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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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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 Joniana (Helen) on June 12, 2013 at 7:55am: NFMom -- I also want to say thanks for sharing your re-enlistment thoughts -- good talking points with our kids when the time comes. Appreciate your taking the time to pull this together.

Comment by NAVY-em's_Mom on June 12, 2013 at 5:50am: http://www.military.com/MilitaryCareers/Content/0,14556,MPDC_Exam_N...

This article explains how advancement is determined. If there are more open billets it's easier to advance.

Comment by MN Mom of MM on June 12, 2013 at 12:30am: My sailor said he found out he had passed the E5 test all three times he took it but there was no room for advancement. His re enlist was complete and he moved to E5 in April and is on 1st deployment

Comment by NF Mom on June 11, 2013 at 3:49pm: mariab, sounds like he is not only a young man who knows what he wants, but he is very effective at making it happen.

Congratulations on the DIL and the grandchild.

It is amazing how mature they can become in such a short period of time.

Comment by NF Mom on June 11, 2013 at 3:41pm: Nancy, I just realized SIL can, and usually would, mean Son In Law, not just Sister In Law.

I do not have a Son In Law yet ( my daughter is only 19 and I hope it stays that way until she finishes her four year degree ).

I am as guilty as the next person of seeing the world through my own limited perspective.

Comment by NonnaB on June 11, 2013 at 3:40pm: NF Mom my son was 20 when he signed up and 21 when he started. He's been in 3 years, got married 2 years ago, had a baby last year, and bought a house in Norfolk this year. Can't wait to see what he does next year! My DIL is former Navy and she comes from a military family so I think they had a lot of conversations about career goals, etc.

Comment by NF Mom on June 11, 2013 at 3:32pm: Thanks mariab.

May I ask if your son was one of the older Nukes when he started the Nuke pipeline ?

Mine was one of the "older ones" turning 22 just before he classed up for A-School.

Comment by NonnaB on June 11, 2013 at 3:27pm: NF Mom, my son took his E5 test and passed but got his advancement faster when he re-enlisted. He had just reported to his boat when he took the test, and he knew he had passed when he re-enlisted. He had planned on serving longer anyway, in fact, he is seriously thinking of making it his career since he's been talking about all his routes for advancement. He had been talking about re-enlisting since INDOC so I guess he's just a determined young man.

Comment by NF Mom on June 11, 2013 at 3:19pm: Caryatid wrote: "All this talk of re-enlistment while our sailors are still in training, while interesting, is soooo premature."

Not all of "OUR Nuke Sailors" are still in the training pipeline. For many of us "Nuke Moms" what happens out in the fleet is not premature at all.

There may even be many of us newer Nuke Moms who like to think ahead ( I have only been a member a little over two years ).

I, for one, am very interested in what is happening with Nukes getting out of the Navy, even though this is many years away for my son.

B'snukemom, I agree, the last thing anyone would want to bring up is the subject of reenlistment with a son or daughter in A-School. I am not sure moms should even be bringing it up, however, in my son's case he brought it up and sought input from his father.

I welcome all comments, even ones that disagree with the subject of reenlistment being posted on the Nuke Moms forum.

But I have found this to be the best forum to discuss Nuke Sailor issues. Nuke reenlistment is unique to Nukes for many reasons, and I am looking for input from others who have thought about these issues. Both pro and con input on the issue of reenlistment.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on June 11, 2013 at 2:33pm: NF Mom, I'll have to ask my SIL. He was actually on what he thought was a 2 wk cruise up the coast of CA from San Diego when 911 happened, and they immediately deployed to the Persian Gulf so his college education was complete by the time the 911 bill went into effect.

Caryatid, my son re-enlisted when he accepted staff assignment in B.Spa. He hasn't seen the fleet yet, and was just completing his ELT training when they asked him to join staff. It suited him b/c, for one thing, it meant the next 2 yrs were in BS and he had just had a baby at that time. He figured he would be stateside during his daughter's first 2 yrs. He also got E5 at that time and a hefty bonus. So, actually, it might be premature to talk about reenlistment right out of basic, but our kids really need to think things through and that time is valuable. One sailor's decision might not be the right decision for someone else.