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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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Navy Speak

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

Weather - Charleston

Members: 2692
Latest Activity: 21 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!

NPTU OMBUDSMAN TEAM (4/2024)

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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 7, 2016 at 7:07pm: Hi all - Happy Wednesday!

Love the picture of the grandbabies NancyJo! Gosh they sure are adorable ;-) And it sure is nice that all your kids were able to get together with their dad....I'm sure that had to take a lot of planning for everyone but glad it worked out!

CoTwin - I sent you a PM about a FB group you may want to join. And NancyJo i'll pass on the info about BS to my friend.

My son went to the VA hospital between classes today. Stood in line, was finally assigned a primary care dr and then given an appointment date of OCTOBER 18TH! Good thing it's not anything serious lol! The ER dr told him to keep it immobilized in the sling for 2 weeks so hopefully it can heal. He'll continue to do that & then see what the VA hospital says down the line....

My mom had her follow up with the surgeon today and was released so that's good news. Her headaches have stopped and her BP is down so I think she's on the road to recovery!

Comment by JayDee659 on September 7, 2016 at 10:27am: NancyJo - that's a fine looking group you have there!

Comment by KAM Mom on September 7, 2016 at 10:04am: Hey NancyJo......what a beautiful bench-ful of grands!!!! I prayed for them to come to Jesus sometime in their life......how precious these little ones are....hope I get to have as many as this....right now only 1....she was here for a short time this past weekend...forced me to find the old duplo blocks and cars.....she loved having grandpa and I pushing the cars back and forth...at 13 mo. she can't quite do that...but she loved putting the 4 chair coasters in a box and then taking them out for us.....such simple things.....she is learning who is who...ie. "take this to grandpa".

My youngest daughter drove down to Summerville to visit her nuke brother and her older sister and bro-in-law. So nice they love to get together. She then came over and spent some time with her younger brother who has moved home for his senior year at USC. They spent many, many years playing in marching band together. Love to see this sibling interaction.

Off to spray paint another coat on the candle sticks.

It is beautiful here in SC!!!!

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on September 7, 2016 at 9:37am: COTwin, for good?!? That is so awesome!! Congratulations and tell him we say Thanks for his service. So glad he is coming home to stay. Meanwhile, lukewarm? LOL

B'sNuke, I'm not sure if the group I found is the same one I was in. There is a group called Stationed in Ballston Spa, I believe. The group I was in was very good. I can't testify about this group if it isn't the same. It's a small group from the looks of things.

Sorry to hear about your son's shoulder. Drat! Those aren't fun. Good luck to him and keep us posted.

My ducks are all home now after spending the weekend with their dad in Las Vegas. My sailor took leave and it was the first time all 4 of mine were together to just hang and be together for years. Here are all my grandchildren.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on September 6, 2016 at 10:39pm: Had a great camping weekend. My Nuke son texted that the hurricane was no big deal and he was headed to the beach.

His twin tonight is in Charlotte WV, heading back to Colorado for good.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on September 6, 2016 at 10:37pm

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 6, 2016 at 6:47pm: Hi all - Happy Tuesday!

NancyJo - if you know the name of the group could you send it to me please?

I got a call from my sailor yesterday morning. He was longboarding and fell off - separated his shoulder. Ended up in the ER. I've been asking him for months if he figured out how to use his medical benefits since he was out and he never got around to it....and of course he didn't go to the veterans hospital. So now he's trying to figure it all out. Yesterday he talked to someone at the VA who told him to call back today when the doctors are in. He called and now they told him to come in tomorrow and talk with a health benefits advisor so they can update him in the system and hopefully get him assigned a primary care physician. Then once he gets a primary physician he can make a dr's appt. The ER put him in a sling and they told him it was a type 3 separation (which I guess is pretty bad!). So cross your fingers he can get in soon to find out whether or not he'll need surgery. And he's only in his 3rd week of college so he can't afford to miss any classes. sheesh....at least when all is done he'll know how his medical benefits work lol!

Hope everyone had a nice weekend ;-)

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on September 6, 2016 at 9:14am: B's Nuke there was when my sailor was there

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 3, 2016 at 11:48pm: Does anyone know if there's a FB group for Ballston Spa? Asking for another mom...