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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

Members: 2693
Latest Activity: 2 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 mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on October 17, 2010 at 11:30pm: Challenge coins can be found at www.nwtmint.com
I bought my son a couple for his boot camp graduation.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on October 17, 2010 at 10:43pm: Michimom, Have you seen any Challenge Coins? They make a great present because they are really cool and don't take up much space because they are small.

Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on October 17, 2010 at 10:36pm: aaronsgirl - so happy you got to see him! Cherish those moments.

Just spoke with my son, who will be starting his A school classes tomorrow. He confirmed he won't be able to come home for Thanksgiving, but will be able to see us at Christmastime. Plus, his birthday is in two weeks, and this is his first birthday away from home. :( He has no idea what he would like as a birthday gift--told him to think about it. Any suggestions for an MM just starting A school appreciated.

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on October 17, 2010 at 9:12pm: I'm not sure I really announced it here. haha. He came home for his A school leave last Friday night. :) It's been a crazy ten days... I'm sad to see him go, but it's time I get back on my normal schedule. My classes are starting to get ignored. :/

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on October 17, 2010 at 8:52pm: I got to go on my first date in 4 months last night! :) I talked him into wearing uniform (dress blues :) ), and we went out to Olive Garden (delicious!). He got some looks, and a lot of handshakes. One older lady followed us outside after we put our name in, and she thanked him for his service. When he said no problem, she said, "No, what you guys do is amazing. You are all in my thoughts and prayers," and hugged him. I then proceeded to cry (and feel like an idiot! haha). Then she hugged me and said that I (as in his family) was in his thoughts and prayers too. She asked if we were married, and I just smiled and said not yet. I told her I'm working on it. :) I was so proud. That moment made the months without him worth it!

Why does 10 days go so slow without him and so fast when I'm with him? *Sigh* Off to the airport tomorrow...

Comment by javajo50 (MM Power School 1103) on October 16, 2010 at 7:44pm: Next weekend when I go see my son, I'll be staying at Hyatt Place Hotel in North Charleston. Looks to be a great location by a local mall/restaurants, close to the base (approx 9-10 miles) and very modern rooms. On tripadvisor.com this hotel has had nothing but stellar reviews. Check out their website: http://www.hpcharlestonhotel.com/ It includes, breakfast, has free internet, huge 42 inch flat screen tvs and other amenities as well.

Comment by Binker & Bro: 2X Nuke Mom on October 16, 2010 at 7:18pm: This is where we stayed when I went to visit my boy after PIR. I talked with the group sales office at the Ramada Inn off Ashley Phosphate Road in North Charlseton. This place has been absolutely wonderful. They have a hot breakfast in the morning (waffles, eggs, sausage, grits, biscuts, gravy plus other standard breakfast foods), an indoor and an outdoor pool, smoking and non-smoking floors (ask for 2nd floor rooms), pet friendly, complimentary social hour from 5-7 on M-F (beer, wine, food). The rooms decor is dated but it is all slated for an upgrade as a new management company has bought it. I used one of the motel book coupons and got a $59.95 rate. Alana Stagner is the Director of Sales and she has registered in their reservation system under Navy Moms rate. She says to call her and she will make sure everything is taken care of until the front desk people get used to it--for me its value is not having to find a coupon book and risk not being able to get a room. Her number is 843-572-2200.

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on October 16, 2010 at 4:03pm: I don't think it gets any easier. :) I'm getting ready to fly the coop too... And my mom doesn't seem to like the idea. I'm the youngest, and I think it's starting to hit my parents that once I'm gone, they have no more!

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on October 16, 2010 at 11:22am: cameowlot- Just some added info. :) Unless your son buys one of the personal mailboxes, he'll never really have a personal address. Once he has a class number for A school, the address line that says "Indoc" will change to "Class ####." And once he's on T-Track it will change to that. All their mail goes to one building and is distributed on weekdays. :)
I've never really had a problem shipping packages down there. I've sent three or four and each time he receives them in 3-5 days. He tends to receive my packages faster than I can receive his. Letters are another story... It takes a week or longer for him to receive the cards I send! Oh the way the mail system works down there... :)

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on October 16, 2010 at 8:11am: Good morning nuke moms. I've just joined ... found out about this group last night at Springhill Suites in Great Lakes, time to move from PIR 10/15 and get on with my son's next Navy life. Heard lots of scary things about nuke school, will be depending on you guys for info on how to help him get thru. He's 18 and rarin' to go, guess he knows more than I do about what's ahead of him, I believe he'll do just fine and I'm seriously glad that now I can email or even call him once in a while! Goodbye Chicago, hello Charleston!