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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

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

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Comment by Pat L. in IL on October 5, 2008 at 10:36pm: Hi Suzanne, T-track occurs when there is down time between A school and Power school. They do PT, extra watches, etc. As I understand, it is kind of boring for them. It fills the time until they class up for Power school. Pat

Comment by Kaye S. on October 5, 2008 at 3:39am: For Carol (Sept 29):
Some of you out there might need to prepare yourselves for the first holiday without your child. I'm the mom of a "Nuke" who's now in Bangor, WA on the USS Alabama.

Holiday leaves sort of depend on what school your nuke is attending at the time. During the six months of A-school or during the six months of power school, he won't get a Thanksgiving leave, but will get a Christmas leave long enough to warrant coming home for. After power school graduation, he'll get TWO WEEKS of leave!

Next, he'll have Prototype. It takes place for six months in Goose Creek AND in New York. So, he may have to spend part of that two-week leave moving to NY. If he stays in Goose Creek, he'll have to spend part of his leave moving into an apartment that (hopefully) he's already found.

During Prototype, sailors are keeping a real duty and watch schedule, so Christmas "break" was only the 24th and 25th of December... not enough to justify our son's airfare to/from SC to Dallas.

At the end of Prototype, he'll get 30 DAYS OF LEAVE! But, he'll have to use part of that leave to move and report to his new base. He'll probably be living back on base, so he won't need to take furnishings with him. (If he has trouble getting in touch with his new command for instructions on how and where to report, contact me and I can give you more info on that.)

By the way, which job is your son going to pursue in nuke school? Good luck to your sailor in power school (Yes, it's as tough as they say it is)!

Comment by Pat L. in IL on October 2, 2008 at 10:00pm: Lynn, Welcome back!!

Carol, Oh man, I am SOOOO jealous!!

Comment by carols_kitchen on October 2, 2008 at 8:35pm: Great to hear about your trip, Lynn. I am flying down next weekend, and already have that old base housing reserved for a drive down in Thanksgiving. Our neighbor teenage boy is thrilled to house and pet sit.
Andy has been sending back pix from Patriot's Point (wish I could find a picture of him from there when he was about 4 years old.) We even have an inscribed brick that was a wedding present--it is in front of the old Woolworths. It will be great to go back after so many years.
Later!

Comment by Pat L. in IL on October 1, 2008 at 11:37pm: Tina, Left you a message on your page. May be able to help. Pat

Comment by Pat L. in IL on September 29, 2008 at 8:26am: Hi Cathy, All Nukes go to Goose Creek which is a little northwest of Charleston, South Carolina. GC will stand down over the holidays so I'll bet Mike can come home for Christmas. Pat

Comment by carols_kitchen on September 25, 2008 at 3:48pm: Cathy--did you get an answer to Grad n Go? Those are the sailors who depart within a couple of hours after PIR. Their families have been going with them to the airport to wait for their flights.
Our sailor did not leave for Goose Creek until 5 days after PIR. If I answered before, just chalk it up to a bad nights sleep.
You are halfway thru bootcamp! Ooh-rah!

Comment by carols_kitchen on September 24, 2008 at 11:38pm: our son did not leave for GC until the Wed after PIR

Comment by Gulf Coast Mom on September 24, 2008 at 10:29pm: Cassandra - we spent Friday and most of Saturday with our son. We left Sunday early afternoon flying home - but dropped him off at Gurnee Mills to meet some of his division shipmates to see a movie. He then packed and got orders on Monday and left GL on Tuesday going to Goose Creek. He called us when he got to GC to tell us he was there and that eight of them had eaten in the Ruby Tuesday's restaurant in O'Hare and that someone had picked up the bill for the entire group. He was impressed and so was I. Good luck to you and your husband. Melody

Comment by Pat L. in IL on September 24, 2008 at 7:56pm: Hi Cassandra, My son was grad and go but have also seen a lot of nukes that were not. FYI, we live in the Chicago area so if you are coming by yourself, I would gladly send you my phone number so you could have backup in case a problem arises. Pat