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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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.)

N4M Merchandise

Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.

Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.

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: 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!

NPTU OMBUDSMAN TEAM (4/2024)

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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 2, 2016 at 5:50pm: Yay Pooh'sMom! Glad he made it home - enjoy!

Comment by Pooh'sMom on September 2, 2016 at 5:23pm: He's home! The flight right after his was cancelled. He got out of Charleston to Charlotte, so there was less rain. His flight was delayed, but he's HOME!

JayDee,
I did pass along your message.
He said you are welcome. He has now performed 7 ceremonies.

Comment by myvampress on September 2, 2016 at 3:21pm: My son left GC yesterday heading for Richmond, Va. He said he left at 2:30 pm and hit rain in SC and some more in NC but other than that the weather was fine. He said his roommates were flying out today heading to Florida and another to Pennsylvania and I am not sure where the other one was headed. Hopefully they all make it safely. I live in Norfolk, Va and it is fine here but the sky looks like it is ready to rain. Everyone stay safe.

Comment by KAM Mom on September 2, 2016 at 1:27pm: hey Bkat, just talked to my daughter in Monck Corner which is very near GC....said just rain......so far....we are in the middle of the state and we have had rain all morning and downtown had up to 6 inches....we have had 3.....her schools were cancelled for today and ours had early release. Our son and dil and grand daughter are here from Atlanta preparing for a camping trip to the Asheville area in NC...they should be OK up there. We certainly do need the rain...there should be no danger of tornadoes since we are west of the eye. Enjoy this long weekend.

Comment by JayDee659 on September 2, 2016 at 1:05pm: My goofy sailors drove from Charleston to Jacksonville last night! I was on pins and needles waiting for the "we're here" call. She said the trip was stormy but no big deal and they're safely with his parents for the weekend. I think they're reckless until I remember my husband and I flying into Cancun right ahead of tropical storm Claudette.

Hope all you mom's in the storm path are damage free. My husband is currently working storms elsewhere but has had a lot of insurance companies checking to see if he'd head to Florida. He may end up there, we'll see.

Pooh's Mom - yea! on homecomings! Give that boy a big hug and thank him for me. I appreciate all he did for my girl.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 2, 2016 at 12:45pm: Pooh'sMom - glad you all are safe - and fingers crossed your sailor makes it out of Charlotte without too much of a delay! Enjoy your visit :-D

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 2, 2016 at 12:44pm: Michimom - hopefully there's another "Tony" out there so the sign can be used. Nice of you to offer it up. We used our last name on our sons welcome home banner so definitely can't be passed on lol!

Is your son out of the navy now? If so what is he doing now if you don't mind my asking?

Comment by Pooh'sMom on September 2, 2016 at 11:44am: We are in Florida, and on the south side of the storm in the Tampa Bay area. High winds and rains, and a couple of tornados spotted. Everyone I know is safe.

My Sailor is flying in today from Charleston. He's in Charlotte right now, and his flight has been delayed, but he's still on the way! YIPPEE!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 2, 2016 at 11:27am: Woohoo - finally it's Friday!

CoTwin - I would think maybe the subs would just submerge. Seems like the best thing for them to do but the bigger boats I don't know. I know last year a big storm hit in VA and my son was on the Truman at the time and they had been on an underway and they pulled in - picked up some supplies and went right back out to get away from the docks. They just sorted of floated around and waited it out.

I did see on the news this morning that areas of Florida got hit hard. I know we have some mom's from FL on here - I hope everyone is ok. and it looks like SC is going to get hit pretty hard too - I saw that bkat3 said they got out early yesterday and I heard that classes were cancelled for today. Better safe than sorry. My son is in VA and he texted a picture yesterday of nice blue skies but they're supposed to get lots of rain tomorrow.

BE SAFE EVERYONE

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on September 1, 2016 at 10:20pm: Amazing about the magnets. A few years ago there was a set of small very strong magnets sold for a toy. I still have some of my son's set. They banned them because too many kids swallowing them and they would really mess up their insides.

Wonder what they do to batten down hatches for a hurricane in Pearl Harbor. I asked my son in a text but did not get an answer. Do they go out to sea and submerge?