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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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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.)

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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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: 4 hours 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

Here's the story of RED SHIRT FRIDAY: Red Shirt Friday

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!

NPTU OMBUDSMAN TEAM (4/2024)

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Comment by 4kidsforfun 4 hours ago: JNMnavymomOH - Congratulations on your son qualifying! I am interested on how and when they get your son to join up with the ship after it leaves. Hope he gets to join before some of their port calls! I sent you a note with (hopefully) lots of answers. I feel like I've had to extract every bit of information from my son but it is what it is and he is getting ready for his first deployment. Not sure how I feel about it but I know he is excited so will stick with "happy for him, sad for me" as I'm sure is the usual mom response.

AxolotlMom - It was a few years ago now but my son mostly wanted good underwear (not the navy stuff) and pajama pants and sweatshirts, etc.A good blanket. I know he and friends slept on their beds with a blanket rather than having to make them every day incase of inspection. The housing at NNPTC was very cold he said but no one wanted them to fix the a/c because they figured they could add layers but if it got too warm they were stuck.

Comment by JNMnavymomOH 6 hours ago: Hello!! My son called last week or so to say he qualified!! Graduation is coming up and then he is off to see the world at some point. I know that his paperwork isn't completed or ready just yet. Not sure what happens in that case. I have so many questions in regards to living on a ship and abroad and whatnot I hope all of you are having a great day!

Comment by WearsLargeHats 7 hours ago: There was an article in Navy Times about a recent policy change at Boot Camp that recruits will have some access to their cell phones while in boot. That would imply that they would have them when they graduate. The change to allow limited cell phone use was to lower attrition, but I suspect the Navy also wants to get rid of all the remaining land lines and pay phones at RTC. No point of paying for that when practically all of the recruits are bringing devices with them.

Comment by 99maui yesterday: Hello, I haven’t posted in a very long time..but wanted to add to the discussion. My son graduated from bootcamp Feb 2022 and departed for Goose Creek by bus about 12 hours later. So, our meeting after graduation was brief, about four hours, before he had to return to Base to prepare for his departure in a few hours. From what he told me, everyone stayed up until they left, and slept on the bus. I brought his cell phone with us, and he was able to catch up with friends and family for those few hours while off base at our hotel. He was allowed to keep the phone after graduation but had limited use (from my recollection). Then I flew to Charleston two weeks later, arrived on a Friday night, with his laptop and a full suitcase of his requested clothing, shoes, toiletries. I think I also packed a blanket. He had limited time off base on that Saturday, so we went to lunch and more shopping in Charleston. Although he had very limited storage space in his dorm room at Goose Creek, the suitcase fit in his closet. It worked out well, I’m glad I had that time with him before his classes began.

Comment by WearsLargeHats yesterday: It has been a long time (10-1/2 years!) since my son went from boot to NPTC but, still, I would advise taking it slow. They have limited space in transit. Wait until she gets there and tells you what she needs and where to send it. IIRC and things haven't changed, they can't wear civilian clothes until they phase up anyway. The NEX is walking distance (for Sailors) and has everything.

Comment by MomofJoseph on Monday: AxototMom - It's amazing how much I have forgotten, but I do remember that we did not give him anything to take to the airport. Part of the issue with us is that he graduated on a Wednesday and didn't fly out until Tuesday. We left GL on Sunday. Also, he arrived just after Thanksgiving and was given leave three weeks later for Christmas. We only live 4 hours from Charleston, so anything that he needed, we could drive it to him.

But the one thing I remember the most is that we bought him a fleece Navy blanket, and he definitely wanted that in his room.

Comment by Chipmunk on Monday: AxototMom - I don't recall if I brought my son's running shoes to him in GL or not. But I did bring a set of pj clothes and underwear for him. Otherwise, I mailed to him what he wanted for civilian clothes once he was able to wear them outside of his BEQ. (Bachelor Enlisted Quarters). We also brought his phone/charger and Kindle to the airport. He did not have a laptop yet but bought his at the BestBuy in Charleston.

Comment by joe-mom on Monday: AxolotlMom - They don't have a lot of room in their bags. My son asked us to bring a couple of hoodies, his swim trunks and running shoes. Anything else he needed, he just bought in SC. The NEX has most of what they need. He got a great deal on a laptop there. All the best to your daughter - it's an exciting time!

Comment by AxolotlMom on Monday: So my girl will be heading to S.C. here shortly. When she graduates bootcamp, should i take a little bag with me to the airport for her that has 2 changes of clothes in it? Or should I just let her buy her own clothes later on? I read they aren't allowed their own stuff right away, and if that's the case, I sure don't want to send her with anything to get her in trouble.