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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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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.)

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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 abuon18 on July 18, 2011 at 3:32pm: Hi! I'm not actually a Navy spouse yet but will be in the next few months, and thought that this group could be helpful on my journey to that, and of course afterwards as well! My boyfriend is in boot camp right now, today is a week since he left and I am still waiting for his form letter so I can start sending him all the letters I've written, and of course so I can get his PIR date so I know when I get to see him again!

Comment by Kac46047 on July 17, 2011 at 9:47pm: lol Grandma, i watch the show and i got scared, i know my husband has a chance of working with a SEAL team documenting photos and videos , so i told him if that ever happeneds just to lie to me. I dont want to know anything

Comment by Grandma on July 17, 2011 at 9:24pm: I really needed a laugh today. NewNavyWife and Kac you helped a lot! About a month ago either the Military or Discovery channel played nothing but SEAL shows all week. The "Secrets of SEAL Team 6" is a new show. I myself don't like TV shows sharing anything that might jeopardize our SEALs. Ticks me off. I walked through the house that week giving the TV my opinion. Of course I was talking to myself since it couldn't answer me back ... :-) NewNavyWife, I too am cornered into watching shows like that and we've been married 47 years. There are certain things I prefer not to know. I don't think I've told anyone I refuse to read Marcus Luttrell's book. I know the story, I don't want the details.

Comment by Lvemyabej on July 17, 2011 at 5:36pm: Yeah we saw that together he made me autotune it on my tv lol I didnt like it they should have had hthe real footage but he liked it lol

Comment by Kac46047 on July 17, 2011 at 5:28pm: ahh okay! It mentioned how the osama mission went so i thought it was fairly new. It was called Secrets of SEAL Team Six.

Comment by Lvemyabej on July 17, 2011 at 4:42pm: I bought that documentary for my husband a long time ago the buds class 234

Comment by Kac46047 on July 17, 2011 at 12:52pm: ktwitch and new avywife, i caught a Navy SEALs and a special opts hour long documentaries on Discovery channel the other day, full of information. Very cool

Comment by Lvemyabej on July 17, 2011 at 10:38am: ktwitch
I got a call yesterday from my husband and he still said he wants to do SEAL's so I will be on the same page as you when that happens. Just think positive that I keep doing and remind him that you will be there to stand by his side through any situation.

Comment by ktwitch on July 15, 2011 at 7:58pm: Denise, that is amazing. Kudos to you for being able to handle that with kids, too. That's awesome. How did you do it? I'm assuming you couldn't talk for the majority of the time he was gone. . . was he spec ops? It's extremely hard to support even though it's the only option I have. Losing him just isn't a choice.

Comment by Grandma on July 12, 2011 at 6:34pm: Okay kt. Now I understand. You're past the most difficult part and know up front what the future involves. I honestly don't know whether they do or don't encourage marriage. My guess is they don't due to their rigorous schedule but it's certainly attainable and does work for those who are prepared to accept the life.