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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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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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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!

NPTU OMBUDSMAN TEAM (4/2024)

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Comment by William in Nashua on September 26, 2012 at 5:10pm: Just had a fun weekend with my son the ET coming home from Ballston Spa on another 4 day. He graduates in two months and hopes to be ordered to an attack sub ... in the Pacific. Has passed his exams so far and is keeping ahead of the curve on qualifications -- the little knucklehead might actually know what he is doing. Lol.

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on September 26, 2012 at 4:07pm: J's mom, does your son already have a place to live off base? Roommates? my son actually found a roommate wanted situation, in a house with 2 civilian roommates, that came fully furnished. They had a Nuke roommate before him so he felt comfortable with it all. He did find a couple that sounded good too, one was to room with 2 airforce guys. He'd just have had to get his bedroom furniture. But of course none of that works if he's already got a place, and/or roommates lined up.

Comment by Pat on September 26, 2012 at 12:30pm: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/09/ap-groton-fewer-subs-092612/
For latest on Navy's new focus on the Asia/Pacific.

Comment by Mark on September 26, 2012 at 11:33am: :) I'm apparently so dang old (51) this "tradition" has developed over the last twenty years or so. I heard of them the first time here on N4M a year or so ago. If they were around in the 80s, few cared.

Comment by Dodie on September 26, 2012 at 9:18am: J's mom, My son was very happy to do the rental furniture. He didn't want to have to deal with any of it when he graduated from proto. All he had to ship was his car & TV & wife's furnishings.

Comment by NavyMomLG on September 26, 2012 at 8:00am: annemarie - I have purchased mine at Northwest Territorial Mint (www.nwtmint.com). They are good quality and many are engravable. They also sell plastic cases to store them individually, or racks for display. There is some tradition within the Navy to trade them on certain occasions. I believe my son was given one in boot camp. Mark can probably tell us the real story behind them :)

Comment by Betsyleebig on September 26, 2012 at 7:25am: Son bought furniture at Furniture Liquidators on Rivers. Got a small kitchen table, coffee table, 2 end tables, a futon, a lamp, and a bureau with a mirror for about $800. Wish we had looked there before trying Walmart to furnish the apartment. Better prices, better quality and they delivered the next day.

Comment by annemarie on September 25, 2012 at 11:02pm: The coins sound nice. This is the first I've heard of them. What are they?

Comment by MN Mom of MM on September 25, 2012 at 10:31pm: NavyMomLG do you have a recruiter you could ask about the engraving? I asked the guy here in Mankato what I should put on the coin we gave our sailor after A school grad.

So good to hear from you Dor. Will be believing with you for the family reunion in December.

Comment by NavyMomLG on September 25, 2012 at 9:38pm: Ok, this is really a rookie question, but my son is graduating Prototype on Friday and I am wondering if he is achieving a new title or class or something. I want to order a coin for him and I'm not sure what to engrave on it with the date. He got the E4 which must have been after A School, and one with NNPTC Power School for that graduation. Is there maybe even a name for the location they have been working? This feels so dumb, but I really don't get any of this information from him and I want it to be a surprise. Any suggestions are appreciated.