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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: 19 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

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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 B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on July 27, 2015 at 6:46pm: Wow! We just hit 2750 members! That's awesome ;-)

Welcome to you newbies. Make sure you look at the pages (10) to the right - under the member profiles. You will find plenty of good reading material there. Also be sure to go through the discussion forum above. Click on "view all" and you'll find even more good info. And of course if you don't find what you are looking for just ask your question here. We're all here to help you.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on July 27, 2015 at 6:21pm: I have you in my prayers, hope today was not too hard for you.

Comment by AParents on July 27, 2015 at 2:35pm: This is super helpful. Still learning the terms (MM2 etc.) We will be able to pass all this info along to our soon to be "sailor" (currently recruit) once she's in "A" school. I've never heard of the physical fitness assessment after A school. We'll make sure she knows a lot about it from the start of A school so she's prepared for it by the time it get's here. Thanks again for these answers and for the answers to the many questions in the future that we don't even know to ask yet!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on July 27, 2015 at 2:11pm: My son is a Machinest Mate - 2nd class Petty Officer. Hence the MM2. He re-enlisted at prototype graduation & this advanced him to MM2 - E5. The other way to advance is as William said by taking the exam. I believe my son said he has to stay as a MM2 for 2 years before he is eligible to take the exam for MM1 (First class petty officer).

The "dash for cash" is their physical fitness assessment that they must pass at the end of A school.

Comment by AParents on July 27, 2015 at 1:49pm: Oh and I didn't see anything on the "Navy Nuclear Field (NF) Program Description" about the "dash for cash" :-) So once we get closer to needing that info. I'll try to remember to ask about it again.

Comment by AParents on July 27, 2015 at 1:47pm: B'Nukes Mom. Ok, answers sometimes begat more questions :-) What's an MM2? Is that different from what William talks about MMN? Thanks to both of you for this info. William 5% of E5 EMN's advanced rank? Wow that's pretty low. And 60% for MMN's isn't great. What's the biggest reason for failure to advance to E5? I promise I will save most of my thousand other questions until our soon to be sailor is well into "A" school and beyond.

Comment by William in Nashua on July 27, 2015 at 1:17pm: It is not secret, the Navy publishes the advancement quotas for all of its ratings including nuclear. Quota is the percentage who passed the test that were advanced. For advancement to E5 in the most recent cycle it was:

EMN 5%, ETN 100%, MMN 60%.

For E6 the advancement quota were:

EMN 64%, ETN 100%, MMN 83%.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on July 27, 2015 at 1:13pm: AParents - it's ok to ask that. My son is an MM2. The 3 are actually MM, ET or EM. The nukes all come out of BC as an E3. Once they complete A school (& their "dash for cash") they become E4 and Petty Officer 3rd class. Take a look on the right side - the pages (10) and read the 2nd one down - "Navy Nuclear Field (NF) Program Description". This should give you a good description of the 3 jobs and what they entail. And don't worry about asking questions - that's what we are here for!

Comment by Julieforjoey on July 27, 2015 at 1:10pm: My son is home on leave! He says if you are married you can't go to the academy but there are other ways to become an officer! As soon as they graduate A school they rate up to E-4! Then, after two years in the Navy they can become E-5!

Comment by AParents on July 27, 2015 at 10:57am: B'sNukeMom. Hey, I don't comment often on here, but I would like to know, and don't tell me if it's against OPSEC. Is your son Nuke MM, Nuke ET, or Nuke IT (I think those are the three). Our recruit has chosen MM, so just wondering if it's more difficult for MM's to advance because there are so many of them, vs ET's or IT's. She will be an E3 coming out of boot camp because of her prior college experience. I might be picking your experienced brain for more info about all this after PIR. Just want to wait till that actually happens before asking way too many questions.