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Navy For Moms

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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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: 11 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!

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Comment by WHITNEY (B's WIFE) on November 2, 2008 at 1:29am: Hello, I'm Whitney, my fiance, i know this is for moms by the way but i figured someone could help me out :) PLEASE!! But my fiance just joined in August and he already knew that he was going to get in to the Nuke Program before he went to MEPS, hes really smart, really really SMART!! But I don't really know what to expect? He leaves for Basic on February 23 and our wedding is Feb20! I just want to know when he is going from Great Lakes to Charleston? Will he get a break to come home before he goes? When will i get to move down with him etc. So any help greatly greatly appreciated

Comment by Kaye S. on October 30, 2008 at 8:55am: Naval Nuclear Power Training Command

Comment by Kaye S. on October 29, 2008 at 8:08pm: Hi Joy! My son lived in a nice apartment on Greenwood Road. I'll ask him the name. He got a one-bedroom with no room mate because he likes to go to bed early and it's hard to find a teenage roomie the same.

I put a long post with some ideas on furnishing an apartment for only six months; if you'll look on the discussion group "Wedding Shower Plans..." My post is dated Oct. 23.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on October 29, 2008 at 5:08pm: Cassandra S. Its been many years since I was a Navy wife, but I remember Nuke school very well. I also talked to some wives when my son was in Goose Creek. So here are my suggestions. First, keep plenty of snacks in the house (you will get housing). When the guys come up for air they are usually hungry. Don't plan meals. I know you want him the eat well, but they never make it for a planned meal. I always made things that could be re-heated or kept on the stove. I liked stews, soups or sandwiches. Also, encourage him to invite his fellow sailors over on the weekends. That gives him and his friends a chance to de-stress with people who understand. Finally, for your sanity, I would suggest you look for a part time job. It gets you out of the house and gives you a chance to talk to people who are not under stress. I use to use the extra money to buy my husband little gifts or extras. Good luck down in Groose Creek and if you ever need anything, please contact this old Navy wife.

Comment by Kaye S. on October 29, 2008 at 9:57am: I affirm everything Kathleen said below... power school is nothing but study and prototype is nothing but "labs" (practicing what they've learned). Just be there and don't try to coach too much from the stands.

Working out relieved alot of my son's stress. Suggest your kid take a run or even dance! In an effort to help, I sent 4 Nerf guns with extra darts... Son and friends had a great time having shoot-outs in the rooms and walkways! They're still just boys...

ALWAYS say "We are so proud of you, just for becoming a sailor. If you want to make top grades, that's a goal you've set for yourself (and a noble one); but, we won't be disappointed or love you less if you don't get honors. We know how smart you are and no matter what you decide to do in the Navy, we will always love you and be proud of you."

Comment by LLovesmysailor on October 28, 2008 at 6:03pm: My sons won't get to come home for Thanksgiving, but they will both make it for Christmas. My youngest is stationed in Groton on the USS Miami. I love to go there in the summer or late spring. It is a short drive from there to Newport, RI. In the summer the mansions of Newport are open to the public. They are beautiful and something different to do for an afternoon.

Comment by Kaye S. on October 28, 2008 at 2:01pm: OK, I hear ya' Bobbi... I should have said "heart-warming!" ;-) ks.

Comment by Kaye S. on October 27, 2008 at 11:35pm: Congratulations, Becca! For those of us blessed enough to be at our sailor's PIR, it's a warm, lasting memory of love and pride. Hope you can make it! KS.

Comment by Kaye S. on October 27, 2008 at 2:27pm: "Official" Navy Day is October 13 (birthday of the USN in 1775). But some locales observe it on other days. Where would this be Monique?

Comment by Kaye S. on October 26, 2008 at 3:33pm: Sherry, you can see my son receiving his NNPTC diploma on my page... post a picture of Sean's nuke graduation if you have one! Prototype is different, but very "hands on," so the guys like it (tools and dirt, they never change).

Congratulations!!!