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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy Speak

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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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

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

NPTU OMBUDSMAN TEAM (4/2024)

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Comment by Yella Horse Gal on August 31, 2015 at 11:57pm: Hi Michelle0206... what class is your son in?
Mine says he has to go down to commons to get wifi but that several guys were talking about going in together to buy access in their dorm rooms... don't know how that works exactly but sounds like they have options.

Comment by Michelle0206 on August 31, 2015 at 11:42pm: I have a question. Our sailor is in GC at A-School and is still on our Verizon family plan for his phone. He says there's no Wi-fi down there to link in to and he is eating up lots of data and it's costing a small fortune. He has no TV yet, no computer, so I think he's watching YouTube videos at night in his room. Is there a better way or area plan that would be a better deal?

Comment by Mark on August 31, 2015 at 5:06pm: Bethr311, I suspect that the shortage of barracks rooms is due to the fact that there are temporarily four carriers (I believe) in San Diego for the 3 Presidents hull swap, in a port with facilities that ordinarily support just the two carriers homeported there. The good news is that it is temporary, and the Reagan and George Washington will be on their way before much longer. The silver lining of barge living if he is on study hours and behind on quals is that it should be easier to get caught up. Rentals in SD for a single sailor with no roommate is tough, for sure. Imperial Beach usually is the closest available reasonably priced rentals for carrier sailors in SD. "Reasonable" is relative, of course.

Comment by William in Nashua on August 31, 2015 at 3:46pm: Bethr311 it can be tough because on a carrier they can be expected to berth on a carrier when in port, or in your case a barge if they are doing work ups on the carrier. It is a dice game especially at a crowded port. Usually the submariners have first crack at available on-base barracks because a sub is legally uninhabitable when it is not underway. On my son's submarine though when they arrived in Hawaii for change of port, another boat had pulled into the base unexpectedly and snagged all the bed because the barracks allocated to the son's boat at Pearl were no longer available. For a while they had guys as high as E6 on his boat who still had to live on the submarine because there wasn't any place on land and they had not rented off base yet housing either. Luckily my son had rented a house beforehand. But, that is luck of the draw.

Comment by girl chief on August 31, 2015 at 3:27pm: Thank you BWMom. I haven't been able to speak to my sailor regularly but that's because I have been gone so much. She is on Lim-Du (I call it Lim-bo) or Limited Duty due to an injury. She is between Power School and Prototype and her injury will require out-patient surgery in a couple of weeks. I am travelling to GC to help her get to and from the surgery and assist for a few days afterward since she will be on crutches. Praying that all will go well and she will get back on track and move on with Prototype. In the meantime, she has a serious boyfriend who is also a Nuke and he has been very helpful.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on August 31, 2015 at 3:06pm: Bethr311, I sent you a friend request. My son is in SD.

Comment by BoyWonderMom on August 31, 2015 at 2:43pm: Bethr311, I really don't know if they offer housing in SD, other than the barges or barracks. My son is in VA and after living in the barracks for 3 months he transferred to off base navy housing. Maybe they have that kind of housing in SD. Sometimes having their own space makes it easier for them. (Until they actually have to be in their boat)

Comment by BoyWonderMom on August 31, 2015 at 2:34pm: Welcome back girl chief! Very busy summer for you!, keep safe, how's your sailor?

Comment by bethr311 on August 31, 2015 at 2:11pm: Hi everyone, I'd like to ask for some Navy mom and dad mojo for my son. His ship is in SD between deployments and he's still struggling with quals and checkouts. He's on extra hours and having a very hard time. He's living on a barge because there's no base housing and he's having a hard time finding guys to share a space. Any encouraging words? Thank you all very much.

Comment by girl chief on August 31, 2015 at 1:40pm: Hello everyone. I have not been on in ages. To say that this has been a busy fire season here in CA is an understatement. I've been doing this firefighter thing for 34 years and laugh every time the authorities predict that this will be "the worst fire season on record," but I must say that this is one of the top 5 worst that I have seen (and we haven't had any Santa Ana's yet). I occasionally get to read some of the posts through my email but it has been next to impossible to keep up. Bear with me as I try to catch up. So glad to see so many familiar members as well as several new ones.