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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: 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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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 peejinator on January 5, 2015 at 6:39pm: Oh, so sad. Sorry to hear that! Prayers going up for this family. :(

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on January 5, 2015 at 6:37pm: 8isenuff, that breaks my heart!! It never makes sense! Thanks for sharing. That family needs all the prayers they can get.

Comment by 8isenuff (ET & MM) on January 5, 2015 at 6:30pm: I should add that the Captain told them this sometime today.

Comment by momtom1932 on January 5, 2015 at 6:28pm: Hi Diane, first, know that it is not too late to change if he has not been sworn in yet. My son sounds like he belongs to Tom. Very bright (as they all are) went to a great high school but was always doing the minimum, was accepted into several very good colleges, tried college 3 times before talking to the recruiter. He is currently at BS awaiting the start of prototype. Does he love it, no, has it turned him into a very different person, absolutely, my lost soul of a son is now a fine young man. I might add that he is not young by Nukes standards, he is 23, but like I said, he tried college a few times. I think we both wish he look over his other options before choosing Nuke, but those recruiters are relentless. My son wanted to learn a skill that would serve him well in the civilian world. He also wanted to see the world and didn't realize that the Nukes see less of it than the rest of the rates...first on, last off, as they say. All this being said, so far so good, but it really is only the beginning. I hope this helps.

Comment by 8isenuff (ET & MM) on January 5, 2015 at 6:27pm: Hi all, some not so happy news, but I thought I should share. My daughter just sent me a text. Apparently there was a young man who committed suicide sometime over Holiday Standdown. I don't know what stage or class he was in, but he was a very good student, went home for 10 days of leave over standddown, and showed no signs. I don't know if he was on base or where it happened. All I do know is that right now this young man's parents' hearts must be broken, and they need all the prayers we can muster. Made me cry...

Comment by gretamae3 (nuke mom) on January 5, 2015 at 5:53pm: I have a son in A school right now. I was first worried about his study habits. He is the top of his class right now. It can be very hard but he wanted this badly. Oh and Tom.... My son did get scholarships but he has wanted to be a nuclear engineer since his sophomore year. He was smart and knew that the Navy would give him what he needed to succeed in his future!!! He spoke to many people and said he wouldn't hurt for a job after Navy. He still doesn't know how long he plans on staying enlisted but he loves it so far.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on January 5, 2015 at 5:53pm: Tom, I love you. Too bad you are already married and live a thousand miles away. :^D

Comment by ChuckG on January 5, 2015 at 5:51pm: Any of your kids approaching graduation from NPTU?

Comment by Joniana (Helen) on January 5, 2015 at 5:51pm: Hi Diane, I can appreciate your feelings. There are so many unknowns when your child joins the military, especially the Nuke program. My son is halfway through Power School and is enjoying the challenges. He's beginning to really understand how the reactor works and he's finding that very satisfying. We'll see how he feels once he's in Prototype!

You might want to read through some older posts on this site. Back in December 2013, I asked people to share how their child came to the Nuke program -- were they "encouraged" by their recruiter, or did they find the program themselves (as my son did). Many people responded and their stories are fascinating and incredibly honest and give a good picture of the type of person who is suited to be a Nuke.

The stories of those who have left the Nuke program are also uplifting and reassuring. There appears to be places in the Navy for those who are intelligent enough to qualify for Nuke, but for whom it may not be a good fit.

Best wishes to your son, wherever his Navy career takes him. And hang in there -- try to just take it a week at a time. I just keep reminding myself of how many others have made it through boot camp, etc. Our kids aren't the first to face these challenges! Take care.