ago.

And A Okay on the blanket as well.

Comment by Chipmunk on September 7, 2019 at 11:01pm: Navy Vet Kris - Welcome to the Nuke Moms group!! We are glad you have joined us! There is a lot of information on our main page and feel free to ask any questions that you have.