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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: 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 Baker1013 on December 10, 2019 at 9:45am: ShipofDoodles, that is great news! Something to look forward to. My SR has his PIR this Friday and then he heads off to Nuke school. I am so grateful to all of you on this site for all of the great information that you share. My guess is the packet of info will come sometime in January. Another language to learn!! lol

Comment by ProudOfK on December 10, 2019 at 9:22am: The Hammer and kai cat and KayCee - I have sent you all PMs. If you could reply to them when you get a chance that would be great. KayCee I sent the one to you on messenger.

Comment by Chipmunk on December 9, 2019 at 9:58pm: ShipofDoodles - Thanks for sharing the information with NewJaxMom !! I hope that things work out for your son to be able to be at the wedding or even in it. Maybe there could be a sort of usher/ groomsman duo role, such that if your son does make it in plenty of time, he could step in and be the groomsman or an usher or an usher opt to vice versa? - Am I making sense?

We had two weddings the summer my son went to BC, the eldest had her wedding before he left for BC, but the 2nd daughter had her wedding the weekend before his PIR and we just knew it was not going to work out but both families were okay with it. It can be more difficult when you are the grooms family! - Hugs!!

Comment by Chipmunk on December 9, 2019 at 9:49pm: My discussion above, explains a lot of information regarding how A school works, including INDOC, Classing Up, Phasing Up. Nuke A school daily schedule - sailor's perspective

Kai Cat - DVIDS stands for Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (www.dvidshub.net) - I believe this is something that is only sent to your sailor - New Check-ins and Contact Information - My son shared the information with me, but I don't believe it is something that I am able to look up. But what I gave you has a search and you can look up their ship and see pictures posted there as well - depending. My son's ship is one of the newest in the fleet, so there has been a lot of posting of pictures since it is out on underways.

Also, there is a thrift store that is run by some of the ladies on the base there that is near NNPTC - It would be a donation and not selling, but he might also see if there is some place to post the information at NNPTC for graduating students.

Comment by Chipmunk on December 9, 2019 at 9:37pm: Good Evening everyone!! I had a 6+ hr drive to my daughter and SIL to see my new grandbaby, so I have been off the site today. Thank you for the congratulations!! Congrates to you also B'sNukeMom.

ShipofDoodles, Yes, I had heard they were sending something out but you are the first to share. Hopefully, other families will be receiving info as well.

KayCee - Sometimes we want to shake sense into our kids, right? - I hope you can get some information. The ombudsmen contact is for immediate family (parents) of single sailors, as well - as I know you are aware.

Comment by KayCee on December 9, 2019 at 8:48pm: Saying "Hello" to all. It's been awhile since I've commented, but I do try to read everything.

Congratulations to Chipmunk, B'sNukeMoM, and soon SailorsLIMom on the new grandbabies. How exciting!!

The Hammer and kai cat - I am on the west side of Washington and my sailor is stationed out of Bremerton. He's currently on an underway on the SeaWolf.

ProudOfK - I need to message you to get the fb group for Washington. My son hasn't shared much and says that the Ombudsmen are for spouses, and since I'm not his spouse, he feels like I don't need the information. Grrr... So anything I can get, helps.

ShipOfDoodles - that is great they send out info now. Like JayDee commented, I wish they did that when mine went through too! Thanks to this group,however - I managed to get through!

Comment by The Hammer on December 9, 2019 at 8:45pm: ShipOfDoodles - That is great! I wish that we had received a packet like that at the beginning of A school! Glad to see that they are improving communication.

Comment by kai cat on December 9, 2019 at 8:31pm: Sorry I forgot to add...if anyone has any other ideas of where to sell the furniture?

Comment by kai cat on December 9, 2019 at 8:30pm: One final comment...my son has furniture available to sell, must sell by December 18, for any group of powerschool kids getting kicked out of beq. He has sofa, loveseat, end tables, lamp, kitchen table, full bed and mattress, desk. All for $400 but price very negotiable. Stuff is in North Charleston. All of it in great condition, we bought new for him in June 2019.