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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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Hello, everyone my name is Amanda. Thank you for joining this group! I have recently went through the whole process of becoming a PROUD NAVY WIFE. I am starting this group to help all the new spouses on your journey. Ask me anything!!!!

Members: 148
Latest Activity: Mar 2, 2019

This is especially for wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, or fiances.

Everyone has a different experience throughout this whole process. My husband started signing up in July of 2010 and did not leave for bootcamp until March 29th 2011, so we have pretty much been through a lot this last year and I would love to help everyone that I can understand things that I did not when we first started. He is now in the middle of A-school and I guess so are we. It has not always been fun, but it is worth it in the end. I say this is especially for spouses becuase pay, and things like that are different for us, but mom, dads and anyone else is more than welcome to join. I look forward to hearing from everyone, and hope that I can help you along the way. This page is for newly married about to get married, or just being a new Navy spouse in general. My husband and I have been together 6 years and married over 2 years now. We have a 3 year old son. Watching the children go through this is very difficult because they do not fully understand what is going on. I am here to help!!!! I have lots of ideas and experiences to share!!!!

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Comment by skell456 (AO wife) on October 5, 2011 at 1:54am: We use Navy Fed. I hate the login but it seems to be a pretty good bank. We use chase more than anything tho and they have a great military plan. USAA has great insurance rates tho so if you plan to use them for insurance I believe you get a discount for using their bank too not sure tho so double check....

Comment by skell456 (AO wife) on October 5, 2011 at 1:20am: I'm in San Diego now. It's really hard out here depending on where you are coming from. It is a whole different life out here. Areas to stay away from are National City, Logan heights, areas I love and that are awesome is La Mesa, and oceanside. We are moving into pomerato terrence. Military housing is not hard to get out here most are a one month wait. Everything else is way super expensive out here, water bills are high, and so are electric bills. Good Luck and message me if you want any other info!!!

Comment by cheylovesasailor on October 4, 2011 at 4:43pm: Hello, I am a new navy wife and looking to move to san diego this coming summer and was wondering what parts are the best to live in? affordable? any information on this would be great. Thanks.

Comment by skell456 (AO wife) on October 3, 2011 at 2:49am: Ok ladies I have some great info that is going into the what military offers discussion above.... Do not miss you!!! Some are time sensitive K

Comment by Lvemyabej on October 2, 2011 at 12:14am: johnasuzanne

My husband is an ABE which is an aviation boatswain mate working with equipment basically. I dont know if this helps but marraige is great all I can say is know all the sacrafices you are going to make and the time together is great just stay positive and love him no matter what he needs the support, I really didnt understand what you were looking for specifically.

Comment by johnnasuzanne on October 1, 2011 at 10:02pm: any ladies on here the wife/fiance/gf of an undesignated airman? my SR was just dqed from his original job due to medical reasons. we are wanting to get married soon and this had thrown a wrench in our plans...any advice? what should i expect?

Comment by ATI wife on September 30, 2011 at 9:40am: if anyone bought Navy Ball tickets but dont think they'll make it after all .... PLEASE LET ME KNOW CUZ THERE OUT ALREADY .. The NAS navy ball on the 7th

Comment by skell456 (AO wife) on September 29, 2011 at 1:09am: sailor41- After battle stations life is pretty good for them. They have more free time, and a few more privlidges not much tho!!! The week before that if they have completed everything that needs to be done, they are responsible for helping the new recruits that are coming in and getting set up for graduation. Battle stations 21 is a state of the art replica of a ship with working parts. They are in there for 12 to 16 hours re-enacting situations that have really taken place on real ships in the past such as the USS Cole. Follow this link to hear more about it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jibm7kyIGcM

Desiree- I personally do not know anything about the A school there, but what I can tell you is that I love Chicago and I am very jealous!! Since you are used to the high prices of California (that I am not and now have to live with LOL) that area should be very cheap to you. I would stay on the outskirts of Chicago, but again you are used to city life so it is really not that different there. I will tell you to take WARM clothes your in for a treat winter is wonderful LOL. Above in the Discussions section I have posted about some networks that can help you find a place Lincoln military is for the base housing!! Good Luck kiss Chi-town when you get there!!!

Comment by iluvmysailor41 on September 28, 2011 at 2:32pm: i got a few questions about boot.....

What are the last couple weeks of bootcamp like for the guys?
What is battle stations? and what does it involve?

Comment by Kac46047 on September 28, 2011 at 11:57am: Im pretty sure the A school needs to be 6 months or longer for a spouse to recieve housing relocationn money and opportunity to live on base. You can always move with your own means