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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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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 ⚓️.

Weather - Charleston

Members: 2692
Latest Activity: on Friday

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 NancyJo (NNPTC) on June 7, 2013 at 9:05am: Sierrascrapper, how wonderful! You are at the beginning of an awesome experience and you are in the right place to do it. Knowing your son will be leaving makes this last year with him especially precious. Come here any time you have questions or just need to tell somebody something or you'll burst. We've been there too. Welcome aboard!

Comment by Janie (Navy Reserve recruit mom) on June 6, 2013 at 11:38pm: If anyone has a child wit a roommate from Chicago, named Felicia...please let me know.

Comment by GodBlessAmerica on June 6, 2013 at 11:33pm: NikiH, I am not sure that you really need the "invitation" that the Navy sends out. It is really just for you.

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on June 6, 2013 at 8:31pm: I just have to share...my son took the Nuclear Aptitude Test today at the NORS and he passed with flying colors! The officer recruiter said he didn't understand why he didn't auto-qualify. My son will be heading to MEPS this weekend to go through the physical stuff and then he will be joining the DEP until he graduates HS next year. So proud of my son and the future ahead of him.

Comment by NikiH NUKE Mom (Ship 09 DIV 215) on June 6, 2013 at 11:38am: Does anyone have a Sailer graduating Power School at the end of July? The Navy sent me info on attending and my nephew tossed it out! I need a contact to have them send me a new copy. Any help would be great. Thanks.

Comment by tina41 on June 5, 2013 at 8:09pm: hello all!!

melindy--hope you have safe travels and enjoy your time with your sailor!!

we will be heading down on Friday.

Comment by melindy on June 5, 2013 at 7:01pm: Heading to Goose Creek tomorrow to see my Sailor girl and some family :)

Comment by GodBlessAmerica on June 3, 2013 at 8:18pm: We have gone to Goose Creek twice to meet with our son, once for power school graduation. We meet him in the Dive parking lot. He said it is an easy walk. The parking lot is relatively small, so it is easy for you to spot each other. The day of graduation, our sailor met us in the morning. He was in our vehicle as we went through the gate area. Super easy. Just know that when you get to the graduation, there will be someone who will be checking inside any bags/purses. We went inside to get Tshirts. My purse was checked 3 times. I really don't care because I understand the safety issues. However, if I knew ahead of time, I would have left my purse locked up in the car.

Comment by NF Mom on June 2, 2013 at 10:21pm: That location is inside a secure area.   If you are trying to drive near the campus without going through a gate - look to the left side of the campus where the tennis courts are ( left of the dorms ).

The mini-mart, the sub-way and the dive are all on Fletcher Street which you can drive to without going through a gate.   You can see the parking lots left of the tennis courts on Google Earth.   You can park there and there is a walking gate between the dorms and the mini-mart the students can walk out of the campus on.

All those addresses are on Fletcher Street, such as:   The Dive, Fletcher Street, Goose Creek, SC -- or - Subway, Fletcher Street, Goose Creek, SC, etc.

Of course on graduation day there will be special arrangements to allow guests on campus, at least that is my understanding, we never made A-School or Power School graduation :(

Comment by NF Mom on June 2, 2013 at 10:07pm: That one works. It puts you in the middle of the A-School campus, which is also the P-School ( Power School Campus ).

Classroom bulding to the right. Dorms to the left and above. Dining Facility ( I believe ) below.

Not the best for proto-type though.