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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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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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

Here's the story of RED SHIRT FRIDAY: Red Shirt Friday

USPS "If it fits, it ships" - link to order boxes: USPS If it fits, it ships

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Comment by JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on May 29, 2011 at 7:26pm: Macys has all of it's formal dresses on Clearance right now, check that out. Prom is over so there are a TON of dresses priced really, really cheap to clear.

Comment by amanda on May 29, 2011 at 4:58pm: Oh, and two of the girls have issues ordering dresses online. which I understand, it just makes it extremely hard to find royal purple dresses under 100 in our small town! MichPad can attest to the lack of cheaper dress stores in our area :/

Comment by amanda on May 29, 2011 at 4:54pm: Ya I wanted all the girls to have different dresses too. I'll definitely check out that Light in a box website, Thanks!!! I'm trying to keep the dresses under 100 for the girls because we're all broke college students lol

New idea is all black dresses of all different styles but doing purple (wedding color) hair accessories, flowers, bows, and shoes. Then we can get the dresses elsewhere because Davids Bridal is on my hit list!

Comment by Sherri_M on May 29, 2011 at 12:16pm: yes, I love the idea of the different styles of dresses...Sarah is open to that as well! So that might be the way we go!

BTW...THANKS for sharing your family members! Happy Memorial Day to you all and thanks for your sacrifice! I love ya all and your service members!!!

Comment by Maddie on May 29, 2011 at 2:46am: Amanda, I found a website where you can choose the color of the dresses and they'll make it for you. I think it's called Light in the Box. I haven't ordered anything from them but I have read glowing reviews.

Comment by hapsmolmr on May 29, 2011 at 12:33am: There are some stores/catalogs where you can buy different style dresses all in the same color material. My niece did that with 8 different bridesmaids and it looked awesome and everyone's dress fit their body type.

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on May 29, 2011 at 12:33am: Amanda, I've seen pictures of weddings where the bridesmaids all had the same color dressed but different styles that were more suited for each figure. Might be an idea.

Comment by amanda on May 29, 2011 at 12:31am: Ya I really hope we can shop around and find better stuff. I think that's so great that you're not letting them look trashy! We don't really have that problem, just the problem that they all have such different bodies and I can't find one dress for all of them or ones that aren't so stinkin' expensive!

Comment by Sherri_M on May 29, 2011 at 12:26am: Sharon...Sarah has a friend who is going to school for photography and is going to take their pictures...if I'm not mistaken, she did all Sarah's senior pictures. She's done alot of photo shoots, plus some weddings and from what I've seen, they are not bad at all. Also, she's doing it for free. We will have a sister and an uncle also taking pictures with their cameras as well.

Comment by Sherri_M on May 29, 2011 at 12:23am: Thanks all! And I'm happy Sarah got the dress she wanted too!

Amanda--I know what you mean about Davids bridesmaid dresses..one of our problems will be that the girls are young...like 15-18..so we dont want them looking, well, not so lady like. And they are all well, chesty...so we (me and the brides mom, NOR ANY of the brides maids) don't want strapless for them. Did find some dresses that are decent, but going to look a couple places...never know, we may luck out somewhere else. I must say, Sarah is not picky about what their dresses look like --if they are strapless or not, jsut as long as they are either silver with the blue accents or vice versa...