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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 maureenwithfive on November 5, 2013 at 3:03pm: NJ Navy Mom Ship 03 Div 115 and SlezaksMom...

Thanks for the info!

But we just called the Staybridge Suites (where we are staying) for their help on the where to get a Thanksgiving Dinner question, and lo and behold, they serve a full home cooked Thanksgiving dinner at the hotel!!! It's free too!

I can't say enough about the Staybridge Suites... free full hot breakfasts in the mornings, four nights a week they serve dinner with beer and wine... and it's all a part of the cost of staying at the hotel. Just wonderful and nice people too!

We first stayed at a Staybridge after our home burned down in September and they helped make our tragedy seem a little less terrible.

Anyway... problem solved! Yay!

Comment by SueSue on November 5, 2013 at 1:55pm: PT does not shut down for holidays. Your son "should" get leave after PS. My son was classed up early for PT and can't take his planned leave. Hopefully your son gets his!

Comment by suebal MM3 USS California SSN781 on November 5, 2013 at 12:58pm: Yeah...what NancyJo said...I loved reading your post Tom. I am so hopeful that that is the experience my son has..."a family" from his sub!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 5, 2013 at 12:57pm: Wow Tom! Thanks for putting that into words for us. Like J's mom I am going to cut & paste and save for future reference (and also pass on to family members who always ask me "what exactly is sailor doing in school?")!

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on November 5, 2013 at 12:50pm: Great work, Tom! You boiled it down to a very understandable level. But trust me, we moms who have been here a little while (for me only 3 yrs, there are others here longer) know all about letting go and letting God. Once the communication starts to decrease b/c they are too busy, too tired, too something, and they get so focused on their job, we have no choice. And more than one mom has commented on her little boy/girl becoming not so "little" any more. Hard to make that transition but, again, no choice. Moms who can't do this make things so hard for their child that it is detrimental and increases their chances of not making it.

Keep it coming, Tom. I do believe you are another treasure for us to cling to.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on November 5, 2013 at 11:58am: B'snukemom, glad your son had a good experience. My son is not so impressed with the navy medical in BS. He says he will do anything to avoid going. Of course, if you need medical you need medical. I'm just glad they take care of those things. I think if someone didn't do it for him, my son would just coast along and never do those rudimentary things like get his teeth cleaned. Oh, he brushes; it's making an appt. that seems insurmountable. For an intelligent fellow, sometimes I just wonder....

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on November 5, 2013 at 11:52am: suebal, so wonderful to read the happiness between the lines! It's so reassuring for those of us whose sailors are not yet in the fleet. It sounds like you and your sailor had a very special time that you will always remember. I'm so glad for you both.

Not da Mama, hang in there. We will all hope for a good outcome one way or the other. Prayers for you and your sailor.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 5, 2013 at 11:50am: Oh one more thing when we spoke with our son he mentioned that they did get their flu shots last week (actually the nose spray)....before he had told us that it wasn't going to be until December but they came into class last week & lined them all up and took care of it. Glad they got that out of the way.

He also had a teeth cleaning yesterday and they fixed a cracked filling (that he didn't know was cracked!). He was very pleased with the dentist - I asked him how he went about making the appointment & he said it's their SLPO's job to set all that up. So I told him basically your SLPO is like your mother! LOL

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 5, 2013 at 11:35am: Good Morning All! Thanks to everyone who replied to my question on leave when my son starts prototype. We spoke to him last night & he said to just hang tight and they will be told everything 2 weeks prior to PS grad.....we'll just wait & see what the Navy decides - there are so many variables it's just not worth "what-iffing" the situation!

suebal - sounds like a fantastic trip you had with your sailor! It's nice that you were able to make the road trip with him :) Good luck to him in his next adventure.

NotDaMama - I will keep my fingers (& toes) crossed for your sailor and will say an extra prayer too! I too am a little confused on how everything works in prototype.....so if they shut the reactor down for 5 weeks what do they do? Do they stand watch still, but he can't retest until they start it back up? Please keep us posted as you get more info. Hang in there!

Comment by suebal MM3 USS California SSN781 on November 5, 2013 at 10:45am: Just got back from the bestest road trip ever! My sailor and I drove, together, up to his sub in Groton. He was born in CT, but this is the first time I've been back in 16 years (he's gone back with his dad for family visits)--I forgot how much I love it up there! Happiest I've ever been in my life was when I was living there.

We drove around the base for about an hour--"where does this road go? I don't know...let's see." Saw a sub in the water and one in dry dock. I know where the Subway is (I wonder if there's a Subway everywhere the Navy is! :))

The base is AWESOME! All hills...and since my son is a runner, he couldn't WAIT to attack them. He called me last night to tell me that he had, in fact, gone running and his legs were a wee bit sore. But since his barracks were being inspected by an Admiral this morning, he had some work to do last night. He said his roomies side looked like it had been hit by a cyclone, but he's not responsible for that stuff, only his own and he intended to NAIL the inspection this morning. Can't wait to hear how it went.

His roommate is also on his sub--the California. They're out right now so mine is not sure if he's going to be "hanging out" waiting for them to get back or if he's going to be flown out. He said either way he expects to be busy and acclimating and loving life. He's happy so I'm happy! The next leg of this amazing journey has begun...ohboyohboyohboy