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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.)

N4M Merchandise

Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.

Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.

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: 19 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 nvmomma on March 11, 2012 at 12:35am: I'll go with March 15th...nice prize MN Mom! :)

Comment by MN Mom of MM on March 11, 2012 at 12:04am: Dor...I will donate a prize this time... a NAVY mini Sun Catcher. Kind of like my profile pic, but with Navy and Gold beads. Will try to post a picture or change mine.

Oh, I'd like to say my vote would be the first day of Spring March 21. Maybe that is too far out, but I am looking for Spring.

Comment by 31mom on March 10, 2012 at 10:11pm: Thanks, Penny. That is encouraging. He is good with the choice, too. I like "volunTOLD"!! Does he know where he is going to Prototype School? I have learned sooo much the last 2 days being on this site. I am educating my x-navy husband!!

I say March 16th for 1700th member.

Comment by HonorHim on March 10, 2012 at 9:43pm: Thanks Jeanne and Penny Nuke MM Grad hold Mom....for answering my question. We hae an aunt in Syracuse so their is family pretty close..BUT it's cold up there!!! LOL Congrats to All the new Nukes!!!!! For number 1700th member I guess I'll say March 14th LOL

Comment by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke on March 10, 2012 at 7:42pm: Regarding soldiers going to Prototype, I had heard that because of the expense of moving families from GC to BS they prefer to move single guys. That said, if married volunteer for it then they can move them as well. But typically, they don't force them to move.

Comment by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke on March 10, 2012 at 7:36pm: 31mom, my son is also an MM (also 2nd choice) and is so happy now that he was VolunTOLD MM. My son is now on grad hold between Power School and Prototype School. Best of luck to you and your son.

Comment by 31mom on March 10, 2012 at 4:30pm: Heard from my son - he is an MM! That was his 2nd choice. Thanks coloradomom. Your info was great and helped me know what he was talking about today.:)

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on March 10, 2012 at 10:57am: I'll say March 18 - my sailor's birthday

Comment by ColoradoMom Nuke ET on March 10, 2012 at 12:22am: @31 Mom - MM = Machinist's Mate; EM = Electrician's Mate; ET = Electronics Technician. Several weeks into boot camp, recruits can request a particular rating, but the Navy chooses. Those ratings are assigned in approximately a 50-30-20 ratio, but again, it really depends on the needs of the Navy.

Comment by 31mom on March 10, 2012 at 12:12am: Rachel, so glad he is excited about what he is doing. Sounds like a good fit for him.

Pat, that info is awesome. Thanks. I am not sure what my son is going to be. I think either ET or EM (can you let me know what those are?!!) But he talked about 6 mos of schooling at a time.