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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.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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NUKE moms

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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: 10 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 GodBlessAmerica on April 8, 2013 at 8:20am: NF Mom and Melindy, my son was March of 2012 and it worked the same way.

Comment by NF Mom on April 8, 2013 at 1:35am: Melindy, my son is home on 30 day leave so I went in and ask him if he remembered what happened at the Charleston airport when he flew in from boot camp.

Answer was they wait in the public area next to baggage pickup where you normally wait for hotel shuttles.

They call the base, the base rounds up an extra van, and it takes at least an hour for them to get there for the first load of Nukes. They had multiple loads but he was on the first so he did not know how many trips the two duty vans made to pick them up.

He flew out on the early Saturday flight from boot camp and they had over 80 Nukes on that flight.

That was back in February 2011, so it may have changed.

Comment by GodBlessAmerica on April 8, 2013 at 1:14am: The insect repellant is the 3M ultrathon. It can be purchased through Amazon, but I bought it at a sports shop in my area. It came in a 2 pack. I kept one and sent the other to sailor. From what I understand, the lotion is stronger, but there is also a spray.

For new moms, the bugs in the Charleston area are more plentiful than sand on a beach! My son never used bug spray unless he was doing activities in the woods, That is until he arrived in Charleston.

Comment by GodBlessAmerica on April 8, 2013 at 1:05am: Melindy, if they are just meeting her at the airport, I don't see what the problem would be. What is nice to know is that once she arrives in GC, she will be able to see her family there A LOT!

Comment by melindy on April 7, 2013 at 10:19pm: Question. I have family living in Charleston that would love to meet our new sailor at the Charleson airport when she arrives to head to Goose Creek. Does anyone know if that is ok? They wouldn't be taking her to the base just want to give her a quick hug and congrats

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on April 7, 2013 at 10:07pm: Thanks mn linda - I'm going to look for it now!

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on April 7, 2013 at 9:56pm: I think it as 3M Ultrathon

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on April 7, 2013 at 9:38pm: BUG SPRAY!! Ok - I remember seeing on here a long time ago someone (I think maybe William) posted about a good bug spray to purchase off Amazon....can anyone tell me what the name of it is so I can order some for my son? Trying to get him ready for his first summer in Goose Creek!

Also spoke with son tonight and he said that his Power school start date has been moved from early May to he thinks June 24th....(his A school grad is 4/19). Puts them close to Christmas for a graduation.....

Comment by MomThatLovesHerSon on April 7, 2013 at 7:31pm: Hello all,

My son's a Nuke and in boot camp right now. He just left this past Tue. so all of this is still very new. I miss him so much!!!! This past October, I took him and his older brother on a vacation to Charleston. The main thing was to go to Patriot's Point and let him see what an aircraft carrier looked like, even though it was an old one. We stayed in a Sleep Inn. It was west of downtown. It was basic but nice. So glad to be part of this group where we all have alot in common and have Nuke loved ones!

Comment by MN Mom of MM on April 7, 2013 at 3:59pm: Hi to all, it's a beautiful sunny day here in So MN. Just a reminder for the newer moms here. I (with sailor on Eisenhower) have been taking care of business concerning getting cell phone on deployment mode. Needed a copy of his orders for this. Also got his truck insurance on deployment status. That needed a POA which he had to have legal on the carrier help him with, but everything now is in order. It saved him over $300. in the insurance department. Just a few things to think on before your sailor leaves US soil. I actually think we should have had a blanket Legal POA to cover EVERYTHING when he went to boot camp. Would be interested to hear what others have done.

I see we are now just 2 away from our 2013th member.