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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

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 CO-TwinSalorsMom on November 24, 2015 at 10:07pm: Johanna, Congrates on the new spring baby. How exciting.

I got a FB message from my nuke, he is is Japan. Saw photos of the sub mooring.

Comment by Lilo54 on November 24, 2015 at 7:22pm: Mark - Wow, your Dad was near Pearl Harbor during the war and worked with the aircraft. Even though he wasn't on a ship, being at the airbases was very important and not without risk! Glad he made it through the war to share his experiences. I had requested my Dad's military records over a year ago and just recently received them. My Dad started out as enlisted Coast Guard reserve and then went to the CG academy. In 1943-44, he served as Commanding Officer on an 83 ft Coast Guard cutter in Florida (Miami and Key West). In 1944-45 he was the Communication Officer and Senior O.D. (I don't know that that is) on the USS Mills (DE-383). He did see action and patrolled areas in the North Atlantic while on the destroyer. He made it through the war and lived to be 95 and shared many stories about the war. Unfortunately, he passed away before he got to see my son become a sailor and I'm sure he'd be very proud of the journey through the nuke pipeline. I'm hoping that maybe my son will channel his grandfather because his grandfather got a degree in electrical engineering! We will see.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 24, 2015 at 6:36pm: Beglish - you are welcome! This is the BS group that has the most info:

http://navyformoms.com/group/momsdadsfamilieswithnukesinballstonspany

Comment by Beglish on November 24, 2015 at 5:25pm: B'sNukeMom - thanks for the tip about joining Ballston Spa group! Glad to hear your sailor liked it. I need to get mine some warm clothes for those rough winters!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 24, 2015 at 12:45pm: Hi all - Happy Tuesday & Happy (almost) Thanksgiving!

Comment by JayDee659 on November 24, 2015 at 8:50am: With all this talk of the holidays, I thought I'd mention that we are going to SC to see our daughter over Thanksgiving. She has invited one of the young men in her class to join us for dinner as she hates to see anyone alone on holidays. SO if your son is there over the holiday and tells you that he joined a classmate and their family for dinner, it could be us.

Comment by KAM Mom on November 24, 2015 at 8:09am: PacNWMom,

thanks for all that information. Our sailors sound very similar....quiet unless he is comfortable and with his 2brothers he is "loud". He played snare drum in high school with his younger sister and he loves to compose tunes on the keyboard. His oldest sister lives near the base, so he visits with her family frequently. He said that he was waiting for a group of 200 in order to class up. It could be in the first or second week of January. I was hoping that yours and mine could be together, but apparently not. Best to you during this wonderful time of year. God is good.....always!

Comment by SavMom on November 24, 2015 at 8:00am: Congratulations, Moms, whose sons arrived home on the Roosevelt. Thinking of you! Peace to all.

Comment by PacNWmom on November 24, 2015 at 1:17am: KAM - My son graduated from A school on Sept 25. He classed up on Nov 4 or 5, I believe. I know it was mid-week the week before I was there. I know there were about 30 people in his A school class (he's an ET). I know there are about 400 people in his PS class. When I had dinner with him and his friends they talked about there being 2 different PS classes. I don't know if that means 2 classes of 400, or 1 class off 400 split into 2 sections.

I was surprised at how long it took to class up after his post- A school leave was over. But then again, I am completely new to each step in this Navy pipeline. Perhaps someone with more experience can answer some of our questions.

My kiddo definitely falls toward the "uncommunicative" end of the spectrum. He's not stone silent, but rarely calls or texts without prompting (though I did get a call on my birthday!). In person, especially with those he feels comfortable around, he's quite chatty. He tells me all kinds of interesting, funny and/or newsy stories.

He will be home over Christmas (not quite sure of the dates yet), and will spend Turkey Day with one of his best buddies from boot camp, who is married and lives on base with his wife. I had dinner at their house one night while I was there. Not exactly luxurious housing, but far better than the first apartment I shared with my kids' dad.

Thankful for all the sailors in the training pipeline, all those on ships and subs (especially those in scary places!), and the families who love and support them this week and always.

Comment by Mark on November 24, 2015 at 12:56am: Lilo54, my Dad was also WWII Navy vet. He went through his A school in Jacksonville, then Barber's Pt. Naval Air Station just west of Pearl Harbor in 1943 and 44. He was lucky (I guess) to get thru the Navy without serving on a ship. He was with Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 2. Do you know where your Dad did his WWII service?