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Comment by DramaboysMom on January 12, 2012 at 8:44pm

(knock knock,knock) Penny, Penny, Penny ( Sorry, couldn't resist)   I just requested  you as a "friend" so I could get on the FB.  THanks!! 

Comment by LedbetterLisa on January 12, 2012 at 8:25pm

Penny_Nuke_MM_Power School_Mom, I would love to be added to the FB page.....My page is under Lisa Gordon Ledbetter. Ty!!!

Comment by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke on January 12, 2012 at 7:51pm

For those of you that are also on Facebook, we have a huge following there for the Nuke Moms as well and gives a little more "real time" too.  Some are on both but many are not aware that we have a private group where bootcamp or other personnel cannot get into!!  : )

If you would like to be added to the FB group (Nuke Moms), please message me here on N4Ms with your name and where you are from or some identifying marks for who you are on facebook and I'll then go out and add you in.  You will then get a request to join.  

Hope to see many of you over there as well.

Comment by BunkerQB on January 12, 2012 at 3:14pm

PRINT IT OUT - REFER TO IT - THE INFORMATION AT THE END ON HOW TO USE THIS SITE WILL SAVE YOU A LOT OF FRUSTRATION.

STEP 1 - This is the official website from the Navy contains information for recruits & families. Here you'll find the phone number/email for the Public Affairs Office, FAQs, mission statement for the Recruit Training Command, the history of the program. Here is where you will find the graduation dates for various Training Groups and the link to get your password for parking at graduation (call PIR Pass In Review).

Recruit Training Command - Main Page (clickable link)

 

STEP 2 - Study this fantastic power point presentation made by Craig, a N4M member. He was in the Navy himself and has a son in the Navy.  He has a website JUST for the recruits. If your son/daughter is struggling with getting answer, this site may be for him/her.

       NAVY DEP.com (clickable link)

In the PDF files below, you'll see maps of the Recruit Training Center at Great Lakes, the ILL area, photos, diagrams, a list of the addresses of the "ships", - a great overview of the beginning processing days.  It will take you from the beginning when your recruits arrives at Great Lake to the end of processing days - you will feel like YOU have been processed too. This link opens up a PDF file. You can print a hard copy. If you are downloading this for the first time - it may take a minute or two (depending on the speed of your computer - possibly longer - be patient). You can also save this file to your own hard drive for future reference. But don't worry it'll always be here.

      

Boot_Camp_Processing_Days_P_days.pdf

Aerial_View_of_Camp_John_Paul_Jones.pdf

Battle_Stations_Part1_of_2.pdf

Battle_Stations_Part2_of_2.pdf

Keep in mind that the "ships" at Boot Camp refer to barracks.  For example Ship 12 is USS Triton which may house more than one division. The real USS Triton has been decommissioned. 
Here is a diagram of the location of the various barracks. 

STEP 3 -  Watch the five videos. It will give you a really good idea what your recruit will be going trhough.  PIR stands for Pass In Review (Graduation From Boot  Camp).

CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING:

New Video "Welcome To Boot Camp - Processing Day" (Navy Live)  (click here)

New Video "Return To Boot Camp - Reveille"  (click here)

New Video "Return To Boot Camp - PT Physical Training"  (click here)

New Video "Return To Boot Camp - Preview of Battle Stations, PIR" (click here)

New Video "Return To Boot Camp - Battle Stations, PIR/Graduation &a...  (click here)

 

STEP 4 - Get to know the Navy For Moms site.  Just underneath the big blue Navy For Moms masthead, you will find a menu bar with a bunch of tabs. The tabs you will quickly become acquainted with will be "MY PAGE", "EVENTS", "FORUMS", "GROUPS", "BLOGS" and "CHAT"

1. My Page - this will take you to YOUR PERSONAL page. Here you will find a summary of all comments you have posted, comments others have posted on YOUR page, summary of your activities in Forum Discussions, Blogs. On your personal page, you'll find a list of discussions you created or participated in as well as blogs that you have created. You can personalized the appearance of your page or add a PLAYLIST.COM box to play music. Check this on a daily basis - you may find a friendly welcome from one of us.
2. Events - you can used this function to set up a meet and greet for any purpose. Just click on this tab and click +ADD.  Typically, the is a PRE-PIR (meet and greet on Thursdays at the Ramada Inn. The Ramada Inn hosts the meet and greet - they don't set it up - it's up family members within associated with each graduating class to set up this event. Many local groups use this to set up their meet and greets. You can make this a public or private event. People can RSVP. The creator of the event can send out a message to attendees without friending the member first - this is very convenient for the organizers. 
3. Forums - under Forums, you will find a number of Discussion categories (16). This is the place to go for discussions posted about a wide myriad of topics. Under "How To Do Stuff On N4M" contains master index of groups formed on this site. For example, there is a list of groups associated with PIR date, ships, job rating and special interest. When you click on Forums, you'll see "My Discussions" just underneath the menu bar - this is a summary of all the comments you have posted.
4. Groups - here you will find all the groups that have been formed since the beginning. You can view the display by "Most members" (default), "Most active", "Latest" and "Latest activity".  In small print, just above the Featured Groups, you'll see "My Groups" - click on this to access a summary of groups that YOU belong to. If you start a group, you can choose to make it private or public. You can NOT change it from one to the other after it has been created.
5. BLOGS - blogs are like diaries - you can post anything (within the N4M general guidelines). This is not a great place to post request for information. Blogs are not organized. They come and go in sequential order by date.
6. CHAT - "To chat or not to chat?" If you are familiar with chat, it's a great place to meet and catch up. Everything is in real time. The program only keeps so many lines of the dialog. If you need a quick response, someone may be there to respond with a quick answer or link. Everything is at a fast pace and in simplified computer-chat language. Occasionally, a new mom will find chat difficult to adjust to because a number of conversations may be going and any responses to her questions are direct and in short hand form. A new mom looking for gentle support should try one of the groups first. But if you are looking for a quickie answer, there is usually someone around who will respond with link.

KEEP THESE TIPS IN MIND ON USING THIS SITE:

1. If you are getting too many email notifications, just click "STOP FOLLOWING" located just underneath the input comment box or go to Settings, then Email to set your parameters for email notification. If you are inundated with email notifications to your regular email addresses, you can control when you get an email notification. Just remember to check you personal page, you inbox if you turn off your notifications.
2. Look at your status box on the upper right - with INBOX, ALERTS, FRIENDS, SETTINGS. Just underneath that will be a line with invitations from others to attend events or join another group.  Go to "HOW TO DO STUFF ON N4M" category under FORUMS and look for the discussion relating to this various topics, such as composing a message to a friend, sending out a friend request, changing your username, password. 
3. Look at your status box on the upper right - with INBOX, ALERTS, FRIENDS, SETTINGS. Just underneath that will be a line with invitations from others to attend events or join another group.
4. With any group, there are discussions added by members. The list displayed may not be the entire list (group admins can set the number to display). Be sure to click "View All" under the Discussions (on the right just under the displayed list of discussions). 

STEP 5- Getting Involved, Joining Groups, Preparing for PIR and other stuff.

1. Find some groups to join. Start with the Navy MEPS & DEP Families group (if your recruit is waiting for Boot Camp), the Boot Camp Moms group, your geographical group and of course, your trusty New Members Stop Here group.
   Navy MEPS & DEP Families (clickable link)
   Boot Camp Moms (clickable link)
2.  If you have an address (either from your recruit or the recruiter), start writing (plain regular letter size envelopes - the two addresses may be different - don't panic - it'll get there - use the one your recruit gives you as soon as you get it).
3. When you get the letter with the PIR (Pass In Review or Graduation from Boot Camp) date, join the group for that and meet all the other moms/dads/wives/gfs with loved ones graduating on the same date (always on a Friday) - click here to see list of PIR groups.
   
   Groups Listed by PIR date. (clickable link)
   
   You'll get a letter with the PASSWORD to print the parking pass.  KEEP THIS LETTER.  If you are using Internet Explorer (doesn't work), download Mozilla Firefox (free - will work) and use it to print your parking pass for PIR. Parking passes are normally available about one to two weeks prior to the actual PIR date. Go here to get your pass.
   
    http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/upcoming_grads.asp
   
4. Next join this group to prepare for PIR. Read through the many topics. Your questions should be answered (such as hotels to stay, how many guests, parking, what to wear, etc.)
   
   http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pirreferenceinformation  
     
5. If you know where your sailor is going for A school or his rating, check for groups listed by Job Rating. If you know what ship he is going to, check for groups listed by name of his ship (the active ships out on the Fleet not the bootcamp barracks named after ships). Looking for a local group or special interest group to join? 
   
   GROUPS: Listed By PIR Date (clickable link)
   GROUPS: Listed By Name of US Navy Ships/actual US Naval Vessels (clickable link)
   GROUPS: Listed By Navy Job/Ratings (clickable link)
    and companion Ratings, A School Locations & Links to Groups by Lemonelephant
   GROUPS: Geographical By State (clickable link)
   GROUPS: Listed By Special Interest  (clickable link)

This is an on going project, please feel free to make suggestions. We will revise this periodically.  Please note - if someone out there would like to revise/rewrite this, please feel free to give it a shot. BQB

Comment by BunkerQB on January 12, 2012 at 3:13pm

Since you & your SR is just starting on this journey, please go through the info on the Survival Guide. Here is the link.

http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/survival-guide-for-navy-for...

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on January 12, 2012 at 3:10pm

Hi ColoradoMom, you're in for an exciting 2 years! Any questions about NNPTC, just ask .... there are a ton of topics covered in the discussion forums above, and there's always someone with an answer or advice for problems/concerns that aren't covered.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on January 12, 2012 at 2:40pm

Welcome Colorado Mom!  This place is the mother lode of all information with really terrific ladies.  We're glad to have you.

Comment by ColoradoMom Nuke ET on January 12, 2012 at 2:10pm

Hello ladies.  My son is a brand new SR in the Nuke program.  I'm hoping to learn a lot from all of you!

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on January 12, 2012 at 11:18am

this was just posted on Facebook

From Naval Service Training Command Public Affairs:

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Jan. 11, 2012) — A Navy recruit died Jan. 11 while in boot camp training at Recruit Training Command (RTC) here.

The incident took place during a standard physical fitness assessment at RTC. Lovell Federal Health Care Center medical service personnel pronounced the recruit dead at approximately 9:57 a.m. CST. An investigation by the Navy and Naval Criminal Investigative Service to determine the details of the incident is in progress.

“This seaman recruit was an outstanding recruit,” said Capt. Steven Bethke, commanding officer, RTC. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to his entire family. His loss is felt by the entire RTC staff.”

The recruit enlisted in the U.S. Navy Nov. 16, 2011, and was scheduled to graduate from Navy boot camp this month. Following graduation, he would have a machinist’s mate in the Navy.

The recruit is survived by his parents.

We respectfully ask that everyone please refrain from posting the recruit’s name on our Facebook page.

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on January 12, 2012 at 11:02am

This was posted yesterday on Facebook

U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command

All, tomorrow we will be posting an official message from the command regarding an incident that happened on base today. Until then, we respectfully ask that you refrain from posting any comments referring to this. Once we post our statement, you can post your comments. Please respect our wishes.

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