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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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Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

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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 Trina (Spencer's Mom) on November 28, 2008 at 3:19pm: Gayle - let me know if they get them out of there by Christmas. When I talked to my son a couple of weeks ago, they had shut down both plants - so they had to restart both of them, which is why training has been delayed. I asked my son why it was taking so long, and he said that because someone (non-Navy) didn't their job right, they shut both plants down, and it takes a while to get them back up and running.

I am at least greatful that he was able to go to a friends house yesterday and have a good dinner. He told me the other day that because they have started back up in school (they started Monday again) they probably won't be able to come home for Christmas, because they don't get time off. Has anyone had their son be told that they don't get time off for xmas cuz of school, but they actually do?

Comment by Trina (Spencer's Mom) on November 27, 2008 at 4:59pm: Wendy - My son is in New York, and was invited to a friends house - the parents also live 2 hours away. At least being he couldn't come home, he could be somewhere with friends, and enjoy a dinner. I talked to him already, and he said everything was good.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone, God Bless and Go Navy!!!

Comment by Trina (Spencer's Mom) on November 26, 2008 at 2:37am: I would like to clarify that I was not complaining - my son is at a training facility. I know the repercussions of a nuclear reactor - I was simply looking to talk to other mothers who have been through this. I thought that is what this site was about - talking to moms who have been through this and getting advice.

Comment by Trina (Spencer's Mom) on November 26, 2008 at 2:30am: I would like to say Happy Thanksgiving to everyone also. This is the first year my son won't be home. And he is in New York - some families have their sons/daughters overseas, and I hope they have a nice Thanksgiving. At least my son has a friends house he can go to for dinner, and enjoy a day off.

I pray for everyone's children everyday who serve, and I am proud that my son is one of them.

God Bless and Go Navy!
Trina

Comment by Anti M on November 26, 2008 at 1:30am: I could make a very educated guess about Balston Spa and holds, but it isn't something I would speculate on in public. A nuclear reactor on hold? Think about it, think about it carefully.

Comment by Trina (Spencer's Mom) on November 25, 2008 at 9:49pm: Jacquie - yeah, I saw the email about that. I wouldn't post anything here that would get my son in trouble. When I said that I wasn't supposed to talk about it, it was just because it had just happened, and he said nothing was being said at that point, so he didn't want it broadcast. 6 weeks into being on hold, it wasn't a problem for me to say anything about them being on hold. Everyone knows it.

Comment by Trina (Spencer's Mom) on November 25, 2008 at 9:37pm: Cindy - finally got ahold of my son. They are back in school! They started back yesterday. So they are getting back on track. He said his grad date is being pushed back, but no word yet on when it will be. He did also find out that he has Thursday - Sunday off, but they didn't tell him until yesterday, and now it is to late to come home for Thanksgiving. And with them starting school, and being 'operational' by Christmas, he won't be able to come home for that either.

But luckily one of his housemates families lives 2 hours away, and so they are going there for Thanksgiving.

Comment by Trina (Spencer's Mom) on November 25, 2008 at 9:21pm: Cindy - I do think some of it has to do with confidential stuff - my son told me flat out when this started (the hold) that I wasn't suppose to talk about it - he wouldn't have told me when he did, I just happened to call him, and he told me they were on hold. Now that it has gone on for 6 weeks, he is freer with info, but I still don't think I have the whole story.

As soon as I hear from him I will post what I know. I am glad I found this site - I actually heard about it on a tv commercial, and am so glad - it has alot of info. And I can talk to others going through the same thing!

Comment by Trina (Spencer's Mom) on November 25, 2008 at 8:55pm: Cindy - My son is in Balston Spa right now - he is dealing with this whole on hold thing! It has been driving us crazy for over a month - they went on hold mid October and early last week they told him 4 - 6 more weeks before they would start, then Friday they said, oh wait, you might be starting back up Monday (yesterday).

I have been trying to call him tonight to find out what is going on, and his phone says the call cannot be completed - unfortunately I have no other way to get ahold of him because they don't have a house phone - he lives off base with three other guys.

If they told him he is going to Balston, then maybe they are starting back up this week. My son was supposed to graduate Feb 20 from prototype, but now we don't know when because they have been on hold for 6 weeks now.

Comment by Trina (Spencer's Mom) on November 25, 2008 at 8:42pm: Cody's Mom - when is Cody set to graduate prototype? My son is in Balston Spa right now, but still waiting on a grad date as school has been put on hold.