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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

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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

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Comment by sunflower on January 28, 2020 at 8:04pm: To everyone planning future trips to GC be sure to get hotel rooms that can be cancelled or changed without extra fees. We were glad we did because our son's September 2019 A-School grad was moved back a week due to the hurricane evacuation. Most hotel chains give members no fee changes as long as you cancel at least 24 hours before your stay and it was booked through their website. Bonvoy (Sheraton, Marriott, Westin) even lets you use your other discounts like Military, AAA, AARP, etc and still earn their points. IHG (Holiday Inn) usually matches some, but not all discounts.

My son's SLPO told everyone to meet their families at the Mini Nex and drive through the gate together. Our nuke was in uniform and he put his military ID on top of our drivers licenses and we went right through. I guess his SLPO didn't want people calling him.

We got into town on Thursday and picked our nuke up at the Mini Nex and took him out to dinner.

We had good meals at Community Pizza House by the outlet mall and Red's Ice House in Mt. Pleasant. Red's isn't very impressive from the parking lot compared to the restaurants it shares the parking space with, but the food was good and fairly reasonably priced for seafood.

Comment by JayDee659 on January 28, 2020 at 2:29pm: SparkJags, what is the football team doing on the marching band field? We're a marching band family as well, never could rest in the fall until my daughter joined the Navy.

Keep in mind that fall is hurricane season. That can change a lot of things so if you buy any airline tickets, make sure you can change them.

ShipofDoodles, I did notice that Allegiant is flying direct to Charleston. It's a seasonal schedule but may come in handy for you. They don't show on travel sites, you have to go directly to their website. I'm flying them this weekend, and really like the airline.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on January 28, 2020 at 1:03pm: Hi all - Happy Tuesday!

Socalmomto3 - I work in Perris - just a few miles from March Air Reserve Base - we hear the planes fly over every day. Love the sound - especially when the jets are flying!

Comment by SparkJags on January 28, 2020 at 12:37pm: Canuka - My son is graduating A-School on Friday as well. He said the last couple of weeks were rough! It is show choir season for our HS senior, so we won't go to this graduation. Our sailor is fine with that. He said the A-School graduation will be a brief ceremony because there will be a power school graduation that day as well. Since power school will start in March, we are now trying to figure out how to get to that graduation during HS football season (actually, marching band season at our house).

Comment by Chipmunk on January 28, 2020 at 12:20pm: Scram & Canuka - all the best to your sailors.

If there is PS graduation as well as A-School, be sure to be early to NNPTC. FYI - Red Banks road goes to one lane, I think at least you have to merge over and then they will wave you through the gate but you will have to stop and have IDs out ready for them to check off their lists. You might ask your sailor if they have their SLPO's cell # so that if there is an issue with your name on the list that you may call someone.

Also, you may have to park a distance so wear comfortable shoes. If PS is held inside, they will likely have two graduations, so be sure to follow your sailors directions, they will most likely know more than those standing around outside who you would think know, but don't. (That happened with us, we were to wait in the Galley with our sailor for the 2nd graduation, but they had snacks they were selling outside the Bowman Center, and no one there seemed to know where we were to go!)

If you want to buy memorabilia, the little store closes at noon on Friday, and you might miss out if you are the 2nd graduation. If the weather is nice, they usually have the PS graduation outside.

Comment by Scram on January 28, 2020 at 8:15am: Canuka - Power school graduation is also this Friday. Fingers crossed that all goes well with testing this morning, he was not feeling well over the weekend, so hopefully he's in a good place.

Comment by 3B'smom on January 28, 2020 at 6:54am: Socalmomto3 - I did part of my student teaching in Moreno Valley.

Comment by Socalmomto3 on January 27, 2020 at 11:46pm: Thank you for the welcome. :) I’m in San Jacinto, but teach in Moreno Valley. We are close.

Comment by Chipmunk on January 27, 2020 at 9:38pm: Socalmomto3 - Welcome Aboard!

Islandgirl - glad to hear that things are going well for your sailor. We usually fly Delta to the east coast, because SW doesn't have good connections from our location. I make sure I can book the flights that are at least changeable. We have both driven and flown and usually we were not able to make our flights until we were so close to the graduation that we knew our sailor was likely to pass, but I realize this also has meant we paid higher ticket prices.

Comment by Islandgirl on January 27, 2020 at 8:16pm: 3B’smom-
LOL! Love Gumby...& Pokey too! Sounds like I’ll have to be just the right amount of each to get through this in one piece. I’ll check with SW.