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Navy For Moms

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:

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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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

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NUKE moms

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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: 2693
Latest Activity: 16 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 8isenuff (ET & MM) on November 4, 2013 at 2:15am: Proud Mom and MamaDragon, thank you for sharing. Best wishes to both young women. I hope my daughter does well. Forgot to mention that my son is NF, too. Both are set for PIR of 12/13/13. Miss them greatly. Proud Mom, I bet the weather is awesome! We live in the cloudiest place in the country. Blech.

Comment by GEBPupRaiser on November 4, 2013 at 1:52am: Hi 8isenuff -- My daughter is studying to be an EM (Electrician's Mate). She had her PIR on 9/20, and she has be loving being in South Carolina! (The fall weather is a pleasant change from the drizzly gray windy cold that we have been experiencing in upstate New York lately.) She is really enjoying the challenge of her studies and has made many friends already.

Comment by 8isenuff (ET & MM) on November 4, 2013 at 12:57am: Hi, I'm still fairly new to this site, and learning how to find my way around. I have 2 SRs currently at BC, brother and sister. I was just curious to know if anyone else has a daughter in this field? Thanks...

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on November 3, 2013 at 9:13pm: I was talking about having a Schwann's key lime pie delivered to my son at GC.
Would that have been it?

Comment by Julieforjoey on November 3, 2013 at 8:54pm: Sorry I meant proudmom63

Comment by Julieforjoey on November 3, 2013 at 8:53pm: Kaye444-Look under the files. There is one for the person who makes cakes!

Comment by proudmom63 on November 3, 2013 at 8:41pm: hello, all... i am wondering.... awhile back there was talk of someone in or near goose creek, sc that makes cakes. my son's bday is 11/23 and i was hoping someone here would know how to contact the "cakemaker" would love to surprise my son with a homemade cake!

Comment by haps on November 2, 2013 at 11:01pm: Mark and Mariab,

Thanks for the info on the christening. My sailor told me today to wear comfy shoes as we have to walk through a construction site so that's good info too. Hoping for great weather. Really looking forward to this opportunity to be part of the navy's new ship.

Comment by kaye444 on November 2, 2013 at 8:01pm: USS Hawaii was in San Diego and they let me have a look. After you walk across the plank (not proper lingo) its easy to walk on the top. After viewing the massive cords and even seeing where they are tied to the doc, down the hatch we go. Toured the first two decks. Saw the mess hall, (again, have Mom words, not technical ) If you have ever been in a sports fishing boat the tables are similar to that galley, so I found them comforting. They had white cake with icing out for the crew to snack, they have cereal and other items on view. Showed me the process on the outside of the kitchen, They have a nice size eating area, unless you count how many are on board. A quick orderly meal is then consumed. No lingering, its eat and drop off your plates, bowls so every one get a time to sit while they eat. A well oiled routine. They take turns washing all the dishes meaning they each take a day of dish washing duty. Was able to play with the eye in the front previously called the periscope. Viewed the sleeping quarters. The little cubby was quite comfortable since I am only 5'1" and only spent less than a minute curled up in it. They don't have much room for personal effects. They have a exercise bike and a tread mill. The ladders are steep and I didn't see an opportunity to slide down the ladder. Coming out of the hatch reminded me of trying to climb on the roof (which I didn't have a problem with until I turned 38). They have on the wall all the dolphin pins that are being earned by crew members. I was fortune enough to meet a very tall gentleman sailor that is earning his gold dolphins. The crew has a distance limit, we then went up the the wharf and had a meal with our son. Sweet - no tears just big hugs.

Comment by PrayingNavyMomsHusband on November 2, 2013 at 10:24am: I posted on FB, but our condo is now spoken for. Hope everyone is able to connect with their sailor this holiday season.