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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 ⚓️.

Weather - Charleston

Members: 2693
Latest Activity: on Friday

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 Chipmunk on May 8, 2018 at 10:08am: CSW - Thanks for pointing out the difference in A school graduation time if there is a Power School graduation as well. Also, I appreciate the insight into what Power School graduation might look like. I did not realize the officers would be graduating as well.

ProudParent - Congratulations to your son! I had mentioned 9:00AM because that was the case for my son. My son was briefed by his SLPO and instructor the day before graduation and he was calling me to give me details that I asked him to email me, as we were still traveling by car. But he told me to arrive at least an hour or more early . So, your sailor will be the best one to answer your specific questions about his specific A school graduation . And there was an MM class and my son's ET class that did graduation together. It is also my understanding that all the rates will be mixed during Power School, but I am still not certain. I will find out hopefully by next week after my son classes up and we are able to converse for awhile.

Comment by CSW on May 8, 2018 at 9:10am: So there were two different rates graduating A school the day my sailor graduated. One MM (his class) and one EM. At power school all the rates and the officers graduate together. Enlisted sit on one side of the stage and officers on the other. Their classes are separate, but they all go through the same ceremony and it's interesting because that was the first time some of the officer's parents had an understanding about the enlisted group.

Comment by CSW on May 8, 2018 at 9:04am: Congrats!

It depends if there is a power school graduation that same day.

A year ago our sailors A school graduation was the same day as power school so his graduation started at 7:15 and we were out by 8:15 (after he snagged his gear) and the line for Power School was crazy coming in. Power school graduation was different because it was the coldest graduation they've had in a long time, so because I saw the line when I was at the A school graduation I insisted we get to the base early to get a good seat. It was so cold they opened the gym for us and allowed us to wait in our cars!

Again congrats and enjoy the time. :)

Comment by ProudParent on May 8, 2018 at 9:03am: When the sailors go to PowerSchool and Prototype are all the rates together in a class? I thought they would still be separated but that was not my sailor's understanding. He also said that just because they were in A school together doesn't mean they will be in the same PowerSchool.

Comment by ProudParent on May 8, 2018 at 9:01am: My sailor passed his comps yesterday so we are headed to GC for A school graduation on Friday. He said he didn't know what time the graduation starts. Another mom said her son's started at 9:00. Does that sound right? If so how early would you arrive for a MM A school graduation?

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on May 7, 2018 at 1:34pm: Buzzbeck - thanks for sharing about Edisto - I put the link to it in the "sightseeing in Charleston" discussion above.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on May 7, 2018 at 12:08pm: Welcome Home to the USS Roosevelt!

The Roosevelt is returning from deployment this morning (San Diego). Anyone here with a Sailor on the Roosevelt?

Comment by Buzzbeck on May 7, 2018 at 11:53am: Oh, my nuke never hung out at Folly Beach. He went to Edisto Beach weekly. A little further, but a beautiful drive through the low country back roads, past the shrimp shack, to the little town of Edisto. It survived Hurricane Matthew, sand drifts filled the streets, but it's all cleaned up.

Comment by Buzzbeck on May 7, 2018 at 11:44am: JayDee and KamMom: wow, that year went fast! Your nukette has been very busy, as all nukes are in their first year. We nuke moms appreciate hearing about her experiences through you, since so many of our sons are introverts and don't talk about their feelings. Drives me nuts. My nuke continues to mature and gain confidence. I now think being a nuke takes a God given combination of brains, stamina and patriotism. God has a special place in the Navy for our nukes. It may not be obvious during the arduous 2 year training, nor the first year in the fleet. But their time will come, when all of this will pay off.

Comment by CSW on May 7, 2018 at 11:12am: Welcome to the newest members and thanks for the heads up on the dental exam. I spoke to my sailor yesterday who's in prototype at BS and asked him about check up status and PT status and he said some guys were held back after graduation because they didn't have their medical current which is on the sailor. If they don't have it they wait and the time to get it done cuts into their leave before assignment.

So THANKS!