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:
Events
**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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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My husband is in Nuke school at the NWS in Charleston, SC. We are enjoying it here! This group's for anyone who wants to talk.
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Comment by NavyMom2016 on August 4, 2016 at 4:36pm
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Thank you B's Nuke Mom : You have helped TREMENDOUSLY!
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Comment by Mindya on August 4, 2016 at 3:07pm
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Gosh I wish I would have found these sites earlier!!!! Thanks for making such a great group!
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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on August 4, 2016 at 2:50pm
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NavyMom - I found my old post from 2015. It has another # for Door to Door - the # I posted earlier was direct to Roy.
Reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MM on Delete
We shipped our son his car at Thanksgiving (2013) and didn't have any issues. Cost was $795 from So Cal to Goose Creek. The gentlemen I was in contact with was Roy....he was very helpful. They picked it up on 11/22/13 and it arrived on 11/27/13.
Door to Door Transport Company
Phone: (855) 638-2038
Fax: (954) 420-9564
We made arrangements to have it delivered to the Food Lion parking lot that is just outside of the base. That way they had room to unload it. The driver had my son's cell phone & he called him when he was a few hours away to give him an ETA. Then he called once he was about 30 minutes out and my son got one of his buddies to give him a ride over. Was very quick....Be advised you pay a deposit to the transport company but you have to pay either cash or cashier's check to the driver upon delivery. That seems to be standard with all shipping companies (at least the ones I called).
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NavyMom - I found my old post from 2015.
Reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MM on Delete
We shipped our son his car at Thanksgiving (2013) and didn't have any issues. Cost was $795 from So Cal to Goose Creek. The gentlemen I was in contact with was Roy....he was very helpful. They picked it up on 11/22/13 and it arrived on 11/27/13.
Door to Door Transport Company
Phone: (855) 638-2038
Fax: (954) 420-9564
We made arrangements to have it delivered to the Food Lion parking lot that is just outside of the base. That way they had room to unload it. The driver had my son's cell phone & he called him when he was a few hours away to give him an ETA. Then he called once he was about 30 minutes out and my son got one of his buddies to give him a ride over. Was very quick....Be advised you pay a deposit to the transport company but you have to pay either cash or cashier's check to the driver upon delivery. That seems to be standard with all shipping companies (at least the ones I called).
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NavyMom2016 - Welcome! Nope, the Navy won't pay for car to be transported while they are in school. That's on you (or him)! Your friend might be thinking of the Navy covering moves once they are in the fleet. Your son has a while for that. We transported our sons car to him in Goose Creek back in 2013 (from CA). We used Door to Door Transport. Roy was very helpful. Not sure if he is still there but here's his # 954.703.1113.
If you haven't already joined the Nuke mom's group, please do. It's much more active than this page. Here's the link:
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My son has been in Goose Creek for about a month. We are trying to get his car to him and I was looking at Transport companies when a fellow Navy mom told me that she heard that the Navy will PAY for one car to be shipped.
Is anyone aware of the Navy's protocol for this and does anyone have any experience in handling this?
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Comment by JenniferSoCal on June 15, 2016 at 11:54pm
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hey All,
My son is having his PIR on Friday, and then on to Charleston on Saturday for MM training. We're very excited!
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Comment by thinNavyblueline on June 13, 2016 at 8:14pm
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Marie- The first few weeks of classes are difficult because they are taking two courses at once, on top of all of the structure and regulation. It should get easier after they hit Phase 2. My SO is about to hit Phase 3 and though there are times that it stresses him out and he feels like he doesn't understand, they are fewer than they were before. Like bkell32 said, they will up his study hours if he is struggling, and he will be assigned to a different rate if he still struggles, most likely the non nuke version of their rate, ex: ETN becomes ET. Just keep building him up and encouraging him!
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Marie - Classes are very hard and require many hours outside of the class time for studying and memorization of the material. It depends on the topic how well each student does. Hopefully, some topics that he is good at will follow these first few weeks. Tell him to hang in there and put in as much effort as he is able. Once they get in the groove, most seem OK. My LO is more than half way through now.
Rest assured that the Navy wants them to succeed. Even if they fall behind, they may be put on mandatory study hours. Not fun, but they are trying to keep them in the program and help them get caught up. If all else fails for the nuke program, I know of several sailors that were re-classed in other positions. They are certainly not discharged that quickly.
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Comment by Marie on June 13, 2016 at 6:23pm
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Has anyone else's sailor had hard time with his classes. I feel so bad for our son. He sure seems to be getting stressed. He has only had one week of classes. But he is talking like he is going to be discharged from the Navy.
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