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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

Members: 2692
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

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 Mammagoose on March 19, 2018 at 9:18pm: Kai: mine says he misses the mail aspect a bit but has little time to write anyhow. I think he'd enjoy a package or two but no guartentee that he'd get it based on his schedule.

Comment by kai cat on March 19, 2018 at 8:40pm: Did you all still send written letters to your Sailors when they were at GC?

Comment by kai cat on March 19, 2018 at 8:39pm: Mona - Hello! My son just got to GC last week! These were the only things he wanted:

Tennis Shoes

Socks

Underwear

Cell Phone

Laptop

Sunglasses

They provide the other stuff, he said the mattress on the top bunk is too high to add a mattress pad to and he says the sheets are fine.

The only other thing he wants is a TV and his playstation 4, but he says he wants to wait until he classes up before we send that to him.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on March 19, 2018 at 6:41pm: Here's a quick rundown of the time frame for nuke school:

A School - MM - 14 weeks, EM and ET - 24 weeks (in Goose Creek only)

Power School - 24 weeks (in Goose Creek only)

Prototype - 24 weeks (either in Goose Creek or Ballston Spa, NY). When they get to prototype they will have to move off base and they get BAH (housing allowance).

ELT School - after prototype (only for MM's - if selected) - 13 weeks

Welder - after prototype (only for subs - if selected) - 13 weeks

Comment by Chipmunk on March 19, 2018 at 6:28pm: Mona - Your son will be graduating BC, the day my son is to be graduating A school!!

You do not need to buy sheets. They will be provided those.

As for information, be sure to read through the pages to the right, they explain various aspec

ts of Nuke life. Also my discussion,

Nuke A school daily schedule - sailor's perspective

has additional information in it besides what is in the page to the right.

Also this discussion includes the address:A A Sailors Needs for A school Sailors Needs for A school

and items that a sailor had asked for, but a lot of those may be purchased at the mini NEX.

If he is MM or EM - he is FN (fireman) , if ET then SN (seaman) for addressing mail.

Got to scoot but ask if need more help and others will answer I am sure.

Comment by Mona on March 19, 2018 at 5:22pm: Hi! My son will be headed to Goose Creek after graduation on 4/6/2018. I am trying to find out what he will need? Do we need to purchase sheets and bedding? If so is it a regular twin bed? Any advise for a soon to be Nuke mom? Thanks in advance. :)

Comment by kai cat on March 19, 2018 at 3:10pm: proudNukemom - I just saw your photo! How wonderful!

I just have to say that I think all of us have very handsome kids! (I haven't even seen any of your kids except this photo yet - but I am sure of this!)

They all just look so good in their uniform!!

Comment by kai cat on March 19, 2018 at 3:04pm: CO-twin - I would LOVE to see the video of dolphins racing the boat. I think it is so awesome that your son thought of you enough to send you such an awesome video! I hope my son does it when his time comes!

DesertRose - It just made me laugh to hear what your son said about ordering the serious picture for himself! LOL :) I tried to get my son to tell me what his favorite one was and he said "I don't care" but then I said (all by text message) "no tell me" and then he replied "I guess the smiling" (but he only choose smiling as his favorite because he knows I only like the smiling ones!)

Rebecca J - Are you back yet from the USS COLORADO? I am just waiting to hear how it went!

Comment by bigsky21 on March 19, 2018 at 3:03pm: My son chose the serious pose - the smiling one was nice too, but I was just amazed that he had already taken care of ordering photos himself!! My first clue that the boy going in was a different man coming out....

Comment by NNLori on March 19, 2018 at 2:50pm: Oh, and my son chose the serious picture.

My son has a room mate the same rate as him (ET) he is about 2 months ahead of my son and was supposed to graduate A school last Friday but he didn't pass his comps. He takes them again this Friday. Hopefully he will pass and move on to power school!!