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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

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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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: 2693
Latest Activity: 4 minutes 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 elizabeth77(USS SAN FRANCISCO) on April 11, 2011 at 10:52am: Not always men in charge...when something happened between my son and another sailor in boot camp it kept escalating until he found himself in front of a woman and that's when it was resolved and in his favor, too!

Comment by elizabeth77(USS SAN FRANCISCO) on April 11, 2011 at 10:44am: Wow...Mrs. Andy...that's a weird story.

Comment by Gulf Coast Mom on April 11, 2011 at 8:01am: Connie - probably a live oak. They get huge and can have branches that touch the ground. We have several around here. One is the Friendship Oak on the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Campus. It is over 500 years old. They are gorgeous majestic trees.

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on April 11, 2011 at 7:21am: Guilty. Aaron and I generally Skype every night. Some nights our schedules clash and its only for a few minutes if at all, but he has quickly learned how cranky I can be when I don't get to talk to him face to face. Of course, I'll deal with that during deployment just like I did in boot camp, but I don't see the point of going a week without a Skype call if he's just sitting here doing nothing...

If it makes you all feel better, his family and him never Skype. I believe his mom get a few texts here and there... And a phone call when I nag him about getting in touch with his parents.

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on April 11, 2011 at 12:21am: Michimom ... my son skypes every day ... with his girlfriend. Guess I am chopped liver, haha. But since he's been on t-track, we do hear from him a lot (phone and texts). And today he emailed us the coolest photos, of this enormous gnarly tree in a park outside of Charleston. Apparently it's a landmark, has signs around it, huge branches touch the ground ... does anybody have the history on this tree?

Comment by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on April 11, 2011 at 12:17am: Welcome hapsmolmr! Have you gotten your son's clothes back yet from boot camp ("Kid in a box")? The weeks will fly by and then hopefully you'll get to see him at graduation. So glad you've joined this group ... you'll learn a lot (I do, everyday) and you will be SO happy when your son is in A school at Goose Creek, 'cause you'll be able to talk to him again!

Comment by hapsmolmr on April 10, 2011 at 11:57pm: My son just left for boot camp last Wed and is signed up for the Nuke program. I look forward to learning from all who have been there before.

Comment by Diana AZ NavyMom on April 10, 2011 at 11:37pm: My son has never shown any interest in skyping so I haven't pushed it. I am trying to find that fine balance of being a supportive loving mother of a young adult man who is learning to stand on his own. He and I will talk once or twice a week and text periodically. He will also do about the same with his older sister, his only sibling.

Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on April 10, 2011 at 10:54pm: Before my son went to BC, he wanted to be on a carrier, but then, after talking with various people at BC, he changed his mind to sub. He did mention that he liked the idea of fewer people and better food. He never said anything about not shaving--will have to ask him about that.

And Skyping every night? Well, it's about once a week for us, although we might exchange some texts throughout the week. I'm enjoying the contact while I can!

Comment by Diana AZ NavyMom on April 10, 2011 at 8:00pm: I know my son has swung between subs and carriers since he started. It all depends on who he last talked to and what they were on, so I think in the end he will be happy wherever he goes. I don't think he has really strong feels one way or the other.

Dor, thankfully he had his car delivered on his day off, but he has duty today. Tomorrow he will probably be driving it all around. He was even bragging that his gas was less than ours, even though it is all way too high. Just one more thing to spend his money on.