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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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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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Navy Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

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Navy.com Para Familias

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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Latest Activity: 7 hours ago

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

Here's the story of RED SHIRT FRIDAY: Red Shirt Friday

USPS "If it fits, it ships" - link to order boxes: USPS If it fits, it ships

MAKING POSTS TO THE GROUP - Please be sure you are on page 1 when typing your comments or they may not post!

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Comment by Heather(labellaleigh) - ETwife on October 1, 2011 at 3:41pm: I'm okay. I had no idea it was a gunshot until everyone started to report it. I thought it was just a backfire or the motorcycle that usually goes pass our house every night. But when the sirens started to go off, I knew something wasn't right. After hearing the details of what everyone had actually seen, I could feel my heart breaking for him and his family/friends. I had to get off facebook and go hug my sailor.

Comment by Heather(labellaleigh) - ETwife on October 1, 2011 at 3:18pm: @Sherri - Yes, i'm in GC. It happened right around the corner from me. =( We heard the gunshot and then the ambulances. They had everything blocked off and wouldn't let anyone leave.

Comment by Sharon ~ K's Mom on October 1, 2011 at 3:08pm: This brought tears and heartache to me immediately. Losing a loved one in this manner is truly a different feeling. Having lost my baby brother to suicide, it is a journey that people don't want to hear as sad as it is. I talk and talk about my brother so that others understand that mental illness and depression is a disease that needs to be addressed. Even though Diego is no longer there, I do keep in touch with others that are. Full details are not known, not sure they will be. Yet again, the military won't talk about it. They need too, as others do! They need to realize they need to yell about it so others are aware. There are signs even if one won't talk. This is tragic for everyone, it can happen to any family. This touches all of our lives, it has an impact. May God keep and bless him and his family with His grace, comfort and love!

Comment by Sherri_M on October 1, 2011 at 3:07pm: how sad. I'm sure they were trying to blow off steam, especially if they had just taken that big test before comps on Tuesday. I am not sure how far along this sailor was, but what a shame.

labellaleigh--are you in GC? or Jsparkle are you? prayers to all on this base. My son and his wife still have so many friends on the base, and of course I have all of you with sailors there as well.

Comment by Heather(labellaleigh) - ETwife on October 1, 2011 at 2:54pm: Last night was a shock to us all at NWS. A lot of these guys are under so much pressure and feel no one can understand them. And when something/someone disrupts their already fragile state, it can turn into a tragedy. =*(

I think this is a reminder that we need to tell our sailors just how much they mean to us.

Comment by Jsparkle (MM Wife) on October 1, 2011 at 2:38pm: from whats going around on base was he had people over drinking. nobody has said if he had been drinking too. my guess is he was and that the alcohol helped induce his decision. its such a tragedy since we on base are such a tight knit community.

Comment by Sherri_M on October 1, 2011 at 2:13pm: BunkerQB, surely there is something for them..the problem is will they reach out. I am saddened to say, I'm sure my son wouldn't...he would feel it would make him less of a man--I mean, he wouldn't even go to sick bay when he was so sick. I finally told him if he didn't go to the NEX and get some meds, I'd come over there and drag him to the doctor. Needless to say, he went the very next day and bought some OTC meds.

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on October 1, 2011 at 2:12pm: "Like" button BunkerQB

Comment by BunkerQB on October 1, 2011 at 2:05pm: Many think because they are not doing well in school or when their spouse/gf/fiancee decides to leave the relationship, life is over. I wish there was a way for those sailors under duress to realize that help is out there and better times will be around the corner, they will find others to love. Wish there was a life line for them.

Comment by Sherri_M on October 1, 2011 at 1:29pm: I'm so saddened by this Sharon. I know what kind of stress Michael was under, and through the roughest part--he would hardly talk...I think alot of it was he didn't want to let us down and was having a hard time dealing with that. I made sure I told him how much and how proud we were of him, NO MATTER WHAT! I know many of the sailors have no one. Many have family and wives that care, but some don't have anyone to even help them talk. prayers to this family, and to anyone that knew him. And to all those on base. I worry so much about the stress. God, please wrap them all in your arms right now, they need it abundantly!