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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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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: 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!

NPTU OMBUDSMAN TEAM (4/2024)

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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 24, 2020 at 12:09pm: Welcome to our newest member ~ hanna2020! hanna2020 is a wife to a future nuke!

Please be sure to read the ***NEW MEMBERS*** info at the top of the page. Lots of good info there. Also take a look at the Pages (19) to the right under the member profiles - be sure to hit "view all". And of course, feel free to ask any questions you may have.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 24, 2020 at 12:02pm: Hi all - HappyMonday!

Ok - hopefully it's not that bad for a Monday lol. I'm counting down the days until hubby and I leave for Cabo....can't wait.

IslandGirl - we toured the Magnolia Plantation - it was very nice and I would recommend it. Be sure to see the Angel Oak Tree too. And of course Foley Beach is fun. The Ghost Walk tours look like fun too (although we didn't do one).

Comment by Chipmunk on February 22, 2020 at 1:02am: I bumped the sightseeing in Charleston discussion back into the discussion queue above. There are others, but this is the one that I know has some recent ideas.

And there are some in the Hotel, Villa discussion as well, I believe.

Comment by Chipmunk on February 22, 2020 at 12:57am: Ladies, it has been a long day on my feet at our local Friends of the Library sale and I am headed back tomorrow.

Hugs to you sea sisters who have been or are going though difficult times.

Islandgirl - glad to hear things are looking up for you sailor daughter. If you go to Charleston's tourism page on the internet you can also find a lot of things.

I will say, the parking meter pricing has changed and I think they charge you even on Saturday evenings. We never figured out the parking garages, but they are there. We usually went down on Church street and parked at a meter. If you need a restroom when walking around in that area, there is one up a little bit inside the walk around indoor mall shops. They close after like 6 pm on Saturday, but there is a hotel there and you can go in there and they have public restrooms, because the others seemed to be closed in the evening.

Comment by ProudOfK on February 21, 2020 at 11:17pm: Islandgirl - we stayed on Isle of Palms twice and loved it. Loved the carriage ride and the harbor tour. Couple of our favorite places to eat were Reds Ice House and Fleet Landing.

Comment by pandalvr on February 21, 2020 at 8:26pm: Make sure you use groupon. I know they have a carriage ride, plantation tours. You can get the same day

Comment by Islandgirl on February 21, 2020 at 7:50pm: Hey everybody,
I’ll be in Charleston staying on Isle of Palms March 4-11 with 3 other friends. They are all interested in plantation tour, city carriage ride, historical tours and of course good ears and drinks. Can any of you offer advice or favorites or not-to-be-missed sights? I appreciate you all and I’m so glad I found this group. Aloha!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 21, 2020 at 7:45pm

Comment by New Adventures on February 21, 2020 at 6:09pm: haoo168 hang in there.

Velvetenor- I was in the same spot for the holidays. As my sailor explained it Leave starts at 00:01 on the day, whether you leave a that time or not and end a 23:59 on the last day. It is a straight x number of days and the day of the week or even holidays do not count. We planed my sailor was home for 8 days that included Christmas and part of 2 weeks. 1 day was travel and 1 day for cushion given we live in the north and flights might get canceled out. We also booked the first flight out at like 6:20 am and the last flight back so he had as much time as possible with us.

That was our first experience with this and I am trying to get my head around it again for A school grad leave. In this case it is a question of does leave start Friday after the ceremony or can he have liberty on the weekend like normal and then leave starting on the Monday following. We would like to spend a bit of time in Charleston but he wants to be home as much a possible. Either way what every day he leaves Charleston he will return 9 days later for that cushion