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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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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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A place to come for support and guidance for anyone with a loved one in the nuke program ⚓️.

Weather - Charleston

Members: 2693
Latest Activity: 2 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 Emily-aaronsgirl11 on July 24, 2010 at 3:00pm: Casey- I've always heard two years, too. It counts as the STAR reenlistment, if I'm right?

Comment by Kathy on July 24, 2010 at 12:06pm: Casey--we were always told it was 2 years

Comment by EMC (SS) on July 24, 2010 at 8:53am: Regarding staff pickup, split tours and everything else along those lines I only have one piece of advice. Don't.

The only exception to this is if you have a REALLY good reason.
Well, what is a good reason you may ask?
You have most of a college degree completed and you want to finish it to put in for OCS. You want to get picked up STA-21 for the nuclear program so you have to finish an instructor staff tour or stay in the pipeline since you don't want to wait 4 years to get back again. You went to mast at your current command and you can't get a fair shake there but you can't transfer to shore duty because of the mast. Your limited because there are too many guys senior to you for you to get the LPO/WCS slot you really need to advance. Important stuff that will affect your career (yes, career because these decisions generally involve a reenlistment).

I say this because I've done it. When you transfer to a new command they don't know you from anyone else and you have to prove yourself all over again from scratch until you are qualified a supervisory (higher then senior in rate) watch station at a sea going command (EWS/PPWS). Enjoy being the non-useful body for as long as you don't follow this advice, took my first 4 years in the Navy to learn this lesson.

Comment by mommajo on July 24, 2010 at 2:18am: Just got a phone call from my son (who is at the beginning of A school) and it was even better than a boot camp call cuz he talked a lot. He misses home, the people, the mtns, but does his best. It was so wonderful to be able to communicate because I've learned so much from you fantastic people. THANK YOU !!

Comment by Kris, Stevens mom on July 23, 2010 at 7:38pm: and oh yeah - the cabana boys wearing their hats and not much else.....

Comment by Kris, Stevens mom on July 23, 2010 at 7:36pm: llovemytwsailors - thanks, i havent heard back from him yet, i do know he had talked to his SLPO yesterday - laying the ground work i guess. and believe me he's one of the those that argues for every point he can get:)

Comment by LLovesmysailor on July 23, 2010 at 7:34pm: I showed my son that show when it aired on Gene Simmons show. My son looked at me and said, Wow, Kiss actually cares about the troups!

Comment by parkersmom (Nuke ET) on July 23, 2010 at 7:09pm: My son leaves for Charleston tomorrow morning! Can't wait to have him closer to home.

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on July 23, 2010 at 6:14pm: Wow, have a great weekend with your son.

Comment by Sharon ~ K's Mom on July 23, 2010 at 5:44pm: Pat. we recently moved and are now in Imlay City. It is northwest of Detroit and East of Grand Rapids. I had an aunt and uncle that lived in Grand Rapids, well Caldonia and we used to visit all the time. They lived on Thorn Apple River Drive and Alaska was right up the road. I have wonderful memories of spending time at their house and we would always make turtle soup. The guys went to the river to find the turtle and we kids would watch them cut the head off and my uncle made the soup. It was wonderful!! That uncle was in the Navy back in the day, he has a "lady" tattooed on his chest and he would make her move. We kids always made him show us and we would laugh and laugh!!! It was fun up there. Sorry, the memories came flooding back,as they are both gone now.