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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.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: 2695
Latest Activity: 6 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 Karen on February 13, 2011 at 8:46pm: Kat, I'm on the West Coast also. Getting to SC is not an easy task let alone the expense! I pray Joe will be stationed on the West Coast one day.

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on February 13, 2011 at 7:44pm: Goodness, i meant he is in the "hole". I hate that when you look back and see a spelling error.

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on February 13, 2011 at 7:33pm: Hi Kat, my son is still a few days in the hole on leave from Christmas, and his girlfriend was coming down in April during spring break to visit family and check out her college choice (at Charleston) one more time, so he wasn't going to come home. However, I dangled a nice bait in front of him (our old car, for $1000) so just maybe he might come home so he could drive it back. I told him if he comes home in late March or during April, I'll pay him to night-watch the foaling cameras ... he said he's not that stupid anymore to fall for that old trick! ha ha now that they're nukes, they've smartened up considerably!!

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on February 13, 2011 at 7:27pm: Aaron was told the same thing with Power School... They were told they would class up immediately after their 10 day leave. Then the day before graduation plans were changed.. And it was 2 months before they actually classed up.

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on February 13, 2011 at 7:25pm: Connie - I havne't heard anything for your son's class, but my son is 3 weeks behind yours and he said they keep changing things around. first it was 2-3 months on t-track, then early last week it was 3 weeks, then it was 1-1-1 during t-track (one day cleaning, one day watch, one day off with muster and PT in the morning), but by the end of last week he heard 3-3-2-2 (3 day son, 3 days off, 2 days on, 2 days off). It's just so flipping hard to make plans not knowing.

Is your son taking the 10 days of leave right when t-track begins? My son made it sound like if he didn't take it then, there was not guarantee of when he might get it.

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on February 13, 2011 at 6:51pm: MN Mom- What would you like to know about the Villas?

They're located on base in the married housing section. It's extremely easy access, but it's in a safe place compared to the rest of Goose Creek. You can get a two or three bedroom (maybe even four) villa. It includes a bathroom (with towels) a washer, dryer, kitchen, and living room. There's a TV in the master bedroom, and a TV and DVD player in the living room. There's also a couch and an oversized chair in the living room. The dining room is connected to the living room and has a good sized table (6 chairs, I believe). The kitchen has utensils and such to cook meals. And a small breakfast type table. As mentioned, it's not a five star hotel or anything, but it's really nice that it feels like home. They used to be apartments, but now they rent them out for weekends and such.

Only military members (or those with a military ID) can book the rooms, and it must be done through the ITT office. That number is in the discussion above: Hotels and accommodations in Goose Creek. Your sailor can also book by stopping by the ITT office.. I believe it's down the road from the MiniNex and across from the Dive.

They run about 60-70 a night, but there are no taxes. They fill up quickly on Power School graduation weekends and on Holiday weekends. On those weekends, they must be paid for up front with a minimum 3 night stay- no refunds.

Hope this answers any questions you have, and if it doesn't, ask away. :)

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on February 13, 2011 at 6:40pm: Aw man, just got a call from my son, graduated A school on Friday and expected to move to power school in 2 weeks ... now thinks it might be 11 weeks. He says they really can't spend the time taking a course for college credit. Anybody else hear anything about the t-track time for this group?

Comment by MN Mom of MM on February 13, 2011 at 6:37pm: Hi, I have read a little of what is posted about Villas, I'd like a little more info

please. I have booked flight for mid March to visit our Sailor.

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on February 13, 2011 at 5:27pm: Thanks Marybeth. We'll only buy and take small things so even if we leave anything behind for someone else to use, there won't be a lot of it.