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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: 2692
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

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Comment by Janet (Grad Hold in BS) on June 10, 2013 at 3:06pm: Thanks for the answers regarding the mail room. I'm going to pass that in to my son and hope he gets his box containing his phone before the mail room closes for the weekend.

Comment by thelostairman on June 10, 2013 at 1:37pm: MomThatLovesHerSon- Don't feel bad at all for crying! I'm Air Force and I cry whenever my brother leaves for Charleston. They don't get nearly enough time to come home. He just graduated A school Friday and I took what leave I had to see him for that. He's home on leave and I'm back on duty! LOL Once school actually starts for him, he'll have more free time. I know indoc is generally really busy. James tries to call or text me once a week to let me know what is going on. I'm looking forward to him having the waiting break now that he is in line for power school.

Comment by suebal MM3 USS California SSN781 on June 10, 2013 at 10:34am: Regarding mail, the mini-NEX has personal mailboxes that can be accessed all the time (or at least 95% of the time). Sometimes the mailroom on base gets backed up and the line can be interminable. My son got a mailbox--costs $10 a month--and we've never ever had a problem. There's someone to sign for packages and everything is kept secure. The people at the mini-NEX (Troy and the gang) are absolutely the best! Every time I go up to see my son (he's in prototype at GC now) I always bring baked goodies for them. They really do care about our kids and do their best to take care of them.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on June 10, 2013 at 9:33am: Boy, leave for a while and things boom!

MomThatLovesHerSon, everybody deals in their own way. My sailor is my 4th child and I learned for me, with all my kids, I try to keep busy and not dwell on them. As it is, I think about them very often. But when I don't get the calls, or the notes, or whatever, it's b/c they have their own lives to live, as do I. There has to be a disconnect of some kind to allow them to be free. Now, if I never heard from them, that would be a problem.

OK, Dor, Mary,MN, where are we meeting? I don't know where you all are so somebody has to find a fairly central point or something. Maybe we need to set up a chat sometime.

Happy BD Dor! Hope your day was awesome! I'm so glad you are seeing your boys. Makes life sweet, doesn't it?

Comment by BunkerQB on June 10, 2013 at 3:55am: As a reminder - All the groups here on Navy For Moms site associated with a geographical area are listed in this forum discussion.

http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/groups-geographical-by-state

You'll find the following file

GROUPS LISTED BY GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION - STATE, CITY, COUNTRY, ETC. Click on this file!!!

MomThatLovesHerSon, I see you have found the NC moms group. It takes a little effort to round up some people but it'll be worth it.

Comment by MN Mom of MM on June 10, 2013 at 12:20am: MomThatLovesHerSon, I am driving south from MN the other ladies are heading north or north east and I think we will converge for a first time ever meeting in Fort Dodge IA for a meeting/gathering/luncheon/greeting NUKE mom get together.

Also I always would send short notes to my sailor rather than long letters. Just a little newsy note of what we were doing here, and I always included a inspirational quote or bible verse.

Comment by britefuture on June 9, 2013 at 10:47pm: MomThatLovesHerSon- My Son is sitting in our dining room as I type this message. I started to tear up as I read your post. He graduated from A school this past Friday. He also promoted to Petty Officer. I can tell you that it does get easier and the tearful moments grow farther apart. As your son progress, over the next few weeks you'll be able to communicate more. For me, hearing his voice made such a difference. My son was very good about calling after every test so that was almost once a week that we spoke. He also called on the weekends if he didn't have study time.
Also, it seems like, once they actually started classes time flew by. For me anyway, lol. Is your son MM or EM? What area do you live in? One more thing. Up at the top, in the discussions section, is an example of their schedule. It helped me to read this and know what was coming for him.

Comment by MomThatLovesHerSon on June 9, 2013 at 10:45pm: BunkerQB, J's mom, PattiP,

Thank you all for the encouragement, I cried as I was reading it. I helps so much to hear from people that understand what you're going through and who have been there also. I WOULD like to meet other Navy moms in my area, as BunkerQB suggested, just don't quite know how to make it happen.

I so appreciate all of your wisdom, encouragement, advice, and information. It DOES help.

Thanks!

Comment by BunkerQB on June 9, 2013 at 9:44pm: MomThatLovesHerSon,

There is no "normal" - there is nothing wrong with you reverting to a bit of crying. If you can find a group of Navy moms in your local area, call everyone up and have a meet and greet. I can assure you that it's very common when my local group meets for a mom to get teary eye because she misses her sailor so much. It's not that we can't handle it, we are handling it - it just gets to you at odd times. Then of course, everyone else gets teary too. Are there local moms/wives who would like to talk on the phone? Keep thinking about how wonderfully he is doing and the progress that he has made in the last 3 months. Give yourself a pat on the back for raising a fine son. Just hang in there.

Comment by MomThatLovesHerSon on June 9, 2013 at 9:06pm: OK, I need a little encouragement tonight. My son has been at GC for a week in hold, I guess you call it INDOC.

His A school class starts tomorrow, Mon. 6/10/13.

This past week and now, it seems that I have slipped back to what I was like during his first 2 weeks of boot camp....really, really missing him badly and crying, sometimes ok, then sometimes teary eyed. I think the reality of my son being on his own is really setting in. I hope I am not the only one who is still having a hard time with this at this point.

I just finished having a nice long conversation with him. It was so nice, asking him questions, getting the answers, and discussing different things with him. While I was talking with him, I would start with the crying thing. Then I would calm down for awhile. He seemed to be understanding and patient with me about it. He's doing well, happy and confident. I am so glad. I have got to get a handle on him being gone hurting so much.

Any words or wisdom?

Thanks.