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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

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

MAKING POSTS TO THE GROUP - Please be sure you are on page 1 when typing your comments or they may not post!

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Comment by haps on November 1, 2013 at 5:11pm: I don't mean to change the topic on here but was wondering if any of you know what the dress code would be for someone attending an aircraft carrier christening? We are heading to Newport News for the USS Gerald Ford christening next weekend and I don't want to be over or under dressed if possible. Any ideas?

Comment by NF Mom on November 1, 2013 at 4:44pm: Mark wrote: "boomers are indeed huge compared to fast attacks; the crew's mess is only slightly larger on a boomer compared to a fast attack. I couldn't open the video, BTW."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJVtBAxspzE

Anyone else having trouble with opening that link ?

It is just a standard YouTube URL and it works fine for me on either Firefox or Internet Explorer.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on November 1, 2013 at 3:08pm: The condo might work for your BIG meal?

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on November 1, 2013 at 3:08pm: I thought someone posted a few days ago that they had booked a 3 bedroom condo and could not go so where offering it for free to whoever wanted and could use it??

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on November 1, 2013 at 3:06pm: I am planning on going back to school also now that my twins are in the Navy. I am planning to go to a Culinary school. Then may tag on Nutritionalist. I think that is a great combo. My nuke son suggested I open a civilian concession bakery on base wherever he gets stationed. Sweet boy that son of mine. He said I would make a killing off sailors.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 1, 2013 at 2:50pm: HaHa - the video was too funny! Love that they have a sense of humor & can have some fun :)

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on November 1, 2013 at 2:38pm: Nive thriller video, gives me a clue what my son's future is.

Comment by BunkerQB on November 1, 2013 at 12:29pm: Mommamac, you'll probably end up with 50 for a small gathering. I'd host if you all want to come out to the West Coast. You're a special mom to look forward to cooking for 23 but then many of us have the same wonderful "mom-can-do" attitude.

Comment by Mark on November 1, 2013 at 12:21pm: NF Mom - boomers are indeed huge compared to fast attacks; the crew's mess is only slightly larger on a boomer compared to a fast attack. I couldn't open the video, BTW. The size of crew's mess is driven by the number of enlisted that are on watch at any given time. The crew is basically divided into three watch sections, one of which is on watch at a time. When a meal hour starts, the oncoming watch is the first seated, so that's how big the space has to be. they get about fifteen minutes to eat, then they go relieve their watches, and the offgoing watch trickles in to eat. If people on the third watch section happen to still be up, and interested in eating, they find a spot after the oncoming watch eats. Generally, there is no wasted space on a submarine - spaces designed to provide for comfort of the crew are only going to be the minimum size necessary, so that the ship is only large enough for the warfighting mission. There is a little more "wasted" space on a boomer because the hull diameter is built to accommodate the height of the missiles, which are the height they need to be to have fuel load for the intended range (mostly - and this is just common sense, not classified stuff). So that added height means there is a little more space to play with inside the hull compared to a fast attack. The crew's mess in my fast attack had four tables that seated four, and two tables that seated eight, with one of the big tables reserved for the Chiefs.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on November 1, 2013 at 11:41am: I went back and got my degree after I had kids too. J's mom we continue to have things in common! Mine was a little different. I started at a community college when I was pregnant with my third and 4 moves through 3 states, a divorce and 20 yrs later, I finished.

Your husband has a point. Dinner now and then is cheaper than another baby. On the other hand, every child that enters a house multiplies the love. I think that's the better value.