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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:

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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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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

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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 B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on May 3, 2018 at 5:04pm: NancyJo - yep, it's pretty crazy about my mom's house. I'm so happy that it wasn't the other way around and no interest! Soon this will all be behind us - I can't wait ;-D

I'm so sorry to hear that daughter #2 is feeling this rage. You are right though - grief works in mysterious ways. Keeping you all in our thoughts and prayers <3

I'll stick with our occasional earthquake thank you!

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on May 3, 2018 at 3:43pm: B'sNuke, so amazing about Mom's house! So happy for you all. All that work paid off. Also, Happy Birthday to Mr. B'sNuke!!

PattiP, good grief! Enough is enough! He better get paid. Have they just forgotten about him?

Ginger, I too have an ELT. Mine just completed his 3rd deployment and is soon heading for shore duty in GC. He posted on FB yesterday a goodbye to his ship. If your sailor is on a sub, communication will be sketchy and the sub moms here can fill you in about that better than I. Carriers have it a little better in that regard. I'm afraid part of our role as Navy moms is getting used to silences that used to not be. Not fun but that's what this group is here for.

As a midwesterner we don't get too worried about tornadoes until they are right over our heads. In NE most of us have good basements and cellars, not the storm shelters that our southern brothers and sisters have to have. (It freaked me when I lived in Alabama and nobody had basements.) We know this is the time of year for them and we have had doozies. But, every area of the country has something. We don't have water-logged hurricanes or earthquakes, not too many fires. We have the occasional blizzard but nothing like the Great Lakes states. We just go with the flow I guess.

Thanks for the warm wishes on the death of my kids' dad. It's a process, as anyone knows who has lost someone. My 2nd daughter is taking it hard and reacting with rage when someone rubs her the wrong way. I was early picking her up from the airport and she about took my head off, saying I was rushing her. I'm talking total meltdown. I'm just remembering that she is processing in her own way and praying the rage transitions swiftly to something else. The others seem to be doing better. Crazy how grief works.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on May 3, 2018 at 11:38am: Hi all - Happy Thursday!

Patti - OMG - this is getting beyond ridiculous - I agree, he needs to go up the chain of command and find out what the hold up is. And I sure hope they are continuing to pay him!

Mrs Ginger - he'll be fine and so will you! Just stick around here for support and we'll get you through the deployments and underways!

Chipmunk - scary with the tornado warnings - do be careful!

I talked to B last night - he had his last 3 finals yesterday and is now done with school (for now)! Graduation is May 12th (he'll have his associates in Mechanical Engineering Tech) but he's not walking. I told him we would make one last visit to VA to see him graduate but he said he already told them he wasn't walking and to just mail him his degree lol. He'll be packing up and heading to MI in the next few weeks. His roommate will be heading out on an underway and he wants to wait until he's back before he leaves. Now he's still trying to decide whether he wants to continue at MSU or get a job.....he's weighing his options. I talked to his GF the other day too and she also finished up her semester and is so looking forward to B getting there ;-D

My mom is continuing to receive offers on her house - another one came in yesterday - $25k over asking. This is crazy. She hopes to be in escrow this time next week. I sure hope so!

I remember when B was in school he said they would just come in and tell them "you have a dentist appointment tomorrow" and you would go for a cleaning. I do think it was only once a year though and when he went to prototype (NY) I'm not sure if they got him in for a cleaning. PacNWmom - that sounds very painful :(

And today is my Hubby's 58th birthday! Happy Birthday to him <3

Comment by Chipmunk on May 3, 2018 at 11:00am: For those that may have SR at BC and are not on BCMoms group to see this information, I am reposting it here. I noticed yesterday in chat that OldSarge updated his survival guide. He has useful information.
OldSarge (http://navyformoms.ning.com/profile/JohnSpadaro?xg_source=activity) posted an event

(http://navyformoms.ning.com/xn/detail/1971797:Event:10375836?xg_sou...)
Sarge's Meet and Greet for PIR 5/4/18 (http://navyformoms.ning.com/xn/detail/1971797:Event:10375836?xg_sou...) at lakehurst event center
May 3, 2018 from 5pm to 9pm

(go to http://www.mynavytaxi.com/events.html to RSVP

Comment by Chipmunk on May 3, 2018 at 9:43am: PacNWmom - thank you. I think I am mostly getting antsy because they class up next week and I am thinking if they are going to do this they need to get it done!!

Mrs. Ginger - you are farther along in the pipeline than I am, but you will find a lot of support from the members here, especially those "been there done that" ones.

pandalvr - thank you for concerns. OK had their first tornado touch down May 1st. I think the weatherman said we had gone 191 days since the last. The sirens went off last night and I waited for my husband to holler, but they were watching the radar screens and so we didn't go down in the shelter. I really don't like going out in the rain to go underground, so we make sure it is dire.

Friday, I will have my red on and Saturday I will have my blue on for daughter #3's graduation from OCU.

Comment by pandalvr on May 3, 2018 at 8:56am: Hello everyone, not sure what state everyone live, or sailor. Please stay safe with the warning in the midwest for tornadoes. We live in NC

Comment by JayDee659 on May 3, 2018 at 8:27am: Mrs. Ginger will your son be on a sub or carrier? My daughter is on a carrier and I was quite surprised about how frequently she would call. It seems that they are either so busy they don't know what to do or on their off time are so slow that they need distraction. :)

Comment by Pooh'sMom on May 3, 2018 at 6:51am: Mrs. Ginger - My son is an ELT as well! He's finished with school and in Washington State waiting for his sub to arrive. I too am wondering how I'll survive without communication, but I'm more concerned about him and his girlfriend going so long without communication. They have a "plan" in place, which is great, and will be fine.

Comment by Madre on May 2, 2018 at 11:41pm: Hi I am new to the group. My son has passed ELT school and will be shipped out early summer. We will be going to visit him before he leaves. I feel the hardest will be no communication for x amount of months. He is my mini me and we talk once a week. He will be fine but I’m not so sure I will be. Just thought I’d say hello.

Comment by PacNWmom on May 2, 2018 at 11:38pm: Chipmunk - my son had his wisdom teeth pulled while he was on t-track. True to form for him, he didn't say anything to me about it at the time. I heard about it later when he told me he had gotten an infection as a result of an error the civilian dentist who had done the procedure had made. He said he'd never had a problem with the Navy dentists. The "error" ended up being a crack in his sinus. Ouch! After a few weeks of pain and antibiotics all turned out just fine.