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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 ⚓️.

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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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USPS "If it fits, it ships" - link to order boxes: USPS If it fits, it ships

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Comment by Bandito's Mom on July 26, 2011 at 10:27pm: Ok, for those of you that watch Bachelorette and for those who don't, Fiji was where they were last night and next week.

Travelscene USA - Travel Created for You Win 2 airfare tickets to Fiji! Click here: http://on.fb.me/oBiamX

Rules on line, but basically:

HOW TO ENTER? A picture is worth a thousand words... Use your imagination, be creative as you'd like. Upload a picture of an exotic location in the South Pacific or Asia and tell us in 100 words or less, why you chose this destination to give your final rose.

Good luck.

Comment by William in Nashua on July 26, 2011 at 9:57pm: tina41 your son can take the insect repellent with him or you can buy it online. They sell it at hiking stores like EMS (Eastern Mountain Sports) but not sure if Charleston has one. I know for sure the 3M Ultrathon works. My son has used it and he hardly gets bit. The gnats will usually find a patch of skin that lacks the repellent and that is the only place they can bite.

About the Sevin dust I would ne cautious about using it in the BEQ indoors but on the other hand they don't cook meals in their rooms. The best ant killer besides DDT was Dursban but they took that off the market a few years back.

We grow our own vegetables and grow organically so don't use pesticides in the garden any more but I don't mind using them away from the garden. We don't use chemical fertilizer either. After a few years the songbirds and the beneficial bugs take over and eat up the bad bugs.

Comment by Jo1 on July 26, 2011 at 9:08pm: Here's a link to a Youtube video of Charlie the alligerator that lives on base.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flyk1EJQ4MQ

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on July 26, 2011 at 9:05pm: Kat- I'll never forget the body snatchers from my brother's graduation. It was in June and realllly hot in that building. I think I saw them catch two and drag off three others. :/

Mary- Aaron loves the Swamp People, too! haha. It's one of his shows he watches on Netflix.

Bandito- I saw post away!

And tina- WELCOME! :) He can take insect repellent with him. Or he can buy it when he gets there. Trust me, he'll most likely be spending large amounts of money that first weekend he's there... between stuff for his room and his first trip to the Best Buy, he'll probably have lots of new stuff. :P If you have any other questions, don't be afraid to ask. We don't bite... only the bugs down in GC do. :)

Comment by tina41 on July 26, 2011 at 8:28pm: hello all my son will be going to goose creek also for A school can he take the insect repellent with him or will he be able to buy some down there

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on July 26, 2011 at 8:28pm: Connie, I am not sure which is worse. Both sound pretty bad to me. Did you see the body snatchers at PIR? I was wondering what the heck those guys were doing going up and down the rows and saying something to each sailor individually, over and over again. I guess they were asking them if they were feeling o.k. after standing there for so long. I think only one guy fell down durin gour PIR which was amazing since there were something like 1040 graduating that day.

My son later told us they are called body snatchers.

Comment by Bandito's Mom on July 26, 2011 at 8:12pm: So, one of the brands that I work for is giving away a trip, am I allowed to post the link here for you guys? Requires a little creativity to win.

Comment by Sharon ~ K's Mom on July 26, 2011 at 8:11pm: Bandito's Mom, I gave you my E-mail address though you may have missed it, so here it is again symschocolates@yahoo.com

Send me a message and I will give you the info needed to order Cake Pops! Thanks!

Korey's friend leaves for BC on 8 August. He has been hanging at our house lately, so we have been able to give him some information in regards to BC. He is not going Nuke, so he doesn't need any of that.

Kelsey has a picture of Charlie the gator on her phone. I am not sure where it was when she got the shot though.

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on July 26, 2011 at 8:11pm: Kat: re: standing at attention ... your comment gave me a flashback to 2 summers ago, when my son was a Sea Cadet attending a boot camp at Norfolk ... at the graduation ceremony, high noon in July, cadets stood on the parade ground for 2 hours ... a crew would scurry in and drag off the ones who passed out. I thought that was bad; now I see that gnats gnawing on 'em would be much worse!!

Comment by Bandito's Mom on July 26, 2011 at 8:06pm: One of the Australian girls that I work with was so excited today because she was told she got tickets to Dr Phil. When she called to confirm, they upgraded her to the front because they loved her accent!