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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!

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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

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Comment by NF Mom on April 4, 2013 at 2:44am


Looks like they are the same for Carriers and Subs

6.  SEA SHORE FLOW ENLISTED CAREER PATHS

RATING   SEA1 SHR1 SEA2 SHR2 SEA3 SHR3 SEA4 SHR4

ELTNUCSS  54   36   60   36   36   36   36   36   36/36    G
ELTNUCSW  54   36   60   36   36   36   36   36   36/36    G 
EMNUCSS   54   36   60   36   36   36   36   36   36/36    G
EMNUCSW   54   36   60   36   36   36   36   36   36/36    G

ETNUCSS   54   36   60   36   36   36   36   36   36/36    G 
ETNUCSW   54   36   60   36   36   36   36   36   36/36    G

MMNUCSS   54   36   60   36   36   36   36   36   36/36    G 
MMNUCSW   54   36   60   36   36   36   36   36   36/36    G

Source Naval Regulations:              NAV1236 2012 DEC

Comment by NF Mom on April 4, 2013 at 2:31am: FYI, if the Nuke does not re-enlist, or extend his entire career may be in the training pipeline and then on a single submarine for the remainder of his 6 years.

First sea duty is on subs is targeted at something like 52 or 54 months. Not sure about CVNs.

Training is taking anywhere from 18 to 28 months recently for EMs and ETs, MMs have shorter A school, but longer holds recently, so not sure how that has been working out in terms of total time.

Comment by NF Mom on April 4, 2013 at 2:23am: Anyone who wants to be on a carrier can be guaranteed that job.

Subs are volunteer only, so just pass on the multiple times the recruiter tries to get you to volunteer, and you go carrier.

Shore jobs, based on third hand information, are highly competitive instructor jobs at power school and Nuke A school, keep the reactor manned with qualified nukes ( not students ) at prototype, and recruiter jobs. There are other jobs I am sure, but those are the ones you hear about large numbers of Nukes going to on shore duty.

Comment by Sunshine66 on April 3, 2013 at 9:57pm: Thanks for the housing info!!!

Comment by Sunshine66 on April 3, 2013 at 9:52pm: bclmomct, my son is a new sailor whose name starts with C and he went to Charleston on Saturday! Maybe it was him???

Comment by Janie (Navy Reserve recruit mom) on April 3, 2013 at 9:52pm: If any of you have sons in BC right now, I'll happily barter off my daughter.

Comment by MN Mom of MM on April 3, 2013 at 9:51pm: Susan, so glad it got there today. The PO told me expected delivery Thurs. Glad you like it, cause I sure like making them and Love being able to give them for our guessing game. 6 to go till 2013. A few years back I had about a dozen hanging in my sunny east window, and my cats wore themselves out chasing all the little prism lights dancing around the room.

Comment by bclmomct on April 3, 2013 at 9:32pm: Just got back for Charleston. Had the best time with our sailor. Went site seeing, took him to eat at places he had heard of and wanted to go to, but couldn't...did a mansion, Fort Sumtner, carriage ride, market place etc. Just great seeing how happy he is to be there and to be doing what he's doing. If you like seafood...we found a great place in downtown...but go prepared to wait...it's worth it though. Oh and we ran across two new sailors C--------a and P-------r if you moms happen to be there. They were having fun around the market and my son talked to them and encouraged them for a while. (It was neat to see him doing that, because he used to be very quiet and would never spoken out to strangers like he did. Just proves how happy he is there.)

Comment by susank on April 3, 2013 at 8:34pm: MN Mom I just got the beautiful suncatcher! You are the best!!!! Thank you so much. I will think of my N4M friends whenever I look at it and that is a special blessing!

Comment by Adam'sProudMom on April 3, 2013 at 5:53pm: NavyNucDad and Sunshine66, Our son shared a 3-br apartment in a nice complex in N. Charleston with two other Prototype Nukes. He said they were put together because they all shared the same Prototype schedule, so their sleep schedules, etc., would be the same.

They get to pocket any housing allowance that they don't spend, so sharing a place can be really helpful.