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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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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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Members: 2693
Latest Activity: 3 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 William in Nashua on July 21, 2011 at 5:05pm: J's mom why not just wait until he is in Phase 2 or 3 or A school before you deliver the car, since he cannot drive it before then anyway? That is what we did when we visited Goose Creek two months ago. It does a car no good just sitting in a parking lot for a month without being driven.

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on July 21, 2011 at 4:35pm: quiltblue- I can't believe that had that much of a fit over the speeding ticket. Aaron was told the tattoo thing was a huge no-no along with underage drinking/DUI sort of trouble. But he said something like a speeding ticket wouldn't be a big deal if he just told them right away so they could take care of the paperwork... Maybe he got in before they were seriously overmanned?

MomShip11- Welcome. :) Looks like these wonderful moms have already answered your questions. If you have any more, please don't be afraid to ask. We're all here to help each other through the bad days and good. :)

On another note, I sure hope Aaron had a better day at work today than he did yesterday. His four day weekend needs to come FASTER! haha. Hopefully this next week flies by. :)

Comment by Maddie on July 21, 2011 at 3:06pm: Welcome aboard, MomShip11. Here's a link to many answers to your questions and more. http://www.navyformoms.com/group/nukemoms/forum/topics/your-sailors...

And hang out here as often as you can; you'll pick up lots of info, including about things you didn't even realize you needed to know.

Comment by Brian's Mom USS Ronald Reagan on July 21, 2011 at 2:54pm: Hello! Our son is Graduation AUG 5th and flying to Charleston S. Carolina for Nuclear Engineer Program - Power School - Are they allowed to have XBOX at school? When do the fly home to visit? How Long? Can we fly up from CA to visit him for a weekend during school? Do you think he could have his car shipped out so he can have his car during his 2 year schooling? questions...questions.. questions..

Comment by quiltblue on July 21, 2011 at 12:59pm: My son got a speeding ticket about 30 days before leaving to BC... you would have thought he "sinned" big time the screaming that was done at the Recruiting office he said. WOW! He came home shaking and afraid that he was going to get kicked out... here he is 24 (almost 25) years old and he is shouted down by three men under the age of 22 yelling at him for his stupidity, etc.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on July 21, 2011 at 11:58am: My son also had tattoos and was told not to add any. After A school he got a chit and was able to get another. He looks quite decorative these days.

When he was DEP he went in weekly and trained with the group to make sure they maintained the way they were supposed to. But he didn't want any trouble so he did something daily, whether it was running, weights, whatever. He had no probs at BC.

Comment by Bandito's Mom on July 21, 2011 at 10:46am: Just a quick jump back to the weight topic. My son & wife came to dinner last night, so I found out more. Apparently every Depper (at least around here) has to meet with a Master Chief 2 months and 1 month before BC. My son was within the limits, but MC told him to lose another 5-10 lbs to be safe as many times MEPS measures different. Son thinks he had it easy, cuz in front of him was a DEPPER who got a tattoo since signing his contract and that is apparently a big no, no while you are a DEPPER.

Comment by elizabeth77(USS SAN FRANCISCO) on July 20, 2011 at 9:36pm: I'm having a deja vu. I remember Emily asking us a question maybe almost a year ago. Maybe it was in a discussion. It had to do with how we knew our husbands were the one. (If I remember right.) This conversation sounds very similar. I'd love to hear Mark and William chime in. My story, hmm I wrote it back then and ZI think that was probably enough for me.

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on July 20, 2011 at 9:34pm: I think we're kicking more pirate butt than we are kicking butt in the middle east...

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on July 20, 2011 at 9:33pm: RE: the t-shirts ... just learned that you can only get one shirt at $5 per order .. others are $9.49 each ... free shipping for over $25 orders ... can also get cheap custom bumper stickers so I've done the Navy nuke one.