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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: yesterday

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 June 15, 2013 at 10:00pm: MN Mom of MM, as much as I'd like to go with you to Iowa, I'm going to have to pass. I'll still have the five 3 week old foster kittens on Thursday and have to bottle feed them every 4 hours.

Comment by MN Mom of MM on June 15, 2013 at 9:42pm: CountryGirl, Thanks for the link. It so good to know they are headed west. I saw earlier someone posted a picture of the IKE going through the Suez Canal. Maybe soon we will have an exact date to get that long awaited hug, and some good quality family time. For now I'm looking forward to meeting the Iowa/Omaha Navy Moms for lunch this Thursday.

Comment by MomThatLovesHerSon on June 15, 2013 at 1:30pm: Wanted to share, got a text earlier today from my son who started A school on Mon. 6/10/13. They were going to the beach today! He is happy, content, confident. That makes me feel better.

I am planning on going to see him on the Fourth of July weekend !

Comment by Joniana (Helen) on June 15, 2013 at 9:52am: Betsyleebig -- Rather than being disappointed in your son, you might focus on the courage and maturity it took for him to articulate his reality to you. He probably spent many sleepless nights worrying about your feelings, when his time would be better spent exploring the ton of other options in the Navy. As parents, we need to be very careful about putting too much emphasis on the elitism of certain programs and wanting to boast about our children's accomplishments. One of the biggest drawbacks of the Nuke program is that there no vehicle to preview the reality of the work before a recruit signs up. BTW, did you see the story on NBC this week about the Coast Guard lifesaving program? Only TWO recruits remained in the current class! All others had dropped out. Hang in there and trust in your son.

Comment by NF Mom on June 15, 2013 at 9:26am: Hang in there Betsyleebig, your should be very proud, as well as disappointed, he made it into the Nuke Program, and through A-School and Power School, that is a very exclusive club of people.

Comment by BunkerQB on June 15, 2013 at 3:15am: Betsyleebig, left you a comment on your page. From menu bar, click "MY PAGE" in case you have forgotten. (((hug))) BQB.

Comment by GodBlessAmerica on June 14, 2013 at 11:14pm: Mine got word that he is staying in GC for prototype. For him, it is great news. He has a very good friend from HS that is at the Citadel. For us, it is cheaper to fly in and out of Charleston than NY.

Comment by CountryGirl on June 14, 2013 at 5:34pm: MN Mom of MM

I happen to be from the Norfolk area and this may brighten your day. This is a link from a local tv station letting us know the Eike is on its way home. http://on.wtkr.com/MAxuLol

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on June 14, 2013 at 2:37pm: Wise words as always, J's mom. Nobody can say it like you do.

Comment by Adam'sProudMom on June 14, 2013 at 2:11pm: Betsyleebig, you sounded very discouraged in your post. I hope that you're feeling better, now. The most important thing is that you make sure your son knows that you're proud of him, no matter what.

It goes without saying that you'd rather have him alive and happy than to be one of the many Goose Creek statistics who felt they were letting their family down.

I only know about your son what you've written about him, but he seems like a very sensitive young man who could really use your support right now. All of the stories I've read on N4M of sailors who've left the Nuclear program seem to have happy endings. I'm sure yours will, too.

Sending you good thoughts.