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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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Navy Speak

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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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

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USPS "If it fits, it ships" - link to order boxes: USPS If it fits, it ships

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Comment by BoyWonderMom on June 9, 2016 at 9:23pm: JayDee, congratulations on your daugther's wedding! When you are young and in love nothing matters. Wish them both the best!
I was a navy wife once, with a baby and a job that took me all over the west coast,the deployments were long and hard but somehow we made it.
Haven't been here in a while but always follow the emails. Congratulations to every sailor that was advanced, great job!
I don't hear much from my son this days, but for a quick phone call every two weeks. I know he's doing very good at work and everyone is looking forward to the day the carrier is out of the shipyard.
He will make a brief visit this month but I have no idea when.
B'sNuke that was a fantastic vacation! Great pics!
My husband was just discharged from the hospital this evening. He had bilateral total knee replacement surgery last Friday. Not fun. But he's doing very well with his therapy. VA is sending a therapist home every other day, so that will help a lot.
Have a good night everyone!

Comment by Buzzbeck on June 9, 2016 at 8:08pm: Congratulations JayDee!

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on June 9, 2016 at 3:33pm: Wow, JayDee you might as well be a milatary wife. That is a lot of time apart. Bet you make the times together count.

Comment by JayDee659 on June 9, 2016 at 3:09pm: SanDiego Mom, my daughter tells me there's a lot of Nuke in-dating. I guess they all just understand each other. They are a special breed. :)

Comment by JayDee659 on June 9, 2016 at 3:04pm: Semper Gumby. Yes, October 8. All us parents will be there for graduation so it seemed like the perfect time.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 9, 2016 at 3:01pm: JayDee - I'm sure they'll be able to make it work! They already know that with the Navy you must be flexible and plans can change at any moment....that's half the battle :) Do they have a date for the big day?

Comment by JayDee659 on June 9, 2016 at 2:30pm: They understand that it may not work. My husband and I have been married 29 years and for the past 12 he's been a catastrophe adjuster which keeps him away from home up to 98% of the year. The year Katrina hit he spent 3 nights at home in a 54 week period. If both parties want it, it will work. I've raised my girls and now they have to try out life for themselves. There's no better teacher than experience.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on June 9, 2016 at 2:26pm: I don't know that the 360 mile thing always works. I am on another group and the bride was in Hawaii and her groom got Japan! They are now together after two years apart as newlyweds. Now both at Pearl Harbor.

Comment by JayDee659 on June 9, 2016 at 2:05pm: She and her fiancee have been going to church, she just needs to talk to the pastor. I told her she needs to hurry up so we can make sure he's available that day. She is worried about the fact that she's not in church every Sunday. I told her he wouldn't scold her that he'd understand the challenges of the Navy and Sundays. After almost pulling out my hair I got her fiancee on the phone and instructed him. Between them they will get it done. They want to have the reception at their home so that's easy. It's the church deal that will make me nuts as I can't just call and do that for them.

My daughter mentioned that if married they're supposed to be stationed within 350 miles of each other. If you ever wanted to know the secret for a good marriage the Navy has an answer - 350. :) He's going subs and she'll be surface so they may have some time apart but they're young and in love.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 9, 2016 at 1:11pm: Oh what exciting news JayDee! Congrats! And how fun, we ahem, I mean you, get to plan a wedding! Excited to see how everything turns out....and what will happen when they finish proto and get their orders? I know they aren't allowed to be stationed on the same ship.... I'm sure there are some beautiful places in SC to get married ;-)