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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

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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: 12 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!

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Comment by susank on April 28, 2013 at 4:47pm: Pietschie the Navy doesn't pay for leave flights but does pay for change in duty station flights. Maybe they would reimburse for the amount of money it would cost to go from GL to SC. He should put in for it. Again correct me if I am wrong.

Comment by susank on April 28, 2013 at 4:42pm: Navarm-ymom which graduation in SC- power school? I think SR graduation means boot camp at GL. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Comment by NavyArmyMarineMom on April 28, 2013 at 4:29pm: Received an information-sparse invite to SR's graduation on June 28 - SC. How do I find out more info.

Comment by pietschie on April 28, 2013 at 4:25pm: i have a question for all the moms whose sailors graduated BC on 12-21-2012 , they all got to go home and then we got my son a flight down to GC, does anybody know if we were supposed to get the cost for that flight back from the navy?? just wondering, if not no big deal!thanks

Comment by pietschie on April 28, 2013 at 4:22pm: so my son graduated from A school on 4-19 , then he came home for 10 days.. and tomorrow he already has to leave again, this week flew by, crazy!! But it was so wonderful having him home !! Graduation was small and fairly quick, but very wonderful!We even got to meet a fellow navymom, B'snukesmom !! which was very nice . We went to the beach and just relaxed and then back home ! Once home it just seemed like a whirlwind,lol

Comment by Adam'sProudMom on April 28, 2013 at 3:52pm: suzyqnj2002, our son graduated from boot camp in 2010, so I don't know how much this has changed, but his group didn't leave until very early Tuesday morning. I had already made our return reservations for that Monday, just in case he was going to be there through most of the weekend, but we still ended up having to leave before he did. At least we got a nice, long visit with him that weekend. (Of course, he had to be back on base each night.)

I took his phone and laptop up, and he got to catch up on his social networking at our hotel, but since we left first, I couldn't give them to him at the airport. We had to bring them back home and FedEx them to him at Goose Creek.

Has anyone whose sailor graduated more recently had them leave after the weekend?

Comment by britefuture on April 28, 2013 at 8:55am: Oops
It's almost a 10 hour drive. So with three drivers, it shouldn't be too bad. Navigating DC and Richmond traffic will be the tricky part.
Enjoy your day. It's sunny and beautiful here in Maryand.

Comment by britefuture on April 28, 2013 at 8:52am: Good morning everyone. I haven't had a chance to post for a while. But I have been able to keep up with everyone.

Congrats to all of the new members and for making it through BC.

Spoke with my son a couple of times this week. Said he's doing well. Had a test and scored a 3.5. He's been struggling to get his average up. Happily, it's a 3.6 right now. He said that he keeps making, "stupid", mistakes on the tests. However he is grasping the material. It's amazing how much he's changed in 5 months. In High School, he could not care less about his grades. Now, he's putting forth every possible moment to study and is actually working hard to be top of his class. Of course that comes with some frustration, lol.

He did say that his grad. date is June 7 so he's coming home for a couple of weeks. Then Power School starts July 2. Anyone else have a son/daughter starting PS that day?

Heading down to GC this Friday. Very excited to see my sailor. It will be me, my Mom and my daughter, who turns 21 next week. We are driving my car, a Camry

Comment by suzyqnj2002 on April 28, 2013 at 7:51am: Thank you so much! Very helpful! I was afraid I made a mistake making my return flight home for Sat. but I think the rumor he heard was just that...a rumor. He heard that he wouldn't fly until Tues. so I got scared that he would be on leave and have no family there. He also said he would hang out with friends so I guess it's just mom getting used to him being a grown man.

Comment by tina41 on April 28, 2013 at 7:45am: im back!!

suzy---we stayed with my son at the airport till he flew out. you can go to the uso and they will give you passes, which you will need IDs for anyone getting a pass.