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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 swim4life on May 31, 2011 at 1:14pm: hey Krismom, my son PIR 4/29/11 and left for GC at 0600 4/30/11. He didn't start A school until 5/23/11...He's an ET, but I think the MM's that had the same grad. date started a lot sooner. The ETs and EMs had the long wait...

Dor, how's the drive?

Sharon, praying that Diego does well!

Loving the stories about newlyweds and the Navy. My Grandma was an Army wife for years, Grandpa was an Army Colonel and oral surgeon. Their honeymoon was driving a car from Oregon to San Antonio along with a little dog her sister gave her as a wedding present. At one point, the dog fell out of the car and Grandpa had to give him mouth to muzzle resuscitation! All I can say is, WRITE IT DOWN! Start a journal of your Navy life together...it won't take long to forget some of the details, and it will be a blessing to you and future generations. :)

Comment by Sharon ~ K's Mom on May 31, 2011 at 11:45am: Bandito's mom, I can share what our son and his new wife did. They got engaged while he was in boot camp, he finished and then went to GC. He then came home for Christmas break, they were married on 22 December, called housing on the 23rd and had a house reserved for them and returned with their trucks and a small U-haul on the 29th. They went directly to housing, signed all the necessary papers, were given house keys and they moved in. Diego was able to put Kelsey on everything without any problems. They were re-imbursed for their move, though it was delayed due to one paper. They got that paper in and was paid without further issues. They live on base and are doing well. Good luck and best wishes to your son and new bride!!

Comment by Sharon ~ K's Mom on May 31, 2011 at 11:10am: Prayers for Diego and all those taking comps today. May they know they have the knowledge and wisdom to get through them. May God give them the strength and courage to know they will all do well!!! Go Diego!!

Comment by amanda on May 31, 2011 at 10:38am: Thanks ladies!

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on May 31, 2011 at 10:24am: Yeah. One grandpa is a Marine (served in Korea and still has shrapnel in his stomach), the other was a sailor. I have two Marine cousins and a cousin married to a Marine. My brother is a sailor and my fiance. We don't normally have too much trash talk (after all, the Marines couldn't get anywhere without the Navy), but all it takes is one comment to make an explosion. :P

Comment by TN Navy Mom (Stennis Nuke Mom) on May 31, 2011 at 10:19am: Bandito's Mom - my sailor married exactly 1 month before entering bootcamp. When he finished bootcamp and got to Goose Creek, he went through a couple of days of indoc then housing info, getting a plane ticket, yada yada yada. Actually didn't get to see their home until the day before he flew home and then only for 15 minutes because of time!!! he flew home on Wednesday, we got the newlywed's new furniture delivered on Thursday, spent Thursday and Friday with him and they headed out in the car on Saturday with a few essentials.

they did a DITY move because he was told that the Navy move was about 2 - 4 weeks out at that point (couldn't be without furniture for that long). The mover's came on Saturday (after they had left) so dear old mom had to oversee that. The furniture arrived on Tuesday.

The Navy paid them some $ upfront for the move, then the balance when he turned in paperwork.

A lot of A schools aren't long enough for the Navy to move a spouse, but not so with the Nukes, they are in A school, T Track, Power School for a while, mine's a year so far and is graduating Power School next month.

Comment by KrisMom Ship 09 Div 205 on May 31, 2011 at 9:45am: Thanks Emily, for the information and the video.

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on May 31, 2011 at 8:57am: Navy Vs. Marine Tug of War
hahahaha. I wanted to share. But I don't dare post it on Facebook: too many Marine family members to make mad. :P

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on May 31, 2011 at 8:43am: Krismom- I think they form every week or two. But lately I've been hearing the wait time to class up for A school is about a month! There are tons of Nukes coming in from Boot!

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on May 31, 2011 at 8:41am: amanda- I have heard of a half and half move. I do believe that the Navy will never ever pay to ship a car within the United States. I've seen posts from Anti M about this on the Girlfriends/Wives/Fiancees page. The only time they'll pay to move it is if you're going overseas (like to Japan). And I'm not sure its even a sure thing then.
I heard of one wife that I'm friends with on Facebook who did a Navy move, but the Navy considered it a half and half because she packed her car full of important things to her and drove to Charleston. They reimbursed her for her gas and such.

There was one wife who had to ship a car because she was in a serious accident when he was in boot and wasn't cleared to drive. So he drove one car and they shipped the other. I just talked to her and she said it was a company out of New York that did it for her. She said to tell you to go through a company directly and not a broker because the broker screwed her.