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

Weather - Charleston

Members: 2693
Latest Activity: 8 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

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Comment by Anti M on December 9, 2008 at 10:43am: Jeanne, those summer stripes are indeed navy blue.

When I was in the barracks, my rack was always a regular twin. A long, long time ago, but still ...

I'm actually an Aunt Margaret, my neph dubbed me Anti M in a note and my friends started calling that too.

Comment by Gulf Coast Mom on December 9, 2008 at 1:04am: OK ladies - need some help. My son said he wanted some sheets for Christmas. He is in t-track and will start power school December 18. As of a couple days ago, he still had not moved into his single room. My question - are the beds regular twin beds or are they twin XL like most of the college dorms. Anyone out there know??? Thanks.

Comment by Anti M on December 8, 2008 at 3:52pm: ETSN, EMFN, MMFN

Comment by Anti M on December 8, 2008 at 3:51pm: An ET is a Seaman or SN. EM and MM are both Fireman or FN. ETs have white seaman stripes, Ems and MMs have red fireman sripes. That changes to an eagle above their rating insignia and a red chevron when they advance to E-4.

Comment by Anti M on December 6, 2008 at 12:18pm: Unmotivated? I dropped out of high school in my junior year. I still ended up in college and used those credits to get a high school diploma. I qualified for nuke, but knew my math and science weren't strong enough. Besides, at the time, women could only be instructors. So I went with "plain" ET. There''s something about the Navy training that makes some of us want to succeed at it no matter what.

My brother's memorial service is today; Jeremy has to be back at Goose Creek to start classes on Monday. He's doing alright considering he just lost his dad. Seems to love the Navy, the first thing we did when we got together was start talking sailor stuff.

He says the Master at Arms is in a different building, about 15 minutes away, but the first class hopped on his motorcycle and went to find him personally to tell him to call his mom. Sailors do take care of their own.

Comment by Trina (Spencer's Mom) on December 5, 2008 at 11:30pm: My son actually graduated early - he had all his requirements halfway through junior year, hung on through the beginning the last half of the school year senior year, called me one morning from school, and said I'm done, will you sign the paperwork. He came home that day, and was done. He was already signed up for Navy, and saw no point in being in high school anymore.

He has been studying has butt off at prototype, but with them going into a second delay, it is hard to retain what you have learned when you aren't allowed to put it to use. So he is having to take extra time to study and keep up on things so when they do get back up and running, he will hopefully do well. And he was bummed cuz they were suppose to take their section test yesterday, and they shut them down Tuesday, again, so now he has to wait.

Comment by Trina (Spencer's Mom) on December 5, 2008 at 1:32pm: Let me clarify - he said it WASN'T his MARF - it was the other. There are two there in NY I guess.

Comment by Trina (Spencer's Mom) on December 5, 2008 at 1:31pm: Well, I called Spence last night to find out how he did on his section test, because that was supposed to be yesterday. To find out they are on hold again! What to do!?!!?! LOL!!!!! He said it was his MARF (I believe that is it??) it was the other one, and it just something they gotta fix. They are saying two weeks, right around Christmas, is when they will be starting again. So, now back to waiting and wondering.

I wouldn't care so much, but we are scheduled as of right now to go on a cruise in April 09. He was supposed to graduate Feb. 20, but being shut down for 8 weeks, he said that graduation will be later than Feb. but not sure how much. So I have until the end of the year to 'safely' cancel the cruise and get my deposit back. Because I cannot justify going on a cruise when he is graduating, and coming home for leave before he reports to his location.

Comment by Anti M on December 5, 2008 at 1:24pm: One of the factors in class standing is performance evaluations... being on time, completing tasks in a timely manner, keeping their uniform squared away, initiative and leadership skills and such. When I graduated from A school, I got first pick of orders even though I was second academically; I'd been a platoon (section) leader in the barracks and a class leader, edging out the guy who had slightly better grades. I don't think that has changed.