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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 Kac46047 on July 26, 2011 at 8:01pm: hahaha skell im mid freak out too. Though you have everything all over the U.S, thats stressfull i dunno how i'd deal with that! Plus we are both first time movers and dunno whats up, i feel like im bothing every person that i call. I just got off the phone with housing for norfolk and looks like we have a 1-3 month wait so that gives us a lil time to compose ourselves lol.

From what ive seen around the dite hard copies come out about a month before grad. Thats around when we got ours.

Comment by skell456 (AO wife) on July 26, 2011 at 7:41pm: Oh LOL It is really good information tho so I wanted to thank you anyway. I wish we would get the hard copy for whatever reason they are waiting to hand them out here. It's driving me crazy. We have so little time I feel like its all moving so fast I just don't know what to do next. We are in Florida, but all of our things are still in Michigan. So, my son and I have to travel back to Michigan to release our things to the truck then make our way to Cali if that's where it's going to be meanwhile making sure we have a place......... I'm freakin out LOL I hope everyone else has a smoother transition!!!!

Comment by Kac46047 on July 26, 2011 at 5:56pm: skell, illysha asked what verba orders were lol thats why i wrote that

Comment by skell456 (AO wife) on July 26, 2011 at 5:15pm: Welcome pink and illysha it's nice to have you here!!!! Pink I know what you are going through. We also moved in with our parents. That was a hard pill to swallow, but it was the best thing we could have done at the time. Saved a lot of money that is for sure. We have a 3 year old that was having a hard time at first and even through out boot camp when he actually thought about it, but things have gotten easier over time. You guys need to join this FB page it is a lifesaver.....

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/NavyRecruitTrainingCommand

It is the inside of Bootcamp. They take random pics and I found my hubby in two of them. It was awesome this is where they announce battlestations, captains cup, and winners!!!!! Don't miss out on the info its amazing!!!!

Kac I understand all that. Since he got his orders late due to some problems we ran into with clearence which is all fine now ours probably won't change they came from an email they recieved from Tennesse just haven't got the hard copy yet. But he graduates from here Aug. 8th so we need to get things movin LOL!!! Thanks for the information tho it will def. help the others on here!!!!!!

Comment by Kac46047 on July 26, 2011 at 4:09pm: Verbal orders are orders that they recieve before getting formal ones. Like "You may go to Norfolk" Its not written in stone and can change. Hardcopy written orders are the ones that are written, and handed to your sailor say exactly where and when he is to report

Comment by illysha10(dylan'swife) on July 26, 2011 at 3:51pm: Hello! Thanks for inviting me to this group! My name is Illysha and my husband left for bootcamp on July 13. It's been rough but I'm just taking it day by day. We have a 5 month old son together and I'm sure he's noticed that Daddy's not around. I just got my form letter yesterday and I'm waiting for a real letter or at least a phone call. Just waiting around for the mail is a little upsetting. Reading and commenting on some of the discussions on N4M has really lifted my spirits. I love this website! Before I found it I felt so alone and confused. Thanks for all the support and answering all of my questions ladies! It's helped a lot more than you know. I can't wait for us to move and start our new lives! Just a quick question. What are verbal orders?

Comment by Lvemyabej on July 25, 2011 at 6:19pm: Wow only 3 weeks left I have about 8 cause he is barely going to class up

Comment by skell456 (AO wife) on July 22, 2011 at 1:16am: Yeah I always say that too but he is done in less than 3 weeks so I kinda need to do something ya know and just pray they don't change LOL

Comment by Kac46047 on July 21, 2011 at 6:07pm: Next step- DONT PLAN! lol our verbal orders changed about 3 times before we got those hard copies

Comment by skell456 (AO wife) on July 21, 2011 at 5:46pm: OMG!!!! Got our verbal orders today and I am freaking out!!!!!! I feel so confused and just don't know what the next step is.....Looks like for now if it does not change we are going to California. Any advice or next steps would be helpful. Thanks Ladies!!!!!