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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, 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 Damonsmom on October 13, 2012 at 7:03pm: ship 03 div 353 anyone having sailor from here and grad nov 2//

count bown is on

Comment by momofanuke on October 13, 2012 at 6:17pm: There is a flip side to the married in A-school coin... my husband and I met in Tech school (A-school, air force version) We met on Wednesday, got engaged on Sunday and married just a few months later (hubby got re.rated) and we have been married for over 24 years. So there can be good outcome from a-school relationships.

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on October 13, 2012 at 5:06pm: hahaha. Love, it William!
Aaron had a couple in his class that met in boot camp (in his division) and got married in A school. Basically for the benefits. They were divorced by the time Power School was over...

Comment by William in Nashua on October 13, 2012 at 10:48am: Rule #2, don't become this guy that everyone jokes about Lol

Comment by Aggie08Mom (ship 02,div. 903) on October 12, 2012 at 11:10am: Andrea tx, my son introduced us to Madra Rua when we were in Charleston last year. You're right, it's one of the most "Irish" Irish pubs I've seen.

Comment by frogkisses on October 12, 2012 at 7:18am: Good Friday morning Navy nuke moms (and families)...

I hope you are all fabulous today. We are still in the transition phase from BC to A school. He doesn't start classes for a lil bit yet. But he texts his mom every day, and that is a nice change.

Comment by Navy Mom x3 on October 12, 2012 at 12:09am: Sam asked for the sports scores so he (and everyone else) could keep up with football and the playoffs. I also found some questionnaires that I retyped so they were specific to my sailor. 25 questions with yes or no answers with a self addressed stamped envelope. I got a lot of info out of him that way. Every class seems to have a different experience with cards and letters. Colored envelopes weren't a problem for Sam's ship but I saw a lot of comments from mom's whose sailors had a different experience. Could be that since Sam was the mail man, he didn't draw attention to his own mail. Since he turned 18 at BC right before Christmas, he got lots of cards.

Comment by MN Mom of MM on October 11, 2012 at 11:57pm: Welcome to all the new moms. This is an awesome group with all the answers to any questions you have. I too sent small note cards, daily. Just big enough for some positive thoughts, every one had a bible verse, a newspaper clipping, or comic strip. He did tell me no more stickers decorating the envelopes. My sailor is now in Balston Spa with 6 weeks of prototype left. He will have the 100% exam next week, graduating Nov 30. Started BC 11-2-10

Comment by tina41 on October 11, 2012 at 9:27pm: hello all!!

following ideas on what to send your SR while in bootcamp. sending them self-addressed and stamped envelopes is a good idea. it saves them time when they get a chance to write. my son asked me to send him some so that he didnt have to take time to write addresses and put stamps on. i sent one envelope inside with each letter i sent him. good luck to all!!!

Comment by ccczzzLA on October 11, 2012 at 7:57pm: For those with sons and daughters in boot camp, I found that on Pinterest there are lots of inspirational saying that people put up that I copied into my letters. I kept a board of things I pinned that I could send later.

Your sailor-to-be will appreciate as much mail as you can give him or her and sometimes there's just not enough to say. I sent a photos of the cukes and tomatoes in our garden in every letter so she could see them growing.

You can't print anything directly from the internet with a URL on it. Also, news clippings sometimes don't make it. Depends on the RDC. But you can copy this stuff into a typed letter and print it out and it gets through fine. A bonus is you have a little archive of your letters to look back on later to remember how far your son or daughter has come. Also send your son or daughter a postage paid envelope near the end and they can mail back all the letters they got.

Enjoy the journey!