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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

Events

**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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Nuke School Charleston

My husband is in Nuke school at the NWS in Charleston, SC. We are enjoying it here! This group's for anyone who wants to talk.

Members: 973
Latest Activity: Jan 26

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Comment by kathlyn1958 on September 3, 2014 at 6:54pm

May I use the info, my sailor's birthday was last Monday andi was hoping tosend him a gift.

Comment by B'sMomLa(ship 11 div 090) on September 2, 2014 at 9:04pm

Thank you heysmyson!  I called and she will be out of town for the next week!  Eek! His birthday is Monday!  Looks like I might be baking and fed Xing instead. 

Comment by hesmyson on September 2, 2014 at 8:38pm

"http://chantillycakeshop.com"
Chantilly Cake Shop
Owner is Melissa 843-303-5430
Just delivered for my Sailors Birthday!
A+ Complete with a picture!

Comment by B'sMomLa(ship 11 div 090) on September 2, 2014 at 7:56pm

Hello!  My son is spending his 21st birthday in Power School at Goose Creek and I am looking for a place that will deliver cookies, cupcakes, cake, etc near there?  Any suggestions you have would be much appreciated!  Thanks in advance!

Comment by trisha on August 17, 2014 at 11:35pm

I'm so thankful for this group and this site. My son is in power school now. I have nit been able to afford to go to SC. I miss my sailor so much. At the same time, I am very proud of him.

Comment by Cerise on August 14, 2014 at 12:37pm

My son graduated power school August 1.  He was supposed to go to Kings Bay for his grad hold, but after he got back from his leave he was told that Kings Bay was off, due to mold in barracks, I think he said.  He was a little bummed, had looked forward to Kings Bay.  It sounds like there will be at least 2 months of grad hold.  He hasn't been told where he'll go for Prototype nor when.  He's hoping Goose Creek, as do we, not because we live close to SC - we don't, but we rather visit SC than upstate NY.  Especially in the winter, we've lived in very cold places, but I prefer a little warmer ones if/when possible.  :-)

Comment by William in Nashua on August 14, 2014 at 12:24pm

8isenuff thanks he is continuing to do well Lol.   To answer  your question in my son's case he knew his orders several weeks before nuclear power school graduation day.  The Navy gives them time because to find a place at the new location (via a Navy housing office not a house hunting trip).   They do get to state a preference and the Navy picks, if you are single and want to go to Ballston Spa there is a good chance you will get it.    He moved himself driving his own car from SC to NY with his stuff in it, they drove in a caravan of 3 or 4 cars and had walkie talkies.

When he got his orders to submarine vs. carrier that was about a month before graduation day but he was pretty far ahead of the curve at prototype.  He knew the name of the submarine already.  Students did get their orders to the fleet at a different times I know that because his came earlier than his roommates.

Comment by Cerise on August 14, 2014 at 12:17pm

Korymae, we like the Fairfield Inn chain.  We've stayed in many Fairfields in many places and there are two in the Charleston area.  Our all-time favorite Fairfield is right next to the Tanger Outlet Mall.  Lots of restaurants, just off of I-26 and a great hotel with nice staff.  They have a full breakfast included, and also have a manager's reception Monday through Friday with free wine, beer, sodas and snacks.  They have an outdoor pool and fridge and microwave in rooms. 

The address is 4841 Tanger Outlet Blvd,  North Charleston, SC  29418.

Comment by armfamily on August 14, 2014 at 12:15pm
Korymae, I found it-Code IPCV2 and it's a 25% discount. Thankfully we upgraded our room due to the good discount and our son promptly passed out after power school graduation on the sofa. We hung out at the pool while he slept. This is a newer building, by the way.
Comment by William in Nashua on August 14, 2014 at 12:12pm

 korymae we stayed at the Wingate by Windham  in North Charleston and it was very nice.  It was clean, fairly new, the service was good, and the rooms were made up well every morning. It included a free hot breakfast buffet with bacon, sausage, biscuits & gravy etc. and omelettes.  I think it was $96 a night including breakfast for 3 people.  I usually add up the price of the hotel room and then add to that what it would cost for a decent hot breakfast for that many people, a package deal that includes breakfast costs less most of the time.

 

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