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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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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:

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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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 Elizabeth on June 26, 2011 at 4:33pm: would it better for me to get married on PIR or during his school in Chicago or when he gets leave for christmas

Comment by skell456 (AO wife) on June 24, 2011 at 8:41pm: As soon as you are enrolled in the DEERS and all the paper work is done, and filed the program is automatic from I understand. I haven't recieved a card or anything from Tri care I'm not sure that you do I just use my military I.D. and it works fine I have used it at the emergency room, doctors visits, and a few different pharmacies. Children under 10 just use your I.D. I can just say that the day James left for bootcamp our insurance started. So you may have a small gap just so the paper work can be properly filed. Hope this helps!!!!

Comment by Kac46047 on June 24, 2011 at 2:43pm: Does he have to handle the insurance? Im more concerned with that considering i got kicked off my other plan when i got married.

Comment by skell456 (AO wife) on June 24, 2011 at 1:51pm: FTLW I'm so glad your here!!!! I would love all your insight on all of this. It is nice to have people who have been or are going through deployments and things. Any help is much appreicated. KAC all you need from him is his signature on the paper. They do not have to be there for you to get your I.D. you just need the form and it signed by him you can find the form at

http://images.military.com/Resources/Forms/DD_1172.pdf

and get all the information you will need at

http://www.military.com/benefits/resources/identification-cards

let me know if this does or doesn't work K

Comment by Kac46047 on June 24, 2011 at 8:09am: Question ladies, did any of you get married during A school? My husband is having such a hard time getting all the paper work done to get my my mil ID and get my on his insurance. Its been about a mouth now with no progress because his school ends at 5 and so does all the offices. Can i do any of this paper work myself? Basically all they know right now is that he is married, which is good cause orders are starting to come out

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on June 24, 2011 at 3:34am: Hello Ladies!

Thank You skell for inviting me!

I am actually a Navy MOM...BUT I am an Air Force Reservist Wife. My son just recently went through BC with skell's DH. I have been an AF GF/wife for 25+ years. My DH's REAL job is in Law Enforcement. While not military, it does have rank and file...and it's own form of OPSEC! LOL!

We have been through two deployments (in the second one right now!) so I know a little bit about active duty life...but no where near as much as those of you going through it day to day.

I am reading a lot of good books on deployment etc. as it has been much laid on my heart this year to be of service to other wives in the military.

I would love to be of help in any way that I can and also learn from you all as I have stayed on this site as a "veteran" helping out each PIR group that comes along.

Blessings on all your marriages!

FTLW

Comment by skell456 (AO wife) on June 24, 2011 at 1:04am: It is forms DD 1172 and/or DD 1173 for dependents. He has to enroll you in the DEERS program right away in order to get into Tri-care I believe. Double check I am not sure since he is already through bootcamp. Where are you from because in Michigan you cannot get them at any base most have stopped doing it. I had to drive two hours then no one told me I needed an appointment first so I had to beg for it to be done. Thankfully they did so just double check and call ahead just to make sure. Your children only need one if they are over the age of 10 from what I understand. Kac I hope you get to go. Most places have hotels that rent weekly or monthly so keep that in mind just to get started it isn't so bad LOL...

Comment by ATI wife on June 23, 2011 at 4:58pm: Do u no what that paper is called ?? I will need that ??

Comment by ATI wife on June 23, 2011 at 4:38pm: Do I have to get it there in P-Cola because I plan on coming back home to houston. Then trying to see what to do next about him leave off base

Comment by Kac46047 on June 23, 2011 at 3:23pm: skell yes i will let you know about norfolk, we only have verbal orders so far so its really frustrating becuase i wanna move down there when my husband has leave but i doubt htat will happen lol oooo well.