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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 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 BoyWonderMom on May 15, 2015 at 10:13am: Good morning!
My son got the weekend off so we are driving to Washington. Visit some family and finally going home on Monday.
Cristy I think those are the barracks my son put a request for. Hope he gets it sometime.
He's very animated now, the commander told them to look into taking some college credits. I'm happy he's happy and looking forward to that. It's a long time until the ship is ready so he might as well use it to further his education.
B'sNuke is your son's ship in the Norfolk piers or Portsmouth?
CB'smom hope we don't get into bad traffic on 95! This is not the best weekend but we have family waiting.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on May 15, 2015 at 9:42am: Sad indeed. Thanks for updating us. Prayers for the families.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on May 15, 2015 at 1:08am: Yea, Brightfuture... My non-nuke sailor told me of a weird circumstance when out to sea some times where the water is totally calm and the sky is the same shade of blue, you can not tell where is water and where is sky like you are floating in a sphere. it is a weird feeling. I can almost picture how that is, I would think that it is disorientating.

Comment by britefuture on May 14, 2015 at 7:03pm: Lots of activity here lately. That's always good to see.

Got a short message from my son. Said it's just like being back in Proto all over again, with having to get check outs again. And it's sometimes just as difficult to get them. But said they don't get on them as much so long as they're studying and making an honest effort. He got to go up on deck for the first time and said, "yup, water to the left, water to the right, front and back". Lol

Before he left, I had pictures done of my son in his whites and blues. Well, he insisted that every picture was taken from his left. So that his patches and such showed up. Well, they show up great! The problem is, silly boy ironed his whites inside out so the crease is wrong. And it's REALLY noticeable. And I think that I already explained that he forgot his pants for his blues. Lol These kids!

Prayers for the missing Marines. How awful! Such a tragic story about the Amtrak. What was the conductor thinking?

Hugs to all.

Comment by CB'sMom DIV 186 PIR 5/30 on May 14, 2015 at 6:01pm: 95 will bbe bad. Marine Corps marathon half this wknd in fredericksburg va

Comment by BoyWonderMom on May 14, 2015 at 11:27am: Good morning everyone!
B'sNuke we tried for the base tour yesterday but those were suspended because of higher alert. So we toured the base ourselfs. Got to see every ship but the 75, we didn't get to that pier. We saw the USS Leyte Gulf the last cruiser my husband was onboard. There's sailors everywhere, it's a very busy place.
Hope you get to take the tour when you come, they even take you to the airfield.
Im happy for your son that he gets to live off base its crazy in there. I can see why your son doesn't like it in Norfolk CO-Twin. That said Norfolk is 100% better than the Newport News Shipyard. And yes 1proudmama, that's the word for Newport News! Dump it is.
Is your son an E5? If he is, he's lucky, if not he will be living at the sailors barracks at Huntington. There's living quarters in Portsmouth which is much better but it's all full right now. My son got on the list to move out. Your son will be in indoctrination for three weeks. 7 to 4 but mostly get out at 3pm. There's a small fridge and microwave in the rooms which are occupied by 3 sailors. They share a bathroom. The TV is the old type, the wifi isn't strong, at least in my son's room there's no signal. It's very depressing for a sailor to be stuck there. Takes about 20 minutes to get to Norfolk without traffic. My son likes the Newport News Park, there's camping and trails, very beautiful about 20 minutes on I64. The Peninsula Mall in Hampton is very nice. Virginia Beach is nice but he says that it lacks the appeal of his FL beaches. Everything looks pale for him right now but it is what it is and that's life! He will have to make the best of it. At least the don't have a curfew.
His uncle actually lives in Doswell. He's a former marine colonel retired a few months ago. Much of the time he's not here he's a pilot. Hope the transition for your son goes easy. We are in Norfolk on DOD lodging to be closer to Newport News. Will take the trip to Washington on Saturday. Will send you a pm with my sons info, surely hope the meet sometime.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on May 14, 2015 at 11:18am: Hi all - Happy Friday Eve!

bclmomct - can't wait until you visit SoCal - we'll have to meet up! Congrats to your son on his orders ;-)

I think the reason my son is ok with VA is because he has his own apartment. He can at least get away from the ship sometimes.....So far he hasn't really complained too much about the area though....(He lives in VA Beach).

CoTwin - nice that the airlines bumped him to 1st class!

We are waiting for rain again - supposed to be some today and into tomorrow. Won't get us out of our severe drought but hopefully it will help a little. My godson lives in Texas - League City and they got something like 9.5" in an hour he said. Flooded some areas ~ yikes.

I haven't heard any updates on the Marine helicopter crash in Nepal - sure hope they locate them soon.

Also saw the interview on the news last night with the mom of the Naval Academy midshipman that died in the Amtrak crash.....so sad - he was only 20 years old. Please continue to pray for all the victims and their families.

Comment by William in Nashua on May 14, 2015 at 8:48am: My son's submarine sailed to Hawaii with him on it they all arrived at the same time Lol. Hawaii is great, advise him to get a car so then he can socialize. My son went to the submarine ball last week at the Hilton Wakiki Beach.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on May 13, 2015 at 9:55pm: Congrates to your son bclmomct One thin you know he will not deploy soon as they just got back like a week ago. Know someone else who has a sailor onboard.