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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 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.)

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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 ⚓️.

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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 gvilleyaya on February 27, 2010 at 1:04pm: DebbieinCA and Annette--Thanks for the encouraging comments. I've cherished the letters and phone calls from Kellam, he's so expressive and emotional in them. I hate to think that 15-minute phone call is the last one until "I'm a sailor"!
Hi TinaG !--Nice to meet another Florida mom, with 2 navy sons even. How long have they been in?
DarlainVA--Small world isn't it?! Interesting that you have so much family here in gville. Do you get to visit often? Any idea who the Kellam is that your son's high school is named after?

Comment by DebbieinCA on February 27, 2010 at 1:47am: Hi Cherise,
Welcome. Congratulations on your first phone call from BC! It made my whole week when I got that first call. You should start getting much more regular letters now. Most people got one or two a week after the first 3 weeks of bootcamp.

Comment by gvilleyaya on February 27, 2010 at 1:08am: Hello, I'm Cherise and I live in Florida. My son Kellam is in bootcamp, PIR 4-2-10, and is scheduled for nuke school in Charleston after graduation. Anybody else from Florida? We received our second letter from him today, and had our first "real" phone call yesterday. Funny how the most insignificant and trivial things take on new meaning when your son is at bc and there's no communication.

Comment by WATTCO1957 Ship 12 Div 083 on February 26, 2010 at 11:59pm: Gail M. My son arrived in GC on Feb 15 and is a newbee that is with a Power school roommate. I don't know though if he is still in Power school or has just graduated. Either way my son is happy to be there and to be with someone that knows what is going on.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on February 26, 2010 at 11:45pm: MMs are machinist mates. They also handle any welding that needs to be done while they are at sea. Welding school is a prime school for MMs and they all try for it. They handle a lot of piping and machinery in the engineering spaces.

Comment by DebbieinCA on February 26, 2010 at 9:52pm: Darla- Thank you for all that info!
I may send Sean a box of school supplies while he's still in indoc since he would have to go off base to get them and doesn't have his car. I'll look into the Villas and the Hampton Inn for my visit, hopefully in March.
Annette- Congratulations on the phone call!!! Isn't it wonderfully calming to get to hear your boy's voice? ;^) My son is an MM, but the just got to Goose Creek, PIR 2/19/10. I'll let you know stuff as I find out.

Comment by Lori (jeff's mom) on February 26, 2010 at 8:53pm: Hi Darla and janis,
you girls are awesome, I love this site. thank you for all the information. it will defiantly help us decide what to do.

Comment by Lori (jeff's mom) on February 26, 2010 at 6:13pm: Hi all,
My son will be going to nuke A school after boot camp. so I was wondering, can he have his truck, laptop, zune, phone and t.v.? When he graduates in April we were trying to figure out if we should drive his truck with all his stuff to south carolina. Any help with this would be appreciated. =) thank you

Comment by LLovesmysailor on February 26, 2010 at 2:02pm: Pam, It happens all the time. If a sailor needs to finish his quals so he can get his Fish, they will temporarily transfer him to another sub. It just means he needs to get some things signed off that can only be done while a sub is at sea. Its called a ride along. Once he gets what he needs he will go back to his own Sub. Hope this helps.

Comment by Beverly on February 26, 2010 at 7:03am: My son, Phillip just arrived in Goose Creek a couple of days ago and wants me to bring his electronics etc. Does anyone have a suggestion on where to stay? I was hoping there was a Navy Lodge - but they closed it down awhile back.