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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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Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
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.)

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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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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: 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 laughingchipmunk on February 17, 2016 at 2:07am: Hi Everyone - how long does it usually take to get the Nuke security clearance? My son has been in DEP for 6 months and told his recruiter last week he'd be willing to ship out early. but just got a call that his clearance isn't done yet so he has to wait.

Comment by JayDee659 on February 16, 2016 at 10:16pm: Thanks Buzzbeck. My daughter told me A school graduation "wasn't a thing". She seems glad that her dad and I are coming anyway. Just ran into her recruiter at dinner. He assured me it is "a thing".

Comment by Buzzbeck on February 16, 2016 at 10:03pm: JayCee659 - My sailor's A School grad date was moved at the last minute. Too late to change reservations. So, I made the trip east anyway and had a good time with him. We are looking forward to Power School graduation. I hear it is a bigger grad ceremony than A School, so not likely to be changed. I am learning to be a flexible Navy mom.

Comment by Proud momma on February 16, 2016 at 6:49pm: NancyJo love the ratio. What a cool idea

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on February 16, 2016 at 11:54am: Nice tattoo. Good Nuke ingenuity.

Comment by DonnaEricsMom on February 16, 2016 at 11:27am: Thanks for the link, I joined their group. I'm going to join the ship's group whenever he gets assigned. You've all been so wonderful to me, I'd miss not hearing what's going on here and I'm glad you wanted me to stay.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 16, 2016 at 11:18am: Hi all - Happy Tuesday!

NancyJo - love the tattoo! That's really creative ;-)

Donna - glad things are working out for your son. There is a CS group. Here's the link:

http://navyformoms.com/group/csculinaryspecialistmoms?xg_source=act...

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on February 16, 2016 at 11:17am: Donna, it sounds like, as usual, they land on their feet. Nuke isn't for everyone and he's finding the right fit for him. I'm so glad for him!

I don't know about a CS group. I suppose you need to search. But definitely get on his ship's group. There you will be able to keep up with all the coming and going. I know my sailor isn't a big talker and I needed to get the down low somewhere.

I'm so glad you are sticking with us. I feel like we are a family and even as life rolls on and seasons change, we want to keep up and support each other.

Comment by DonnaEricsMom on February 16, 2016 at 11:09am: NancyJo - love the tattoo your sailor got. How creative.

Finally got to talk to my son last night. Funny how for him it only seemed like a week since we last talked, while Mom was a mess because it was so much longer than that.

Friday he signed his papers for CS (Culinary Specialist), now we wait for a ship assignment. He's come to terms with the situation, so I see that as a good sign the future will work out. He told me that 1 of his roommates dropped out of the Nuke program (don't know how), and one of his other roommates is going to try and drop out this week. I guess it's just not for them.

I laughed and told him he started a not so good thing. He's still working his temporary job until they hand him his orders. Hopefully he'll have time to call and let me know what he can about where's he's assigned.

Can anyone tell me if there's a CS group to join? Or would it be better to wait and join the group attached to his assigned ship?

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on February 16, 2016 at 10:41am: OK, I figured out how to get the photo to my computer. What an ordeal! This is my sailor's tatt: