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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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Latest Activity: yesterday

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 Chipmunk on October 2, 2019 at 9:03pm: We hope to have a good time. My son has requested Busch Gardens. I want to go to Williamsburg, we shall see what we have time for.

Comment by The Hammer on October 2, 2019 at 7:02pm: Chipmunk - Hope you all have a blast!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on October 2, 2019 at 4:33pm: Chipmunk - yay! Glad everything is coming together ;-D

Comment by Chipmunk on October 2, 2019 at 3:28pm: KayCee - sooo happy for you!!! Big Hugs, I know that simple text meant everything to you!

Well everyone, I think after wearing the travel agent hat all day yesterday, I have our flights booked, I took the plunge and signed up for a frequent flyer rewards card, as it looks like between my sailor and my eldest daughter who is expecting in Dec. that timewise, I am going to need to do more flying than driving. I hope I got the car rental all taken care of properly and after a midnight EST phone call last night, once my sailor verified the location of his ship, I was assured that the hotel I was looking at booking was the better option than the other one I had in mind, even though it had private beach access to the ocean. - This is one tired momma today, but looking forward to spending my son's 21st birthday with him!!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on October 2, 2019 at 11:13am: Hi all - Happy Wednesday!

KayCee - amazing how just one simple text can make your day! Glad he's back ;-D

NonnaB - I like the ida of collecting sand from different vacation spots. Just make sure you only take a little though. I remember a story over the summer where a French couple are in trouble (and facing jail time!) for taking something like 80 pounds of sand from an Italian beach lol! I think you're good with just small amounts ;-D

Nuke Loo's Mom and Deb S. - just remember, you can prepare and prepare and at the end of the day it's the needs of the Navy. Just remember - semper Gumby (always flexible!). Keep saying that over and over (and over) and everything will be fine.

Comment by CSW on October 2, 2019 at 9:46am: KayCee! So happy for you! :)

Comment by KayCee on October 2, 2019 at 9:40am: Good morning Ladies! Just a quick message to let you know I'm a happy Mom! Received a text from my son yesterday saying, "I'm back". I know that's not much, but he's been silent for two months. He graduated Prototype at the end of June and then reported to his first duty station at the beginning of August. He was there just a little over a week and then was flown out to his sub (boat). I'm so happy to hear from him and will check in again when I hear more!

Have a great day!!

Comment by Chipmunk on October 2, 2019 at 1:13am: Rose of OH - thanks for sharing your PIR weekend.

I posted and bumped discussions on BCMom group about flying out from GL for all of our up coming PIR graduates.

NonnaB - Your trip sounds wonderful!

Well I am bushed - wearing the hat of travel agent for the family was a long and arduous one for me today. I have only booked flights a couple of times (my husband always did it before) but this was more complicated, and trying to get info from my sailor, etc. But the flight, rental car, and hotel are all booked. Now to see what we are going to manage to visit in VA and I hope that my sailor's leave is approved. Looking forward to celebrating his 21st birthday with him. And he use to say he didn't cost as much money as his sisters, but I think these trips East are starting to add up over the last couple of years!! I would not trade them though!!

Comment by Nuke Loo’s Mom⚓️ on October 1, 2019 at 10:13pm: @Rose of OH—thanks for sharing your experience after the PIR for the Nukes traveling from RTC to GC. We are prepared for are prepared for all scenarios now!

Comment by Rose of OH on October 1, 2019 at 9:09pm: thesuperm72 My son's PIR was this past Friday, 9-27-19. His flight to SC left at 8 am on Saturday. We had Friday with him after graduation until about 8:15 pm (he had to be back in his ship by 9 pm on Friday). He had to leave boot camp for the airport at 3:30 Saturday morning. Two whole busloads of sailors arrived at O'Hare at about 4:15 a.m.--we got there before they did.

Some of the Nukes from the 9-27-19 PIR left on the same flight as our Nuke, at 8 am. Some left later in the day. It's possible some of them left from Midway, also. At least two Nukes from another DIV that graduated on 9-27-19 were placed in THU (Temporary Holding Unit) and they do not know exactly when they will head to Goose Creek. So, it is positively true that there are a number of different scenarios for your sailor after PIR. All sailors going to SC don't end up on the same flight to SC. They might not all even end up going to SC on graduation weekend. Parents won't normally find out all the final details until they meet up with their sailor after the graduation ceremony. So, the advice you receive about staying flexible is solid advice! It would be wonderful for parents (not to mention our sailors), if we could know the important things ahead of time so we could plan accordingly, but that is not how the Navy works. It makes me admire Navy families even more, knowing how they have to constantly adapt.