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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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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

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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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A place to come for support and guidance for anyone with a loved one in the nuke program ⚓️.

Weather - Charleston

Members: 2693
Latest Activity: 12 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 Chipmunk on October 26, 2019 at 10:53am: Johanna, that was a great pose! A few years in a row we had wild bees flocking to the clover in our yard, as we don't spray like most of the yards do. I have some good pictures, but not with such a brilliant background.

The Hammer - thanks!

Comment by Johanna on October 26, 2019 at 7:05am: B’sNuke...thank you so much! It was actually my iPhone! My bees and I have an agreement, I let them pollinate my garden and they tolerate having me be the paparazzi, I was literally right on top of this little guy, less than an inch away...:))). Have a great weekend!!

Comment by The Hammer on October 26, 2019 at 6:14am: Chipmunk - Love that video! Will share with my Sailor!

Comment by Chipmunk on October 25, 2019 at 10:27pm: thesuperm72 - all the best to your family as you deal with both mother nature, and BC PIR closing in!

Comment by JayDee659 on October 25, 2019 at 10:23pm: Kym, it is all dependant on the situation at the time, but my daughter arrived at GC on 11/1 and we were able to spend time with her at Thanksgiving. She had to wears her NSUs but that was okay with us. Your Nuke will be able to tell you more after they arrive, but I'd say the odds are in your favor ,just don't count your chickens before they are hatched

Comment by thesuperm72 on October 25, 2019 at 10:12pm: B'sNukeMom, praying for your safety. Here in NorCal we just keep getting the power shut off. It was off yesterday and will be off again this weekend due to wind. Getting laundry and dishwasher run while I can! Thinking tomorrow of getting my essentials together in case of fire emergency. It is a real threat.

My SR daughter has 2 weeks left at BC and then off to SC for EMN school. So excited that this phase is almost done!

Have a great weekend and stay safe everyone! Prayers for all our sailors/SRs!

Comment by Chipmunk on October 25, 2019 at 9:49pm: I just placed my T-shirt order, it is only avaialable for 2 days!!

Comment by Chipmunk on October 25, 2019 at 9:39pm: So in honor of his maiden voyage, I happened to find on Teespring.com a T-shirt with another picture that he had wanted me to share as well.

If you are interested in the T-shirt here is the link:

https://teespring.com/shop/navysnipetee?pid=369&cid=6514

FYI - They do not always keep their designs available for a long period of time.

Comment by Chipmunk on October 25, 2019 at 9:32pm: It really has come full circle now - my son is on the USS Ford, the namesake of a fellow sailor of his great-great uncle. My mother's uncle served on the USS Monterey with Gerald R. Ford, before he became President of the United States. Whether he will actually see deployment is yet to be known, but he is on the water all the same.

Having just been out to Newport News for his birthday during fleet week and seeing the ship in dock, close enough to see it from behind a fence, seeing the news release and pictures posted today is stirring up all sorts of emotions for me. While in our motel room, my son shared the Snipe's Lament and he wanted me to post it and also another picture for all of you on Nuke Moms. I found the poem in video format. It is not for the faint at heart.

https://dod.defense.gov/News/Special-Reports/Videos/?videoid=630226

Comment by Chipmunk on October 25, 2019 at 9:24pm: Kym - Welcome to Nuke Moms Group - I don't know if your son would have leave for Thanksgiving, it just depends, that said, there should actually be some time for him to be off for liberty. (Leave and liberty are two different things) - Liberty would be a lot easier, if you were able to fly down and be with him. Depending on if he has a chance to "phase up" to with a class yet or not, will depend on whether or not he is able to wear civilian clothes or must be in his dress uniform. Also, he may or may not have the privilege of being able to stay with you in a motel room. All of these questions are things that he honestly will need to check with his SLPO once he gets to NNPTC. - As for Thanksgiving, they should have the day off and they might have the Friday off as well. If he has started classes, he may need to get study hours in, it just depends. He might have some liberty on Saturday, but most likely Sunday he will need to be studying if he has started classes.

There were some comments several pages back about places to eat for Thanksgiving, and Cracker Barrel seemed to be one of the top choices, even if you had to sit and wait for a table.

Be sure to read my discussion above, Nuke A school daily schedule - … It has a lot of info in it and explains some of the things I mentioned as well.