This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
FIRST TIME HERE?
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
Latest Activity
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
Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.
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
Badge
Moving up to Great Lakes to be with my hubby!!Have some questions about the neighboring communities...
Hello all! I am a brand spankin' new Navy wife and I am so appreciative of this website because it has helped me SOOO much with dealing with my hubby being away. :) But I do have some questions that I haven't really found answers to ....
My Hubby is in BC right now and his PIR is 7/29...he will be attending Great Lakes A-school (for 33 weeks?!?!) and we both want to get moved up there as soon as humanly possible. I know that as soon as he gets to A-school after PIR he needs to let them know that he wants to have me moved up there and that he needs to get his Live Ashore Package (and I know it will take him awhile to reach Phase 2 Liberty)
So here's what I don't know...
I'm from California and I have no idea how the community up there is...when looking for a new place what cities/area/hoods (lol) should I avoid? We don't want to stray too far from base, but we also don't want to live in...the ghetto (sorry,that's the only word I could come up with right now!)
Oh and we may bring our dog (He's the sweetest 95lb. mutt you'll ever meet LOL)
ANY AND ALL ADVICE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!
Thanks for stopping by! <3
Views: 386
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Suzanne027 on
-
I moved to GL in March, and my husband and I were able to live in base housing- the neighborhood is called Forrestal Village. We love it! It is safe and the move was so much easier because we did not have to pay to stay in a hotel and then look for an apartment, etc. My husband got the keys before I even got there, and our belongings were moved there a few weeks later. We have made friends in the neighborhood and there is a community center, NEX gas station and mini-mart within walking distance. For short-term housing, I totally recommend it!
-
-
Permalink Reply by txnavywife320 on
-
we also live in forestal, and i totally recommend it! moving to a new place across the country can be scary so living in a military neighborhood as definitely helped a little. and with being a student, all the students are in one section of the neighborhood. you dont have to worry about the bills, or deposits, or any of that, which is nice being a newly wed in a new place!
-
-
-
oh and once my husband got the paperwork started and stayed on top of it, it was about a month. he graduated boot camp march 26, and i moved in we had keys april 28. i recommend letting the navy move you too, they'll come pack up everything and unload it and put the boxes in the rooms they belong.
-
- ‹ Previous
- 1
- 2
- Next ›
© 2024 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
