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Navy For Moms

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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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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NUKE moms

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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: 16 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 britefuture on June 28, 2013 at 3:15pm: "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed".
Booker T. Washington

Comment by britefuture on June 28, 2013 at 3:02pm: Mrs. Woody- I don't know if I'm crying for you or for your Sailor. Thank you for sharing such an inspirational story of strength and determination. I hate the thought of any of our "kids" falling down as hard as yours. But we all know that it happens sometimes. Kudos to you for standing by your Sailor and supporting him. Also, kudos to him for getting right back up and fighting for his dream. My son once said to me, "consequences suck but without em, I wouldn't learn anything". I'm sending many prayers of strength and encouragement to both you and your Sailor. Please keep us updated on his future with the Navy and let him know that we are ALL very proud of him.

Comment by susank on June 28, 2013 at 2:16pm: Mrs Woody you are a brave and classy lady! God Bless all of you!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 28, 2013 at 2:11pm: Mrs Woody - thank you for sharing this with us - I'm sure it took a lot but I for one appreciate the info and yes we will be praying for your sailor and your family. Hang in there and continue to be the supportive mom that you have been! We are all here for you :)

Comment by Joniana (Helen) on June 28, 2013 at 2:06pm: Mrs. Woody, thank you so much for your honesty and articulate posting sharing your difficult situation with this group. You are teaching us all by your example, and your son will certainly be stronger because of this experience. Stay strong and remember to take care of yourself.

Comment by Mrs. Woody on June 28, 2013 at 1:56pm: Fellow Moms: I want to share a topic with you all: Captain's Mast, something I had never heard of before sending my child to the Navy. Can also be referred to as Non-Judicial Proceeding (NJP). Unfortunately, I have learned more about this subject than I care to know, but I also wanted to share some of what I have learned with you because I couldn't find much in the few last few months of searching Facebook groups, Navy for Mom's, Google, you name it – I searched it! Captain's Mast can be for many things, most common are underage drinking, drugs and DUI. There are no limits as to what can be covered but the consequences can be career changing. However, Captain's Mast in certain circumstances can be a good thing (but usually not).

My Sailor went to Captain's Mast for UA (unexplained absences – 20 minutes late for muster) and a few other "minor" things, but put together warranted enough for Mast. I found out about Mast only a couple days before and once it happened went almost 2 weeks with no communication. For my Sailor, the "award" was 45 days restriction (moved to a "sterile" room, i.e., no phone, no TV, no computer, no extras – just basics, like in Boot Camp), fine of $500/ month, for two months, and reduction in rank.

I went through many stages of "grief."

1) DISBELIEF;

2) DENIAL – as I talked very little with my Sailor and only received spotty information, I thought "that's not fair" and "why is the Navy doing this" (based only on the "discretionary" info Sailor shared while in restriction);

3) FAILURE – where did I go wrong as a parent;

4) EMBARRASSMENT (which is why I never posted before);

5) ANGER – how could Sailor do this; and now, finally,

6) ACCEPTANCE , which I think is the best one and only achieved after pulling more details from my Sailor and combing those with information found through my searches – Navy lingo is tough sometimes. As a Mom, I didn't have any part in this happening and there was no way I could have prevented it from happening.

Now Sailor is getting a grand dose of consequences for actions by being removed from the Nuke program and is probably going to be sent to the fleet as undesignated (i.e., no rate). While this breaks my heart (Sailor's dream has always been to be a Nuke), "Navy Needs" for the Nuclear field do not include someone that wants to bend or stretch the rules. Thankfully I think Sailor finally "gets" it and has gotten to the acceptance stage. Sailor has requested to be reinstated in the Nuke program (grades were great) but has a 50/50 chance. Unfortunately, because of the NJP, doesn't get a choice if re-rated. It will strictly be "Navy Needs." Sailor's plan of action is to be outstanding and volunteer for anything and everything. I hope and pray that Sailor succeeds!

My plan of action is supporting my Sailor. Helping and encouraging to "Stay Strong, Stay Positive and Stay Proud" (I had put that in every letter throughout Boot Camp). Now that privileges are returned I send a daily inspirational message, always followed with an "I Love You." To date, I've always gotten a "love u 2" response.

I'm not posting this for pity – I don't need or want a pity party – not my style. I'm posting this in hope that it will help someone, some day (thus getting to the "acceptance" stage).

My apologies for this being so long but since I was unable to find the info, I wanted to put this out there for others who may be going through it and afraid to say anything (like I was). I felt very "alone" (but for my lifeline, a fellow Navy Mom who helped me ascertain "official" info and helped me get through the multiple stages of grief).

Sailor is currently awaiting decision of the Navy as to fate. Prayers are welcomed and encouraged. Thanks for "listening."

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on June 28, 2013 at 11:15am: The pie would not be mailed it would be delivered like a piazza, by Schwan's. my son said that piazza gets delivered by the NEX which is kind of access able both on and off base?

Comment by GodBlessAmerica on June 28, 2013 at 10:49am: Cathy, I sure am glad that your son had a sword with him and that he has so much coordination to be able to swing in trees with a sword in his mouth! LOL

Comment by tina41 on June 28, 2013 at 8:02am: good morning all!!

my son has seen Charlie too!

my husband, brother-in-law, and youngest son has seen (not to big) alligators at the pond or swamp over by the foster creek RV park. there is a pond there that sets down in back behind the rv park where you can watch for them. they went down around 9 at night and sat there till they saw them. this was in earlier this month. I stay at the villas!! if you go to cypress gardens, you can take a self guided tour on the row boat and see alligators swimming around you. I don't think they are very big either. at least not the ones I saw from SHORE!!!!

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on June 27, 2013 at 10:44pm: Does anyone know? Can you have food delivered to base? I want to send a Key Lime Pie to Sam from Schwan's foods. can they deliver?