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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

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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: 2692
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!

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Comment by AngelW (Ship 07 Div 060) on July 16, 2012 at 11:23am: Which school are you talking about - - fear just entered my body. Mine starts Power School in September.

Comment by StephC on July 16, 2012 at 11:07am: Hi, y'all. My son is at GC and just started class (1241 MT). Anyone else have a loved one in this class?

Comment by Sailor's Mom on July 16, 2012 at 11:02am: ColoradoMom- yeah I just heard about the recent cuts, I'm praying mine makes it through. He is on the edge. I haven't heard from him in few days. Last I heard was he passed his first ICE test an Thursday and fitness test last Friday. He seems to barely be hanging on. We went to see him last weekend and he is super stressed out and exhausted.

Comment by GodBlessAmerica on July 16, 2012 at 10:30am: I know at one point my son said they had 24, then a bunch were rolled back into their class. At that point, they had 30. However, I think there was just a little shake up plus the ETs and EMs are split. Now, I have no idea, even though he did tell me once. It wasn't a detail I needed to think about at the time.

Comment by ColoradoMom Nuke ET on July 16, 2012 at 9:51am: My son had 24 or 25 when his class started. I know that at least 4 of them have "gone" for academic or other reasons. Could be more. I haven't asked recently, but I heard about a recent round of academic cuts. They graduate Aug. 24th. If they can just hang in there. . .

Comment by William in Nashua on July 16, 2012 at 7:57am: My son had 24 in his ET A school class of home 16 graduated and 1 was rolled back for medical reasons and graduated in the next class. So 17 graduated and the rest flunked out or were kicked out for acting stupidly.

Comment by reneec on July 16, 2012 at 7:17am: Suesue-- I think my son told me there were like 30 in his class.

Comment by MN Mom of MM on July 15, 2012 at 10:37pm: B'snukemom, Hi, My sailor son went to Boot camp 11/2/10. His PIR was Jan 7th. There was something about not have a graduation on the xmas holiday Fridays. I do not remember knowing the date of graduation till that first form letter he sent about 4 weeks in. It gave his address, (which we already had from the recruiter) What people were invited to PIR (4people on list , but 3 of his friends went also. Was not a problem for them to get in.) And there was about 5 hand printed sentences at the bottom of the page, basically 'saying this is intense, I miss you, I love you.' It will be interesting to see how your sailor's BC time works out since it is over a week earlier the ours, and the Holiday does not fall really close to Friday. Maybe he will be graduated before xmas.

My neice lives in Chicago and through the adopt a sailor program arranged to 'adopt' him for Christmas Day. She invited us to their home also. So we picked up sailor in GL drove him to Chicago(with in 40 mi limit) for the day and had to have him back by 6pm. I think the majority of the sailors in GL over the Holidays are adopted by an organization, church or and officer's family.

Comment by tina41 on July 15, 2012 at 10:10pm: hello all!!

welcome all newbies!

karen--they usually get liberty right after PIR till about 6 or 7 that evening. most of the sailors will be leaving for the airport on saturday morning (EARLY!!) we met our son at the airport at 1AM and stayed until his flight left at 7AM flight times differ. your sailor will be able to tell you his info right after PIR hope this helps.

Comment by karens (alumni ship 13-Div 366) on July 15, 2012 at 10:03pm: My son will be going to bc Sept 11 then to nuke school at goose creek, I am such a noob at this, trying to get all the info I can and be somewhat aware of what I need to do other than the phone card, lots of letters and be at PIR hopefully without needing boxes of tissues, does anyone know how long between PIR and leaving for A school?