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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

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Latest Activity: yesterday

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

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Comment by BoyWonderMom on January 5, 2015 at 11:26pm: So very sad news, my prayers with the family.

Comment by SlezaksMom on January 5, 2015 at 10:35pm: B'sNuke - YAAAAY!!

Tom - I still find comfort in your words and my EM has been through the pipeline and is on his first deployment! I tell people that Navy Nuke was his back up plan because he lost his full ride scholarship. Turns out that he needs to do things in a different way. The Navy game him that.

And I'm grateful!

Comment by 8isenuff (ET & MM) on January 5, 2015 at 10:12pm: B'sNukeMom, Bravo Zulu to him! and big hugs to you, too! :-)

I could probably carbon copy everyone else's story about their sailors. My ET was pretty directionless. Super smart, Had a scholarship, tried the college thing, dropped out, would rather game all night and sleep all day, etc, etc. He finally decided he did not want to be a stock boy at our local grocery store for the rest of his life. His best friend's dad, with whom he is very close, was in the Navy. This led to some discussion in that direction, and the recruiter's office. It has been a great choice for him. He is much better focused on things now, and is doing well in Power School. He has made some good friends.  As I look back at it, and maybe some of you other moms can identify with this, I think the reason he has thrived in the Nuke environment is that they throw ideas and concepts to these kids hard and fast, and cut the fat.  He is not as bored as he was in college, because he is not having to learn "pointless" (his word) information. No sure if that makes sense...I am just grateful for the changes in direction and attitude in him.

Sister, on the other hand is a completely different story. She is very organized and motivated. The ET sort of coaxed her along for the ride. She was still in high school, top of her class, but couldn't figure out a path to get her to where she eventually wants to be. He suggested visiting the recruiter's office with him, and the rest, as they say, is history. The recruiters were very excited to have a Nuke girl. So far it has worked out well for both of my kiddos.  She has made some good friends, too, and has the presence of mind to laugh at some of the boys' antics. Some of the stories she tells...and she is a good story teller...have me holding my sides. They call her, "Mom." :-)  I still think it helped that she grew up with sharp-witted, slightly ornery, older brothers.

There is more to their story, but it will wait for another time. I can only imagine the looks on the recruiters' faces when they got them to both sign for Nuke. Probably some happy dancing in that office.

Comment by NonnaB on January 5, 2015 at 8:58pm: J's/SSN mom, my son says that everyone on a boat get gray hair sooner rather than later.

Comment by momtom1932 on January 5, 2015 at 8:50pm: Congrats B'sNukeMoM⚓️ so very happy for you

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on January 5, 2015 at 8:47pm: I just got a text from my son - he QUALIFIED!!!! I'm so happy right now I can hardly contain myself. He said he would call later tonight. I am one HAPPY MOMMA!

Comment by gretamae3 (nuke mom) on January 5, 2015 at 8:27pm: Jurisprude thank you but he is still in A school. He said he already knew most of the stuff they are learning...... Power school we shall see I hope he continues doing well

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on January 5, 2015 at 8:20pm: 8isenuff - oh such sad news. Prayers for the family and his fellow classmates. Breaks my heart - I can't even begin to imagine what they are going through.

Comment by jurisprude on January 5, 2015 at 8:14pm: gretamae: congrats to you and your son for his early success! What an accomplishment.

Diane: my son, too, had some early apprehensions about going nuke based on his pre-BC impressions that they were all nerdy. He still went in excited after hearing that even in nuke there are opportunities to volunteer for spec-op jobs and other exciting options, not to mention lucrative career options post-Navy. Now, half-way through A school, he has been pleasantly surprised that there are a LOT of kids just like him (and J's mom and momtom's kids from what I can tell) who are really cool. Aside from some slightly disturbing tales of tattle-tails and laundry thieves, my son reports that his entire class is very cool. Your son will find his place and I'm sure he'll be fine if he goes in with an open mind.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on January 5, 2015 at 6:49pm: Yeah Tom....Perfect. Mine, even though I love him to pieces, would still be sitting in front of a TV with an x box. He still plays but now too busy for it, he learned to regulate himself. He has loved the nuke program so far. He like being challenged. He also has made life long friends.