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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 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 ⚓️.

Weather - Charleston

Members: 2693
Latest Activity: 7 hours ago

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 Ceej0347 on May 10, 2018 at 11:45am: KayCee- happy birthing day to you!! Sometimes we tend to forget this was a special day for us moms too!! So smile cuz today a few years back you made a difference by giving birth to a very incredible child!!!! Hope you have a great day also!

and happy birthday to your sailor!

Comment by KayCee on May 10, 2018 at 11:31am: Good morning Everyone and like Chipmunk - I'm wishing all Mom's and Grandma's an early Happy Mother's Day!

I follow along and try to keep up on the posts here. I feel like I "know" many of you by keeping up on the chatter. Wish I had a better opportunity to get on and be more involved in posts, but please know how much I learn and appreciate all the love, support and information you all provide. Really this has been an incredible place for me to feel like I'm not the only one...

Today is a little emotional for me as it is my sailors birthday. I looked through pictures last night and it feels as if were just yesterday that he was so little. Tears as I am missing him so much. This is a tough week for him. Finishing up his ICE labs today, and studying this weekend for his comp exam on Monday. He's in my prayers.

Thank you all again for sharing your pictures, encouragements, knowledge, thoughts and every day life. I appreciate it so much. Wishing a Happy Day to this amazing group!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on May 10, 2018 at 10:51am: Hi all - Happy Thursday!

Wow CoTwin - those are awesome pictures! Looks like fun ;-D Like NancyJo said, glad he's found some friends with like interests!

Sending prayers for all that are testing - it's really never ending lol!

NancyJo - glad the family has a little time for some fun on the trip. I don't know anything about Dodge City but I'll bet they can find some interesting things to explore!

I've been enjoying the weather - not too hot for me lol! My mom told me she had to turn on her AC yesterday too. We are soooo close to being done with her house. She has 11 offers and her agent told everyone to give their best & final offer by 5pm today. So hopefully by tomorrow we'll know more and she will get escrow started. A few guys from my work went over yesterday and helped clean out the garage and they are going back next week to finish. Thank goodness for them!

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on May 10, 2018 at 10:11am: Wow, COTwin, glacier climbing! Awesome! I'm so happy he found buddies with like interests, especially since he expressed wanting to be off the grid. I was worried about him being alone. No worries now.

My AC has been on for more than a week. I don't like heat.

My sailor made it to Phoenix. He's taking the southern route to avoid taking his somewhat older vehicle across the Rockies. They're making it a family trip. He wants to spend a night in Dodge City KS thinking there might be cool western stuff to see. Any moms out there in the know about this?

Comment by Chipmunk on May 10, 2018 at 9:21am: NNLori - Yes, this ICE test is the one that my son struggled with, mostly because he ran out of time to get all the information down he needed and a few other things. Thoughts and prayers for all the sailors.

Happy Mother's Day for all of our Moms and Grandmas - This is another busy weekend coming up for me, so I figured I better send out the best wishes early and Monday 14th is Comp Day for sailors of some of my friends so all the best to everyone!!

Comment by NNLori on May 10, 2018 at 9:06am: Thank you everyone for some insight into what Power School classes will look like. I didn't realize that the classes are separated by rate. I thought they would be mixed together. News to me. So thank you!! That is why I can't live without this site. I learn so much from all of you!!

This is a stressful next week or so. My son is taking the last ICE test as we speak. I talked to him finally after he got home from studying at 9 last night, and he was stressed. "This test is bad, the worst yet" he told me!! I just encouraged him and told him, all you can do is your best! Your working hard and you will do your best, that's all you can do. It will be enough. It's so hard to be so far away and so helpless. All I can do is reassure him that he as got this . My thoughts and prayers are with the entire class as they navigate these last couple weeks!

I've got my AC on in the car also. LOL!

I have Hawaii in my thoughts.

Comment by JayDee659 on May 10, 2018 at 8:01am: Co Twin those are incredible pictures. Looks like he is fitting in with his new lifestyle.

Comment by Chipmunk on May 9, 2018 at 11:19pm: Ceej0347 & Kai Cat - we have had the A/C on as well in house and car, but that is because it hit close to 90' today!! So much for spring, summer is here to stay in OK!!

CO-TwinSalorsMom- My youngest son looked at those pictures, enlarged on my computer, and said, Wow! that takes some upper body strength!! Thanks for sharing.

B'sNukeMom - I agree, I don't like being waken by the earthquakes we have around here occasionally. But yes, prayers for HI, looking at some of those pictures yesterday was rather sobering.

Comment by Ceej0347 on May 9, 2018 at 11:07pm: Cotwin- thanks for sharing - those are beautiful!!

I’m just starting this adventure with my first at GC. My second son (junior in HS) is now contemplating the military as well. Not sure where I went right in raising these fine young men- but I know God sure helped a lot!!!!

kai cat- too funny about the a/c - I’m in Illinois and my sons asked for it on as well - the temp might not be so high, but that spring sun sure is hot!