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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: 23 minutes 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

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USPS "If it fits, it ships" - link to order boxes: USPS If it fits, it ships

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Comment by JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on May 26, 2011 at 10:39pm: alright thanks(: Seeing him will be worth whatever it costs!

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on May 26, 2011 at 10:39pm: Kat- I'm so sorry his ankle hasn't gotten any better. Any chance he'd taken the initative to contact tricare and get permission to go offbase to see a specialist?

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on May 26, 2011 at 10:37pm: Jessica- The nearest is Charleston (CHS). It's definitely not the cheapest to fly into... Only Delta, United Airways, and just recently Southwest fly into it. But the only other closest airport I know if is two hours away in Columbia. Which isn't realistic at all especially when he's in Phase 1. (I'm not even sure its in the liberty radius for any of the phases).

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on May 26, 2011 at 10:34pm: oh Cheryl, I missed your last comment on your post..... my son's ankle is not good still. He said it doesn't hurt that much but it swells up a lot after they do the therapy on it. He said he talked to his new SLPO, a female, about it. She said there would be many things factored in about what will ultimately happen. Just won't know until the time comes, if it does.

Good news is that today he got another decent score on a test, so now he isn't on mandatory daily study hours. But then again, I don't know if that is good news. Make things too lax and they may slip. So he just has to do 10 hours each week, any time he wants, and doesn't have to go in for a minimum 2 hours each night/15 per week. He is happy about that. He also said that tomorrow they get off around noon, from class, because evidently their power school is rocking it with their higher average GPA so they are getting a little reward. That is nice.

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on May 26, 2011 at 10:29pm: just catching up from the last few hours of posted. Ah, you are welcome cheryl87. Glad I could help and that you got to go and see your son.

Andi6109 - yep, the leave can get mixed up so you can't count on anything. My son got his immediately after his A school grad. on March 5, for 10 days, but like I said, the class the week before him didn't get to take theirs right away, which seems weird. He was on t-track for 7 weeks. Just enough tim to unwind from A school, and then get anxious to get started with power school and back on track again.

Comment by JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on May 26, 2011 at 10:27pm: okay, well i guess if he gets stuck in indoc for long enough and I'm allowed I'd definitely come visit. What airport do you all recommend do I can compare prices? I'm trying to be prepared of everything ahead of time.. even if I cant see him for a month or so keeping an eye on those flexible rates could be handy.

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on May 26, 2011 at 10:21pm: When he gets down there he'll be in Indoc. He'll have briefs for awhile about anything and everything (drinking and driving to wearing your seatbelt to not texting and driving to planned parenthood (my personal favorite since they hand out condoms to everybody :P)). Then he'll get stuck cleaning for awhile until he starts classes. When Aaron went through it was only 2 weeks, but it sounds like some guys are having to wait a month or more right now! Crazy!
He can have visitors whenever he pleases. But he'll be in Phase 1 until after his first 4 weeks of A school, I believe. So the rules will just be stricter.

Comment by JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on May 26, 2011 at 10:10pm: I will keep that in mind! I am glad I will be able to see him. Makes this a lot better, for a bit I thought I had to wait until A school was over. So how does classing up and starting school work? How long does he wait until he starts school when he gets there, and if its a while can he get visitors during that?

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on May 26, 2011 at 10:08pm: Ooops. That was supposed to say "overnight liberty" :)

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on May 26, 2011 at 10:08pm: Phase 3 rocks! Oh, and if he's doing really well in classes and hasn't gotten in any trouble, sometimes they approve chits for overnight leave during Phase 2 if he has visitors in town. :)