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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: 12 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 JayDee659 on November 15, 2018 at 12:16pm: California has fire and we have ice. Freezing rain started coming down last night around 6. By 2:00 am we'd lost our power and I could hear trees coming down all around. Listening to the branches hitting our roof was a bit disconcerting. My nuke's dog went and hid in the bathroom and is still there. When I looked on line our electric service provider said that they had 9900 outages and 9600 were still out - ouch that includes me.

My nuke is driving home today after she finishes her shift. Last night I made the lasagna she requested and am now hoping that it doesn't go bad in the fridge. Hopefully she has a safe drive in and that the power is back on when she gets here.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on November 15, 2018 at 11:59am: Thanks, B'sNuke, love that Heroes Pay Zero info. I know my daughter and ex-nuke SIL use veteran benefits quite a bit and recently bought a home using VA. They even got veteran benefits at Lowe's buying house stuff before they moved in. I like to hear when our veterans are honored in whatever way.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 15, 2018 at 11:49am: Here's something else I saw on FB - "Heroes Pay Zero". It's help for homebuying. I don't have any firsthand knowledge of it but it might be something worth passing on to your sailors:

http://heroespayzero.com/?fbclid=IwAR3uerfK1xfWEfB4cbMNJddWfjEqUV8t...

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 15, 2018 at 11:41am: Here's the info on the changes to the GI Bill transferability:

https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=106313&fbclid=...

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 15, 2018 at 11:38am: Hi all - Happy Thursday!

CoTwin - yes, good to hear from you. Nice that you will have the twins home for Christmas - enjoy! Can't wait to see pictures ;-D

workingatit - I hope you'll share a picture when you get it. I think the Navy does try to keep them on the same coast but I don't think they can be on the same ship. As long as they know there could be times of (long) separation that's the important thing.

The Hammer - you will have a very Merry Christmas on the 27th!

Freebird - are you on the nuke moms secret FB page? There are a couple moms there that make deliveries to the base and you might have better luck finding something. Also, I know that often they can find another sailor that is opening up their home and they could join them. Many parents visit at the holidays and stay in the Villas and welcome sailors that have no where to go.....worth looking in to.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on November 15, 2018 at 10:11am: COTwin, so nice to hear from you! It's been ages! How great to have both your boys for Christmas. I can't believe how close you are to ending the navy journey altogether. It's been quite the ride, hasn't it?

workingatit, there are several moms here who have sailors married to sailors. Perhaps they can give you some concrete info. JayDee comes to mind right away. I was surprised when my sailor said his GI Bill or 9/11 bill or whatever they are calling it could be shared with his wife or kids. Another awesome benefit of the navy.

True about the holiday being when the family is together. I remember back a while a mom kept her tree up into February or March so that they had Christmas when their sailor came home. Whatever works! Navy moms learn to go with the flow.

Comment by The Hammer on November 15, 2018 at 6:25am: My sailor is in T-track right now and will class up for Power School after the holidays. This is the first year that he will not be at Thanksgiving or Christmas. The good news is that he is coming home on the 27th... so we will be post-poning our celebration until then.

Sheesh... the Navy is forcing this Mom to grow up!

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on November 14, 2018 at 10:30pm: Hi, not been on here in a while. My Sister and her daughter and family live in Chico, right by Paradise. She used to live there. Has many friends there that lost everything. She had evac orders but did not have to yet. The death toll is unreal. The fire moved so fast that people were literally running for their lives. Such a tragedy. My sister said that it has not rained there since May.

On Sailor news, My nuke sailor will be out of the navy next spring. He plans to go to college and has applied to two close to me. He requested if he could move home for a couple of months till he figures out living arrangements wherever he decides to go to school.

I will have both my guys home for Christmas again this year.

Comment by Havasu on November 14, 2018 at 9:40pm: Having to share time with the kids' dad definitely prepared all of us for my son's transition to military life. My ex's career also calls for having holidays on whatever day he has off, so the kids have learned to be flexible and understand that the holiday is the day family is together. I suppose some good things come from difficult times, so I'm appreciative for some earlier life training in this regard.

Comment by workingatit on November 14, 2018 at 9:14pm: My sailor's fiance will be graduating boot camp this Friday! He plans to fly there and be with her parents. I can't wait to see them together (in pictures) in their Navy dress blues! I wish i could go I have missed her and I know my son misses her. They have been very supportive of each other. (Though he did offer her his GI bill if she did not enlist). I know they plan to get married but I am not sure how that will work with both in the navy? He will be done with prototype in Feb and she will also be done with training around that time.