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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 DonnaEricsMom on September 21, 2015 at 7:26pm: Lilo54 - my son just graduated 9/4/15 from power school and all he said was that he needed 5,000 points total out of the 8,000 points total for all the tests and he had to pass the final Comp test to pass. Now he did say that when some of the sailors had lower scores they would get talked too and some did wash out. I'd say that if they aren't talking to your sailor about the grade point average it's all good. I always so "no news is good news". My son worried a lot about getting talked to and as far as I know he never did to extreme that he could wash out. Tell you sailor to keep the faith and keep moving forward.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 21, 2015 at 6:32pm: 8isenuff - sending prayers for your ET as he heads to his new home! I'm sure all will be fine ;-) (Hopefully he will check in with you along the way!).

Dittersmom - that would be awesome to get to meet your sailor too! Can't wait ;-) Friend request accepted!

Lilo54 - Haven't heard anything about the grading change. Hopefully someone else will chime in & confirm....(Gosh, why would they change it, it rhymed after all lol!)

Comment by Lilo54 on September 21, 2015 at 6:00pm: Question about grading for sailors currently in Power School. The last time I talked to my sailor he was a little frustrated because he said they changed the grading. It use to be 2.5 (stay alive) and that was the case in A school. But he said now they have to maintain a 2.8 or else they will be washed out. He is halfway thru and he is still hanging in there but clearly it is adding some additional pressure and stress to an already stressful situation. Anyone else have sailors that talked about this change?

Comment by Dittersmom on September 21, 2015 at 3:30pm: 8isenuff thanks for thinking of him. I can't wait to see him.

B'nuke he will going with us to San Diego, so hopefully you will get to meet him. I am going to friend request you.

Tina and boywonder thank you. I would have let that breath out, but I didn't even get a chance to take it in. Lol. He has just done everything in secret.

Comment by tina41 on September 21, 2015 at 2:50pm: tha packersall!!

dittersmom--congrats to your sailor!!

bnuke--the packers were playing the team my hubby likes. I hope son got to see it!! sunday is football day at our house!lol

8isenuff--praying for safe travels for your son.

Comment by 8isenuff (ET & MM) on September 21, 2015 at 1:06pm: Hi everyone,

Tom, please add my thanks for your take on your time in the Navy, and for sharing your story. It helped me redirect my thinking about my kiddos. I sent my ET off to his PDS this morning. I was feeling a little blue, but it is much better to think of it as off to new and grand adventures. Not that we won't miss him a lot, but I will look forward to the stories he has to tell.

Please say a little prayer for him. He is driving by himself, in an older vehicle, and it will be at least a four day journey. He is fortunate enough to have some buddies' places to land along the way, so that will help. Hopefully no grand adventures while driving.

Dittersmom, Yippee! That is such great news! =) I just happened to think of him the other day, and wondered if he had passed. Hope you can still get that vacation in!

B'sNukeMom, Hope he got to see that Packers game. It was an interesting Sunday for the football fans at my house. There was a lot of yelling at the TV, at any rate. ;-)

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 21, 2015 at 12:39pm: Hi all - Happy Monday!

Tom - thanks for sharing the stories. The reunions sound like a blast!

Dittersmom - woohoo! BZ to your son on passing his orals. Now you can let that breath out that you've been holding lol!

CoTwin - thanks for sharing pics of the new place. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it!

Got a brief email from sailor - he said they are able to get some of the football games on the ship so he was hoping to watch the Packer game yesterday. I hope he was able to!

Comment by Riley's mom on September 21, 2015 at 12:06pm: Thanks Tom, I'm glad to know it's looked back as a good memory. My son is in prototype right now at BS. He's been there a good two months now I think it's his timming as you said to turn them into zombies (10 to 10). I haven't heard from him in two weeks now. Navy is training us parents too!

Comment by BoyWonderMom on September 21, 2015 at 9:25am: Dittersmom, congratulations to your sailor! That is fantastic!

Comment by Dittersmom on September 21, 2015 at 1:48am: I guess I have raised a independent child. It is 10:46pm sand the textured me to say that he needed to get paperwork done. I asked what for. He said he was qualified. I didn't even know that he had done his orals. I am happy he passed.