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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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A place to come for support and guidance for anyone with a loved one in the nuke program ⚓️.

Weather - Charleston

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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

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Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on December 3, 2010 at 2:23pm: There will be so many Nukes flying out on Christmas that it won't be hard to find someone to split a cab with... Or catch a ride with for that matter!
Have your son ask around his class/others to find someone else going to the airport. And if he has no luck, he can call his own cab. However, I'm sure if he just goes to the mininex parking lot there will be 10+ cabs already waiting to pick Nukes up! :)

...When I got off the plane at 530 on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I couldn't believe the amount of sailors (in uniform) waiting for flights. There was easily 50 there, and that was a short weekend! I bet on the 17th/18th there will be at least 100-200 per day waiting for flights at any one time!

Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on December 3, 2010 at 2:14pm: NukeMom, my son is an MM in A school, class 1102A. He should be done in January.

Kat, I've learned from this group that there are a LOT of nukes who weren't too motivated in high school who seem to have come into their own in nuke school. For my son, it's like he now has "seen the light"--I think because this is something he himself decided on and it's something he's very interested in. I also hope this continues through power school and prototype, but I don't have any reason to think it won't. Although it sounds like the classes will get harder. A lot of the nukes are real gamers, too. Mine loves Halo, but not WoW.

Also, Kat, my son has taken a cab to the airport, and has gotten a ride back (only flew home once, for a family funeral). With so many flying out for the holidays, yours may not have too much trouble getting a ride from a fellow nuke. Just my guess.

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on December 3, 2010 at 2:10pm: Dor - I feel for you with the kittens climbing up the Christmas tree. Have been there, done that many times. Fortunately, this year the cats aren't climbing it, but man do they love to lay under it. I swear the love Christmas time so they get their tree up. What is it about laying under a tree?

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on December 3, 2010 at 1:57pm: In reply to all of you who's sons were not motivated in high school and are doing wonderful things now, THANK YOU. I am not alone. We always knew he was brilliant but he just lost any motivation in high school. He hated the high school scene and social life. he also hated the college scene, except the party aspect of it. He just started his A school last week. They had their first exam in the math this week on Tuesday, and he said he got the highest score in the class. Yes, is this finally the motivation that will get him going? I am praying that it is. He is definately psyched for it. Hope he can hold on to that feeling throughout all of the schools.

On another note, does anyone know what transportation is available from base ot the airport? I thought I read that the airport was only about 15 minutes away, is that correct? Is there a shuttle so those leaving on the 17th and 18th can get to the airport in time, or do they have to use taxis? And what about when they go back? is there transportation available or is it all taxis?

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on December 3, 2010 at 1:49pm: he graduated A school 10/22

Comment by geoffsgirl on December 3, 2010 at 1:46pm: My sailor is an MM too! I wonder if they were in the same A school class....When did yours graduate A school?

Comment by NukeMom/MM/USSMichigan on December 3, 2010 at 1:39pm: Michimom- is your son in A school or Power School? I"m wondering when Math Honorman is awarded. My son got BM Honorman and is getting close to the end of A school - he's trying to be overall Honorman. He is GREAT in math so if he doesn't win that, I'll be really surprised.

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on December 3, 2010 at 1:09pm: geoffsgirl, what rate is your sailor? my son is MM and is also supposed to start Power School in January.

Comment by geoffsgirl on December 3, 2010 at 11:30am: Hey ladies! I'm not new to Navy for Mom's, I just haven't been on here in a long time. But I decided to come back :). My sailor is currently on Ttrack. He's a watch sup until Tuesday. He's scheduled to class up for Power School in January. I'm nervous for that! He'll be home for Christmas on the 17th :) I can't wait. As of now, our plan is to get married after Prototype. I'm in college in Missouri right now. I can't wait to begin our married life together :). Please feel free to add me on here. I love making new friends who understand military life!

Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on December 3, 2010 at 7:43am: Lala the Ribbon Queen is one of my friends also. She is one of the Oreo Sash Sistahs if you look for that group, also. My son was in her sailor's PIR group (even though my son ended up not PIR'ing with his division).

Skyped last night for the very first time with my son. So, so nice to see him while we're chatting. And hubby resisted getting a webcam saying we could just talk on the phone. I think he's hooked on it now, though. All of us got to chat at once. We even held the dogs up to the camera, but fat lot of good that did. They just looked around at everything but the camera and paid no attention at all to that young man on the computer. As he put it, if they could smell his scent, that would be a whole different matter.

And . . . gotta brag. He's earned the honor of getting a new nametag with the NNPTC logo on it with Mathematics Honorman. He got the highest grade in math, so now he is recognized as the big math geek (we knew that already, of course). This is especially great since there wasn't much at all to brag about for him academically in high school He had the brains, but not the motivation. So, so different for something he's really motivated about! :)