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:
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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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TAX information and beyond
Greetings other Navy Moms. I am very new at this, and I am not sure if this is the place to start but here goes. My son has a student status and also worked part time during the year. I just received his W2 form, does anyone have any advice on what to do. He is in BC and I just got the box today with a very tiny return address, but I think I want to wait for the form letter as this will also have the return address I understand.
Regarding the wage statement, should I send this to him with my first letter when I get the address or should I go to our faimly accountant and have him prepare his taxes. Any advice out there would be most helpful and appreciated.
dcookie27
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Comment by sailorwifenmom on January 28, 2013 at 4:07pm
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Also, once he's out of boot camp, he can get free tax help. There are people at the commands who can help him, or he can go online through Mypay and download the free software to file them himself. (My husband and I use the software and have for years, and our son started using it when he enlisted. Even with the various status changes, it should be pretty easy to navigate if he wants to go that route.)
Just something to consider, depending on how much it would cost you to have your accountant do it.
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We did that with our son his first year, we filed and claimed him (since we supported him for 9 months of the year), then he filed his, but he just did not claim himself. Because of the small amount he had been paid, even not claiming himself, he still got most of it (possibly all, I'm not sure) of it back.
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Comment by dcookie27 on January 29, 2013 at 11:29am
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thx ladies for the advice. I appreciate the feedback. Am missing him very much today!!!!!!
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I'm sorry, I know it can be hard, especially when they're in boot camp and there's all the adjustments to them being gone. Even if they didn't live at home before, it's still an adjustment.
You won't stop missing him, because of course this is YOUR child, even if he isn't A child, but it does get easier.
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