This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
FIRST TIME HERE?
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
Latest Activity
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.)
N4M Merchandise
Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.
Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.
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
Badge
off base enviroment while in Nuke school @ GC
It's norcal_pops again!! LOL!!
What's the environment like off base for the sailors @ GC?! Of course, the buddy system would be a good idea, right?! How do the locals like the sailors?! What are the do's, don'ts, and places to stay away from while off base?! Unfortunately, we don't live in a perfect world and young sailors can be vulnerable and taken advantage of!! Sad, but true. Real talk.
Any comments, recommendations, and past experiences are greatly appreciated!!
Thanks in advance-
norcal_pops
Views: 570
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by CO-TwinSalorsMom on
-
My nuke son likes old Charleston, lots of interesting history there. Patriots point is fun. My son also loves to go to folly beach. Goes almost every sunday. There is an awesome pizza place in old (very small) North Charleston.
-
-
Permalink Reply by norcal_pops on
-
Awesome, my son loves the beach, and pizza too!! Thanks for your reply!!
-
-
Permalink Reply by SoCal_Sailor_Dad on
-
Hello NorCal, from SoCal,
I was just there two weeks ago for the first time, to attend my son's Power School Grad. I wouldn't worry about the area, (except for snakes and alligators, lol), Charleston has been named the most polite city in America, as well as one of the friendliest. While North Charleston (pretty much where Goose Creek is located) is often joked about as the armpit of Charleston by residents of the city proper, it's mostly because of its bland suburban lack of culture and character. It's still a far cry nicer than just about any suburb of any big city I've seen.
Charleston has a huge military population. NNPTC is actually a very small installation which sits on land leased from the Air Force Base. Joint Base Charleston also includes Charleston Naval Weapons Depot, Marine, Coast Guard, Medical, and DOD facilities. There are over 70,000 military personnel and civilians who either live on the bases or work there. In addition, I saw lots of cadets from the Citadel wearing their military-like uniforms in Downtown Charleston, so overall, it is a military-friendly area. I also noticed a lot of retired military in the area.
If there are any specific areas that should be avoided, I'm sure the sailors will be warned either directly or through scuttlebutt. As is the case whenever young people first set out on their own, my son said there are some people who will try to take advantage of their inexperience with money, etc. So it's important to use common sense whenever they are out and about. -
-
-
Hello SoCal-
Your reply is exactly what we wanted to hear!! It's good to know the Nuke sailors aren't the only military personnel out there. My wife and I will not be so worried knowing he will be in a military friendly area. Although, I will warn him of the snakes and alligators!! He is a fan of neither!! Lol!!
Congratulations to you and your son on completion of Power school!! My son has a ways to go, but if all goes well, we'll be following your footsteps!!
thanks-
norcal_pops
-
-
-
BTW, Norcal, if your sailor is a native Californian, like mine, another new thing he will discover is FIRE ANTS! Mine first discovered them during a pre-dawn PT, when he dropped for push-ups on a fire ant hill. Also, in Power School, he was reassigned to a private BEQ room - he was happy with it - until the fire ants invaded. He got "unofficial" permission from his SLPO to sleep in his car for a night until building maintenance could get exterminators out there.
-
-
-
Mine discovered a snake dropping for push ups!! yikes.
-
-
-
He is a native cali kid. If the ants are anything like the ants in Hawaii, then knows about them. They bite!! We experienced them while vacationing in Hawaii!! Thanks for the heads up, I'll tell him to be on the look out!! Thanks!!
-
-
-
I just remembered this description of the base from my son, he said: "they built the school in the middle of a swamp, so no one would be tempted to go off-base and be distracted." They do have to drive or take a taxi a little ways to get to anything in town, other than the mini-NEX, NEX or Commissary.
-
-
-
Did your son have a pov while at Nuke school?! Or is this something you don't recommend?!
-
-
-
They don't actually need a car in A school or Power School, but it can make life a little easier for them. 90% of their time will be in class or studying or on watch, etc. There is not really much of anything within walking distance, other than mini-NEX & Subway. They will want to get away on their free time for recreation, shopping, dining, etc. They can take a taxi or rely on friends. They will almost certainly need a car for prototype because they will be living off-base and commuting.
My son is a little older, he just turned 25 and was used to the independence of owning a car. He bought an older Jeep midway through A school. I wasn't too thrilled, because I thought it might be a distraction. Turns out, that car needed a lot of work, but he enjoys working on cars, so that gave him something to do to get his mind off of studying.
Students should have some way of de-stressing from the pressure of the school. Some work out, some play video games, some play basketball. There is a place on base called the Auto Hobby Shop where, for a small fee, they can rent a service bay and all the tools to work on their car. There are also mechanics there who can give advice, and work on your car for an additional fee if you want them to. he spent quite a few weekends there. Midway through Power School, he decided he needed something more reliable, and bought a new Jeep. He enjoys taking it four-wheeling in the forest and camping, although in the last month of Power School, he pretty much spent ALL of his time studying.
This was my son's experience, everybody's will be different. There are some people on here and on NavyDads who are adamant that they should NOT have a car until Prototype, and there are others who think their kids should have a car ASAP. There are pros and cons to both views, and it really depends on your kid and their level of maturity/responsibility.
-
-
-
Gee So Cal Dad... I bet our sons know each other, mine bought a little white sports car and works on it in the auto shop all the time.
-
-
-
Thank you for your input!! I'll let him decide once he's settled in and has a regular routine. Of course, being the kid he is, he'll run it by mom and pops for our approval!!
-
© 2024 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
