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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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: 17 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 tina41 on May 31, 2012 at 6:25am: good morning everyone!!

i too worry when my son has an exam, which he has one today. it is the mom in us. i dont talk to him often, so i have an alarm on my phone for 2100hours to text him good night. sometimes he texts back and sometimes he doesnt, but it make me feel better. his fiance said that she was talking to him about that time the other night and he said he just got a text. she knew it was me saying good night.

Comment by uffda6 on May 31, 2012 at 5:07am: Nuke mom I am so hoping that my son will be able to come home for a visit after A School that would be wonderful.

Cathy I was worrying a lot and checking up on my son about school and tests, and a week or so ago he told me not to stress he is fine and I don't need to worry about him...lol he knows me too well I guess. He did say that he was supposed to be phasing up this week, so he didn't want to do anything to mess it up. I assume that means testing but he doesn't want me to worry. He seems so grown up, and I don't want to interfere to much, so I message him when I see him online or I text him in the evening here and there I try not to push too much he seems to be doing fine.

Comment by uffda6 on May 31, 2012 at 5:02am: NancyJo, I am hoping to make all grads for him, but I will make sure I am there for power school.

Tkmec my son is in 1229A but I am not sure yet of the grad date.

juliebelle28 I understand where you are coming from with expensive, I live in AZ and tickets are crazy expensive to fly back east. My daughter wants to fly back home to Albany NY and they want over $600 for a ticket. I keep hoping the prices will go down a bit.

Comment by Nuke Mom on May 30, 2012 at 9:45pm: tkmec5 -My son is in 1229A as well, All he told me is it is at the end of Sept. He said he would be home right after that there was no reason for us to come down. I hope he is right.

Comment by cathy on May 30, 2012 at 6:46pm: Today I received some pictures my friend took at PIR. AWhat a special time that was. Although it has been only a month, it seems much longer. Boy did I stress through BC. Now I worry about every test he must take. i suppose a mother does that forever no matter how grownup they may be. Today the auto transport came and picked up his car to bring down to GC. Another traumatic moment for Mom. It seems so definitive. I guess my baby really is gone. of course my son is ecstatic to be getting his car.

Comment by reneec on May 30, 2012 at 6:20pm: sorry- supposed to be link.

Comment by reneec on May 30, 2012 at 6:19pm: HI- is anyone else having a problem with the lin above to the goose creek a school site?? maybe it is just my computer?

Comment by DebbieinCA on May 30, 2012 at 2:14pm: This is a great article about helping your sailors and their wives, husbands, & kids readjust after a deployment.

http://likeitfortime.com/2011/05/06/reintegration-its-more-than-com...

Comment by suebal MM3 USS California SSN781 on May 30, 2012 at 1:35pm: We met my son at O'Hare at 0500 and spent the whole day there with him. His flight was at 1930. We took him his laptop, his iPhone, iPod, all the charging cables and some food goodies (Jazz apples in particular--his fave). He didn't (and still doesn't) want his game system(s)--complete shocker, but a good one! (Now he's much more into running and biking and getting physical.) We actually had a fairly good time at O'Hare--it's a freaking HUGE airport and we explored every inch we were allowed to. We walked and talked and walked and talked.

Comment by NavyMomLG on May 30, 2012 at 1:26pm: As usual with the Navy, things have changed quite a bit. My son PIR'd in October 2010 and we actually got to spend the whole weekend with him. They didn't fly out until Tuesday 'back then'. I would still take even a few hours at the airport after going so long with so little contact. Even though we don't talk much now, at least I know we CAN. My son is taking the Off Crew exam today, fingers crossed!!