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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).

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**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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***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

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Comment by 1proudmama/EM/USSLincoln/CVN72 on June 5, 2015 at 8:31pm: Not meant to be rubbing it in, but guess who is back home already. He just missed the indoc class so probably has 3 weeks till that starts up, then 3 weeks of indoc which doesn't sound like they do much there either. I hope he doesn't get to bored, but it is nice having him home so often. I guess a nice break after 2 years of schooling.

Glad some ships have returned home, and hope some mamas atleast get some face time or phone calls.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 5, 2015 at 2:40pm: We've had quite a few new members in the last week or so. Welcome to all of you! Be sure to read through the pages (9) to the right - under the member profiles. Lots of good info there. And of course, feel free to ask any questions you may have!

Don't be afraid - just jump right in and introduce yourselves ;-)

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 5, 2015 at 10:41am: Hi all - Happy Friday!

Got a text from my sailor yesterday and their ship is back from their underway ;-) He was going home to his apt for a good nights rest & had to be back at the ship today, but said he would call Saturday....can't wait to hear how things went. Wondering how soon they will leave again - last time they were only in for a day and a half and then back out to sea.

Yesterday I had to take my mom to the eye Dr. She was having some problems (for about 2 days) & they were going to have to dilate her eyes so she needed me to drive her. Well, 2 eye drs and a retina specialist later they decided she had a tear of the "something something" and a partially detached retina and they had to do surgery right away! They even let me stay in the room while they did this (Kaiser). Very interesting procedure - then she had to stay in a forward/prone position for an hour and then she had to sleep sitting up with her head tilted to the right - something about so the "bubble" that they put in her eye stays in place and "takes" so to speak. They said if she had waited much longer her retina would have completely detached and then there is the worry of blindness. She has a number of follow-ups with the retina specialist but thank goodness it all seems ok so far. Please say an extra prayer for her - she's been through a lot lately....

Co-twin - please be careful out there - mother nature can be tough sometimes! Don't mess with her!

NancyJo - ahhhh sorry your son wasn't able to get off the ship in a timely manner. Yep, I'll bet your DIL was steamed. Hopefully she and the kids didn't have to stand out there waiting too long!

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on June 5, 2015 at 9:51am: COTwin, it seems to me you guys don't get many tornados. I live in Tornado Alley so we take our sirens seriously. I've seen too many towns destroyed. My cousin lost his entire farm. Flattened. Nothing left. His family survived in the storm cellar.

Having said that, I have a fond memory as a child of all of us (I have 8 siblings) crammed into the cellar and my dad sticking his head out to see what was what while my mother yelled, "Walter, get back in here!" LOL

Comment by NonnaB on June 5, 2015 at 12:22am: CO-twin, because, of course, storm cellars are for wimps! Be careful out there.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on June 4, 2015 at 10:54pm: WellMy nuke is under the sea. Been singing Sponge Bob. Hope he is not getting sea sick. Will be looking forward to stories of his first time out on his boat. He said he starts over with Quals for dolphins for Subs. He said he will be getting yelled at a lot, but found out CO's favorite items and stocked up ahead of time to smooth things over.

No FB messages from his twin, means they must be done traveling and are down to brass tacks and are in mission mode.

Wild weather here. A first for me, tornado sirens going off. What do all the neighbors do??? they all go stand in the street to try to spot one. LOL

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on June 4, 2015 at 3:29pm: I only know about SD. I believe they show all ships when they return to harbor after being out. They shut off the camera as the ship approached the pier so I will have to rely on photos taken by others.

My DIL said my son did not get his patches for his new rate sewn on in a timely fashion so was not able to leave the ship with everyone else. I guess you cannot wear the old stuff once you earn the new. He has to wait til this afternoon when he will be able to leave in his jeans. My DIL was a little steamed.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 4, 2015 at 3:18pm: NancyJo - I hope they got it back up & you were able to see the ship!! Do they also do live webcam of the ship when it's actually docked or just when it's coming in?

I wonder if they do the webcam when they return from an underway too, or is it just when they return from deployment? I would love to be able to watch this - anyone know about Norfolk?

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on June 4, 2015 at 1:42pm: It is up all the time. You can't see the ship any more. They shut it off I think. <sigh> But it was good while it lasted.

Comment by Mark on June 4, 2015 at 1:25pm: If you know the day, you can usually accurately estimate the timing of a ship leaving or entering port by googling the local tides. Both entering and leaving port is normally timed to happen at high tide, to minimize the possibility of running aground. I note high tide in SD today is just before noon, so it makes sense that the Vinson would be just off Cabrillo around 10.