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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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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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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: 36 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 Emily-aaronsgirl11 on March 13, 2011 at 7:46pm: If Government Shuts Down...

Here's more specific information... I told Aaron he could end up workin at the commissary. :)

Comment by Sherri_M on March 13, 2011 at 7:46pm: Yes, Emily, that would suck big time! Let's hope and pray the gov't gets this resolved! Thanks for the information, keeps me up to date!

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on March 13, 2011 at 7:43pm: Troops May Miss Paychecks

Well, this would suck...

Comment by Sherri_M on March 13, 2011 at 7:12pm: Hey ladies....

@swim...prayers to you, we're here for you and I know you'll make it through basic!

@Jennifer, thanks for the information...I couldn't imagine that anyone that was still in school would be going over there....I can see helping with cleanup, but not for the nuclear part...my hubby had said same thing too--he was cryogenic engineer in Navy-was supposed to go Nuke, but during the physical they found out he was color blind--so he couldn't do the whole Nuke thing!

Prayers to those of you who have sons/daughters/BF's/Gf's/etc in Japan or Hawaii..or any of the places affected! Keep us informed on your family!

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on March 13, 2011 at 6:57pm: Well, my son is back in GC now. We had a good week with him home. He did a lot of "resting" and playing with friends, a lot of Playstation too. I think in some ways he was ready to get back and continue in his new life. He's already stripped his bed and washing the sheets, walked to the mini nex to pick up supplies, and getting back in the groove. Good think is that we will be in GC in two weeks when we take his truck back, and get to stay the whole week. Bad news is that after that it will be about 8 months before we see him again. heavy sigh. It's all good though.

Comment by swim4life on March 13, 2011 at 5:21pm: Thanks, MichPad and mommajo!

Crazy that your son had liberty AFTER getting to GC...but so great you were there for grad.!!

hugs going out to all of you, and again, thanks.

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on March 13, 2011 at 4:22pm: Kate, I'm glad your son is ok - Mother Nature sure is powerful.

Comment by Sharon ~ K's Mom on March 13, 2011 at 1:22pm: We didn't change our clocks until this morning. We usually do it before we go to bed, but forgot. It is all good, didn't go anywhere this morning anyway. We are just hanging at the house today. Korey went out to the store to get a new baseball mitt, he and hubby looked yesterday and didn't find anything so he went to a different sports store today. I mde homemade Gluten-free Strawberry Muffins this morning and they are really tasty! Then we found all of the Easter mold and I will be starting to making chocolates probably on Wednesday. I have to get things in order before I start. I am so excited to be making chocolates again!! I will also look into starting a FB page and will see how that works out for orders. I have a chocolate supplier that has a "Belguim" style of chocolate and it is the best I have ever tasted. Yum!! So, bunnies, eggs, truffles, pretzels, and everything in between will be what I am doing in the upcoming weeks!

Comment by mommajo on March 13, 2011 at 12:27pm: Mary(dereksmom) ~ We are just old school; Saturday night is the time cuz who is going to wake up in the middle of the night to change clocks?? Plan ahead :)

Swim4life ~ You've got a full plate; prayers for you.

Jennifer ~ Thanks for the info! And it's always great to hear graduation has happened. I have faith that my son will do it but, it's still good to hear.

Hugs to all.

Comment by MichPad(STA21 Officer Mom) on March 13, 2011 at 11:42am: Swim4life-I'm sorry about your struggles, both with your Dad and your husbands job. I completely understand about your Dad, mine had a similar situation, but he didn't go out on a dig! I'm really glad he's doing that!! My husband and I own our own electrical contracting business and boy this horrible economy has hit us hard! They say it's starting to come back, ha! I don't think so!!

My son's PIR was 3/4 and those first 3+ weeks until you hear from him are the hardest. Once you know his PIR date go find that group on here, or if there isn't one, make one. I made such great friends on my PIR group, and some of them are nuke moms too. My son is in SC right now, waiting to start school. It kills me that after 8 weeks of hardly hearing from him, he was a Sat departure and had liberty in SC. WTH? Why couldn't he have had liberty in GL?! Oh well, we made the best of it, at met him at the airport in the morning. It was worth because we were able to give him his laptop and cell phone, so with him being in indoctrination he has lots of time to call and FB chat. We haven't got the skype thing started yet.

Good luck with everything!!