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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Advice for new spouses

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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 Lvemyabej on July 21, 2011 at 12:38am: For me bootcamp was the worst but it is just the begining after boot camp

Comment by Lvemyabej on July 21, 2011 at 12:38am: Bootcamp has to be the worse that is what everyone tells me but I go to PIR this friday . Thank you for all the advice from the ladies who have informed me about things and I cant wait to be with my husband I dont think any of us will ever stop missing our husbands when they are gone and will never not ahve them in our mind :) Good night to you ladies

Comment by skell456 (AO wife) on July 20, 2011 at 2:17am: We were told that if there were more than 2 dependents you had to get a waiver for that to get to bootcamp. We were told the same thing no more children until after boodcamp. I'm not sure if it is true or not I just know that we couldn't have a baby for a year. Now we can so i am excited because we wanted another one.... I remember when when my husband was getting ready to leave I was so sad. It was the hardest day I experienced in a long time, but now living through it I look back and laugh. It really went by so fast and graduation was awesome. Now I can see him everyday if I want to (except duty day) and I know he will go on a deployment eventually, but I am ok with that and It is thanks to the experience of boot camp. No I do not want him gone (all the time LOL), but at least I know we will make it through. Having this web site really helped me and following on FB was awesome I knew what he was doing before he did it was funny he would call to tell me something and I would already know it. He called it bootcamp stalking LOL... Good Luck to you guys!!!!

Comment by dk4ever(2/945) on July 19, 2011 at 1:33pm: My husband leaves in less then a week for boot camp! I'm so excited for him

Comment by Kac46047 on July 18, 2011 at 8:57pm: You will get the form letter in about 2 weeks or so, that will have his official boot camp graduation date on it. The kid in the box will come first but thats simply just everything your sailor was wearing the day he left. Check pockets and stuff i heard some people leave notes to loved ones, mine wasnt quite as romantic lol

Comment by My sailor's ladybug (356) on July 18, 2011 at 8:47pm: Kac, Will we know after he get there...like when his mom get the "kid in a box"?

Comment by Kac46047 on July 18, 2011 at 8:45pm: Mommie, bootcamp varies. Usually 8 weeks, 7 if he is in a push division which jsut mean they push the sailors through all the learning faster. Mine was in for 9 1/2 weeks because of holidays. He went over Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years annnnd Martin Luther King day. So each holiday pushed them back.

Comment by My sailor's ladybug (356) on July 18, 2011 at 8:03pm: How long is bootcamp....8 or 9 weeeks. My bf keeps telling 9...but i thought it was 8. Im trying to plan a trip to GL when to see his graduation. I have one big problem....His mother. She acts like she does not want me to go or do anything for him before he leaves. I had planed to take him to MEPS and throw his a going away party...but she is like why are you doing this. On one hand i think she thinks that Im steping on her toes about trying to do things for him before he goes...but on the other hand I think she is trying to push me away....kinda. My bf and I have been together for 7 years.

Comment by abuon18 on July 18, 2011 at 7:45pm: Mommie- I am in a similar situation as you, my bf & I are getting married after boot camp as well (although no kids.). He just left for boot camp a week ago today, if I can be of any help feel free to add me & ask any questions you have!

Comment by My sailor's ladybug (356) on July 18, 2011 at 7:34pm: Kac...we are counting down the days until he leaves...43 days. Then I will start counting the days until PIR.