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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.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: 1 hour 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 Robin - Nuke ET on March 21, 2012 at 4:02pm: Thanks guys! I told him I would ask my moms, they will know. He just laughs when I say that LOL He's going to be an ET so SN it is!

Comment by Navy Mom x3 on March 21, 2012 at 4:01pm: Aah! That makes sense now!

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on March 21, 2012 at 3:59pm: FN (fireman) is for EM and MM - SN (seaman) is for ET (I think)

Comment by Navy Mom x3 on March 21, 2012 at 3:52pm: Robin... Are you sure it's not FN? From what Sam said, they are classified at Firemen until after A School.

GodBlessAmerica... I am getting ready to ship the motorcycle. Sam got the address of a Suzuki shop in Charleston that will sign for it. Now I just have to get the bike to our office since we are never home. We are also headed for Sand Mountain tomorrow morning so it won't ship until next week some time. We are using www.motorcycleshippers.com, costing about $750 and taking 2 weeks to get there.

Sam mentioned that quite a few people buy bicycles when they get there but they are chained up in the weather and show it after a while. He thought about it but just rented one for the weekend ($12) and went trail riding.

Comment by Robin - Nuke ET on March 21, 2012 at 3:47pm: So I'm really new to this. My son arrived in Goose Creek on Saturday and I have his address. What does SN stand for? Seaman Nuke? He says he's in the indoc division so no class number yet.

Comment by GodBlessAmerica on March 21, 2012 at 3:30pm: Missy, my son is also in class 1225

Someone (I am sorry I don't remember who) mentioned about shipping a motorcycle. I am wondering how you went about doing that. I am thinking about shipping my son's bicycle.

Comment by William in Nashua on March 21, 2012 at 2:16pm: When my son arrived at A school indoc last February the commanding officer told the new students if you show up on time, do as you are told, and look good, you will not have any problems here. The other notable event during the first week was they were all sent to witness a public Captain's Mast where maybe 15-20 students were kicked out of the nuclear program for underage drinking and other offenses.

It is worth keeping in mind is the nuclear pipeline is not just an academic program, students are also being evaluated according to their trustworthiness or lack thereof. If you are under 21 you just have to resign yourself to not consuming alcohol. If you are over 21 you are better off to avoid the company of under-21 crowd because if you see any of them drinking you must report it, and even if you report it there are going to be a lot of questions about how you were in a place where you could see it happening. If you do not report it your punishment is usually worse than the underage drinker's.

Comment by missa_m on March 21, 2012 at 2:00pm: NukeMom- if your son doesn't have his own laptop or computer, he can use the ones in the Rec Center on base. Of course, he probably would want his own laptop or computer just so he can browse or play video games in the comforts of his own room. When my husband's group arrived in SC from boot camp in April 2011, it took about 2 weeks for them to be assigned a class. They do have more freedom in those 2 weeks compared to their time in BC but they're still pretty limited in terms of what they can wear and where they can go.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on March 21, 2012 at 12:56pm: Nuke Mom, I don't think you have to worry about too much freedom. School requires so much of their energy once they get going it seemed to me most of them kept their noses to the grindstone. If your sailor does what he's told he will be OK.

Comment by Doreen-ProudNavyMom on March 21, 2012 at 12:49pm: Nuke Mom - my son had PIR on 3/2. He started classes last Monday on 3/19. We gave him his laptop at the airport before he left for Charleston. To get internet they have to sign up with a provider like Comcast. His roommate had it when he got there, but now he has to get it on his own because the roommate moved on to power school. I don't know if they have access to computers at the NEX or another place on base. My son said his comcast package for TV and internet will cost $82 a month. I am hoping he will be able to split that cost with his new roommate when he gets one. He did have alot of freedom for these 2 weeks, but now that he started classes, he will be busy.