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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.)

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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: 2692
Latest Activity: 8 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 MichianaMom on November 20, 2018 at 3:57pm: Questions on cell phones during deployment - I've read so many different things, I'm just more confused. My son has AT&T, I've read about the $10 pass that's good for 24 hours, but it looks like it doesn't cover many of the countries he'll be in. Then, I know he can use FB messenger and apps like WhatsApp, but that's only when he's connected to WiFi, right? He's on a carrier; I don't think they have WiFi (?). I also read about buying a sim card for his iPhone when he's in port in each country; is that easy to come by? And, finally, the guy at the AT&T store told me to tell him to just buy a cheap burner phone in whatever country he's in; can he text and talk? Of course, he is deployed right now, and he should have taken care of this before they left, but my only email from him has been "mom, can you look into how I can send text messages from out here?". LOL Any insight would be appreciated! Thanks.

Comment by ProudParent on November 20, 2018 at 2:40pm: B'sNukeMoM Dinner will be ready around 2:00! But come anytime just to visit! :)

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 20, 2018 at 11:56am: Mmmmm lasagna and pecan pie! Sounds delicious!! Glad she made it back safely to see her hubby's sub come in. Hopefully next time she heads home dad will get to see her too!

Comment by JayDee659 on November 20, 2018 at 11:43am: BsNukeMom, I totally understand her wanting to see her husband and would be a bit concerned if she didn't. Just bad timing. We had lasagna for dinner Sunday evening complete with the pecan pie she wanted. When I took the lasagna out of the freezer it was still frozen so all was well. I just got off the phone with her, they are at the base now to watch her husbands sub come in.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 20, 2018 at 11:31am: JayDee - sorry the visit got cut short but I can understand she wants to see her hubby! I'm sure her doggy will be so happy to be with her now but oh you are gonna have some sad pups! With all the power problems were you ever able to make her the lasagna?

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on November 20, 2018 at 11:24am: Hi all - Happy Tuesday!

ProudParent -sounds awesome - what time should we be there lol?!?

Eaglemom01 - awe that's so sweet! Isn't facetime amazing? What a fun thing to do ;-D Enjoy your Wednesday Thanksgiving and good luck at the football game!

pandalvr - theft can be rampant (which is sad to say) so remind your sailor to lock up everything! I remember PattiP saying her son had his shower flip flops stolen while he was at the shower.

Chipmunk - nice that your son will have dinner with staff. I think they all tend to look out for each other.

Mammagoose - nice that your son has some friends to celebrate with. And that's so sweet that your kids want to wait for your nuke to decorate the tree!

When B was in GC mommamac and her family went for Thanksgiving - stayed in the Villas and invited many sailors over for the day. As a matter of fact B has spent either 3 or 4 of the last 7 Thanksgivings with mommamac and her sailor! I'm thankful they have included him ;-D

Comment by JayDee659 on November 20, 2018 at 11:19am: My Nuke has come and gone. She got home last Thursday and left around 12:30 this morning. Her original plan was to stay until next week, but her husbands sub is coming in for a short period of time and she hasn't seen him for a couple months, so off she goes. I'm thrilled for the time with her, but her dad will miss her by one day. Unfortunately our power was out due to the ice storm until late afternoon Saturday, but we made the best of it. When she left she took her dog, who has been with me since she graduated prototype. My dogs are lost without their buddy, but Nuke's dog was thrilled to get into the car and go with her momma.

Comment by Chipmunk on November 20, 2018 at 8:23am: B'sNukeMom, NancyJo, & JayDee659 thank you for the information. My son called last night so I shared some of it with him but will pass along the rest as well. He also confirmed that he had signed up to have dinner at a staff person's house, so I am thankful for that. We will be with family.

Comment by ProudParent on November 20, 2018 at 7:56am: B'sNukeMoM For Thanksgiving I rented a 5 bedroom house on a lake one hour from GC. When he graduated A school I decided to go ahead and plan to be near him instead of waiting to see if he could come home. My sailor and some of his fellow sailor's are joining us during their time off. It has been seven months since I have seen my sailor and I can't wait to hug him tomorrow.

I hope everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving.

Comment by JayDee659 on November 20, 2018 at 1:44am: Pandalvr sadly theft does occur. If your sailor is on a carrier they will have a locker near their rack and a compartment under it which also locks.

Can't give you any advice on headphones. I will say that my daughters berthing area was kept dark and everyone was respectfully quiet.