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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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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

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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: 2692
Latest Activity: 23 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 susank on March 10, 2013 at 10:53am: Well it seems sequestration might effect the forward deploying SSGNs. In order to cut costs they want to extend the deployments from 3 months to 6 months so they don't have to fly the crews back and forth so much. Budget cuts! Has anyone else heard about this?

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on March 10, 2013 at 12:25am: momofsix- the length of A school depends on what rate your daughter is given during bootcamp. if she gets MM (not very many girls do get this one), their A school is 14 weeks. If she gets EM or ET, their A school is 24 weeks. They do observe national holidays, such as 4th of July, Memorial Day, etc., and they do have weekends off, but end up spending a good part of Sundays studying in order to get their mandatory study hours for the week completed. Saturdays are good days for laundry, and maybe just relaxing a little, maybe getting off base. Hate to say it, but you are going to have to wait a little and see what happens, and which rate she gets.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on March 10, 2013 at 12:23am: Welcome momofsix! Look up top in the discussion forum - "Your Sailor's Schedule Upon Arrival to GC". That has lots of wonderful information that will help you out....and there are plenty of "veteran" moms and dads on here that can provide all kinds of valuable info.

Comment by mynavygirl2 on March 10, 2013 at 12:11am: my daughter is going to A school soon. she actually has her PIR 04/19. my question is, do they go to school for 6 months straight or do they get any kind of leave and if so, for how long. i'm sure we will find all of this out when she gets there, but i'm the kind that likes to plan ahead!!! just wondering about holidays like the 4th of July----the way i figure it, this is right in the middle of her A school. help??

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on March 10, 2013 at 12:05am: My son has "A" school grad on 4/19. We just booked our flights today - went back and forth trying to decide whether or not to go (son says "A" school grad isn't a big deal) but hubby decided that the weather will be nice then so it's a good time to visit! I hope so! Looking forward to seeing Charleston (and of course our son too!).

Welcome Sunshine66!

Navymombrokenandsad - praying that everything works out well for your son.

NCnarrator - nice that your son passed his PT and got to phase up - happy your were able to visit with him!

ktrsb - yay on your son's grad and so nice you have him home for 10 days!

Congrats to all who had Power School Grad on Friday! Keep up the good work!

Comment by Jo1 on March 9, 2013 at 11:25pm: It's a great feeling isn't ktrsb? Enjoy your time with your sailor!! :)

Comment by ktrsb CVN-75 on March 9, 2013 at 10:15pm: Well, just got home from Charleston after a whirlwind tour - flew up Th night, had a late dinner with my sailor (no curfew) and his brother, then early morning at NNPTC for graduation (long line of traffic, and we were 40 mins early!), then a moving ceremony (they let family get right up to the podium and yell!), then dinner at Anson's, then an early flight home to SAT. Pshew! We're beat but happy, and have him home for 10 days. Now he's with his three best friends from since 6th grade. Happy, happy, happy.

Comment by Sunshine66 on March 9, 2013 at 9:15pm: I hope he does. He's going into it with a good attitude and is excited to be there. Btw, for some reason my picture has changed to that belonging to FTLW...it's not my picture, lol. Not sure how to fix it.

Comment by bclmomct on March 9, 2013 at 9:07pm: Sunshine66 -- Welcome to the Nuke group. I hope your Sailor love GC as much as mine does. It's been one of the best decision he's made. At least it seems so right now. I hope it continues to go so well.

Comment by bclmomct on March 9, 2013 at 9:00pm: Navymombrokenandsad we talked to my son today and mentioned what had happened and he said that if you son hasn't been in trouble there is a strong liklihood that he won't be kicked out of the program. My son said that they post the Captain's Mast cases and the punishments as a threat to everyone else and that unless your son was very early in the program or had been in a lot of trouble that he most likely would be okay. I hope he was right. Even though it was a bad decision...young men make a lot of impulsive decisions as do young women and I would hate for it to ruin his career. It would be better if it changed the direction of his life in a very positive way and that he could make a difference in the life of Americans by serving his full enlistment doing what he's been trained to do. Praying for a good outcome for you.