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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

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Comment by ProudOfK on April 17, 2019 at 12:10am: I have to share a very cool thing that happened to my son yesterday. Let me start by saying my son is not at all good at staying in touch with people long distance (neither am I for that matter). My son had a friend that was two years ahead of him in high school but they were both in drama and were fairly good friends. This friend went into the navy nuke program before my son really knew what it was. Then after my son got interested in it - through other sources - and was on the verge of enlisting he had a very long phone chat with this friend who was in prototype at BS at the time. My son did see him a few times when he was still in high school and his friend was home on leave. But since my son has been in the navy they kind of lost touch - I think they may have been in contact right after boot camp.

So somewhere yesterday on base my son saw this friend. Turns out he is on the other aircraft carrier on the same base. And here they have been on the same base for the last 3 months and didn't realize it. I'm so glad they ran across each other. It would have been a very sad day if they met up in our hometown some years down the road and found out they had been on the same base and didn't realize it.

Comment by ProudOfK on April 16, 2019 at 11:52pm: Momterp - A huge congratulations on having a qualified nuke. That is a huge milestone!

Congrats to all of you with sailors graduating Prototype this week! Good luck to your sailors as they join the fleet.

Comment by Chipmunk on April 16, 2019 at 11:09pm: Kerriknowz - Welcome to N4M! First of all, I would recommend that your daughter in law join as well, if she hasn't already - The Wives, Girlfriend's group would be good and she should join here as well. My discussion above and part of it is in the pages to the right - Nuke A school daily schedule …. will give some insight on what A school was like for my son. He is currently waiting to stand his oral boards for Prototype. He had several friends in A school and PS that were married.

From my own experience: my husband went through Army ROTC and after his commissioning, he went to Engineering school when our eldest was 6 weeks old. Keeping this short, we only saw each other on the weekends, and I was working a night shift while my mother babysat. After our 2nd daughter was born, we were in WA where my husband spent long hours working on the research for his master's degree. Life is hard when doing school and having children, but if your daughter in law knows and understands that her husband is "first the Navy's" and "2nd hers" and has a lot of family and friend support, who understand what she is going through and she remembers that he has it a lot harder than she does, she will be a strong, encouraging, and emotional support for her husband!!

Comment by Chipmunk on April 16, 2019 at 10:43pm: Momterp - Congratulations to your son!! I will send you a PM!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on April 16, 2019 at 10:40pm: Wonderful news momterp! BZ to your son!

Comment by momterp on April 16, 2019 at 10:30pm: I'm super-excited to share that my son called today with the great news that he passed his oral boards in Prototype--so proud of him and all he has accomplished! Best of luck to those who still have orals!

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on April 16, 2019 at 10:29pm: My son took to the challenges at Goose Creek. He told me once he had never been so challenged and he was enjoying it. He ended up finishing PS 2nd in his class. I couldn't have been prouder of him. He may not be done with the navy yet. He wants to go to college now before he is too old. He is going back and forth between Electrical Engigeering and studing to be a Dentist, then going back to the Navy as a Dentist. So I may not be done with this ride yet.

He has moved here in my house for now. He is off to pick up his car that was shipped to Texas then will be back. He has 2 boat mates that will be renting a house with him and they all will attend CU in the fall. At that point he will be a 20 min drive from me. I sure am enjoying having him around.

He also has a couple week trip planned to go see his twin in Alaska before he has to report to school in August.

Comment by JayDee659 on April 16, 2019 at 4:31pm: Kerriknowz my daughter fot married during power school to another Nuke. They both did well and graduated without issue. While they had some time to go out and enjoy they both had to commit to the task at hand. As long as yor son and his bride understand this, all should be well.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on April 16, 2019 at 4:27pm: Kerriknowz - the most important thing is that she understands that school is his job. Yes it's a lot of hours - they are in class all day and then usually most (not all) will have mandatory study hours. All studying is done in the Rickover - he won't be doing this at home. As long as she can deal with him being busy long hours (which I would hope she understands 'cuz this is just preparation for deployments) then she will be fine. I would hope she would make friends with some other wives and she can do things with them and her daughter. She can't rely on having her husband entertain her - he won't have time. It's going to be almost 2 years before he finishes the pipeline - that's a long time for them to be away from each other if that's what they choose - but it can be done. But if she can be a good supporter than it's good for her to be there.

Comment by Karen on April 16, 2019 at 4:25pm: @ kerriknowz my son got married at 18 to his high school sweetheart in June of 2017 and left for the navy in September. He is now in prototype. They have no kids but it’s been a great having her there with him in GC. She doesn’t drive so she is pretty much stuck at the house by herself. They made friends and go out some on the weekend. She knew before they got married what it would be like. They spoke with the recruiter and a nuke recruiter before they got married. It’s been a blessing having her there for him and if I can’t reach him, I can always reach her. If you have any questions let me know. I read all the email but don’t respond much.