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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

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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

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Comment by Calebzmom on December 22, 2012 at 7:55pm: Hi I am Jeanette aka as Calebzmom- He had a pir 12-21-12 but was put in FIT for his running--He was behind about a minute. Anyway he is supposed to go to Nuke school in GC and had he pir out he would have had until dec 30th to get back there and I think school starts Jan 4th?? I asked his recruiter if he would lose his spot in "A" school but he says he doesn't thnink so. He scored a 98 on ASVAB and had a 4.5 gpa in HS and grad 9th out of 311 seniors at his high school---he's got a great sense of humor, respect, responsibility and would never quit just becasue of a run. I hope he calls tomorow -they said usually FIT program guys call on sundays. I need to get his new address and also his address when he gets to GC. Just know i was really really expecting him home for holidays (he;s only child and i raised him alone since he was 4) so I could see him--I miss him sooooo much---with that said just know that you have someone coming to your program and I will get to text and email eventually--yeah!! I hope to visit GC sometime--I live in Richmond, VA and have some family in NC, so i'll be taking a road trip or two!! Thanks for your support in the future and lets all pray for strength for the run for Caleb!!!

Comment by Mark on December 22, 2012 at 4:12pm: He has his sights set on Engineering Lab Tech (ELT), which is additional training in chemistry and radiological controls that about 25% of MMs are selected for after prototype. It's an additional three months at prototype after he finishes MM quals.

Comment by Ingrid on December 22, 2012 at 1:55pm: I got the call yesterday saying I am a sailor. So proud of my son and can't wait to see him next Friday. He did say he put down he wanted ET then MM but by the time they got to him there there weren't any spots open for an ET. He was a little disappointed but said that he was going to also try to get another rate and it had something to do with chemistry. Can anyone help me with that. Thanks everyone!

Comment by Navy Mom x3 on December 22, 2012 at 12:22pm: Quite a week! Comps passed and a long flight home just to hug his mama. Sam is finally home and I don't want to let him out of my sight, at least today.

Have a very Merry Christmas and safe travels ...

Comment by navynrocks (1201M) on December 22, 2012 at 10:43am: Good Morning!

What a Beautiful day it is here at home, driving up to pick our Sailor up was terrible rain but oh how happy i am to have him with us now.

Hope everyone gets to see there kids and enjoy the holidays!

Comment by hk1853 on December 21, 2012 at 5:22pm: Anyways, moving on, we are traveling home for the holidays, so hope you all have a wonderful time!! Btw, we're going to be back here for New Years eve and are having a dinner and stuff for any sailor that couldn't make it home, so if any of your sons or daughters are around Charleston, message me!

Comment by hk1853 on December 21, 2012 at 5:21pm: Also, since I have known so many of them as a whole, I don't really think there's much difference personality wise. We're a very social couple so I have met a pretty wide range of them. Last weekend we had primarily mm's over even though my bf is an em, but the weekend before there was more et's. Yea some of the mm's are athletic, yes some of them are quieter, yes some of them are more technical, but so are sailors in each of the other groups. I know my bf is more hands on and probably would have enjoyed MM as well, but he's an em.

Comment by hk1853 on December 21, 2012 at 5:18pm: ProudNavymom- I agree, I don't really care how they get chosen. And honestly, if the sailors are upset at first, they quickly get over it, so I don't think it's a really big deal to be honest.

And William, I don't think the Navy is the most efficient well oiled machine, nor do I understand the way they do things sometimes, so who really knows!

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on December 21, 2012 at 3:23pm: Rickover used the crooked chairs for everybody who visited regardless of who they were. It was his way of controlling the environment, keeping others off balance and giving him an advantage. Most people felt uncomfortable and he gave the impression of stability. You are so right, zachsmom, that those poor interviewees were thrown for a loop!

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on December 21, 2012 at 3:12pm: Another piece of Rickover trivia, Jimmy Carter, long before he was president, proudly served in Rickover's nuclear navy.