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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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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 Noemi(Ship 12, DIV 054)Colin<3 on December 27, 2011 at 10:19pm: Aww congrats on ur wedding Abuon18. I bet its an amazing feeling. I cant wait till I become a Navy wife as well :)

Comment by abuon18 on December 27, 2011 at 9:18pm: Hello ladies! Hope everyone had great holidays :) well I am officially a Navy wife now and my husband and I are moving out to San Diego! We're on day 2 of our trip, since we're coming from south Florida it's going to be a 6 day trip! I am so excited to get out there and start our life together!

Comment by abuon18 on December 11, 2011 at 9:12pm: Hey skell! How's the move going! I actually just got to san diego last night and have spent today looking for apartments! I love it so far!

Comment by skell456 (AO wife) on December 11, 2011 at 8:04pm: Hi ladies,its been awhile since I've been on we are in the process of headed to Michigan from California its such a long drive.how is everyone?

Comment by Jo (Wife of an ET Radioman) on December 1, 2011 at 2:57pm: Matt left for CT the morning after Thanksgiving. It's all a bit hazy, but I think I was at the airport around 1:30, his group arrived shortly after...and I was there until about 9:30 that morning.

As long as your man is back on his ship at the designated time, he can spend time with you. Don't make him late!

Comment by Kac46047 on November 27, 2011 at 10:04pm: My husband left saturday morning at 7am. His sister and I went to the airport at 2am and spent from then, till when he left at the airport =]

Comment by abuon18 on November 22, 2011 at 10:44am: Thanks haymcdee :)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 22, 2011 at 5:04am: skell - Hi there...I know it's been a while...sorry about that.

You're heading into deployment...

I'm on post-deployment...still, LOL...ahhh...the "phases" of deployment. Been through two. Pre-deployment is...hell on earth. Lots of ducks to get in a row. I made a special notebook with all the paperwork in it (copies of the POA and such...originals in our safe or you can use the freezer...it's fireproof...just put it in a Ziploc!) and called it "my life"! It went everywhere with me. While he was busy getting his stuff ready I was out shopping for 6 months (note: don’t post any dates of deployments or how long your sailor will be gone. I am doing so because it is in the past.) , worth of toiletries, OTC meds etc. Last minute, "I need...". Some days you do literally drop into bed!

You are going to be on an emotional roller coaster. I'm talking the BIG roller coaster too...not the kiddie ride. Don't be surprised if when the day he goes that you actually feel...relief. Yeah it sounds "cruel" but my hubby and I both said it to each other when he was riding the bus to the airport (Hubby is AF reserves for you that don't know me...Son is Sailor...excuse me "soon-to-be-Seabee!). It was just so crazy and emotional and now it finally started... onward to next phase! So, it's a normal thing to feel along with everything else you are feeling.

I'll give you a little "caution" as it happened to me both times and happens to be the first chapter of a very good deployment book...you may get angry. I finally figured out that the anger was just "easier" to feel than the pain of separation. (We’ve been together for 31 years). Pain and sadness are..."weak"...gotta be strong right? Anger is powerful...yeah right! Bad head game on my part. Once I read in the book about the "Id-rather-be-angry-than-sad" game...I got it. First, it was good to see it in print because then I felt more "normal"...I felt like such a jerk and that I have got to be the ONLY one who feels this way! Second, she explains why you're feeling it and that helped me work through it. I wish I hadn't had too, because of course others around me suffered for it. Also, that while it does happen it's better to recognize it and not play it! I am thankful for the book as I feel much more prepared should he deploy again. Didn't have those resources on the first one and as a reservist wife, don't have the community of being on base. Hmmm...wonder how it will be when my son deploys...gotta find a book on THAT one!

So, not wanting to be a downer but hoping I can help you avoid some yucky stuff!

Forget the boxes...it will give you something to do while he is away...you'll need it. Get out what you need the most. Just focus on your man, your son and yourself.

This is the book: (disclaimer-I am in no way affiliated with the author. I know we're not supposed to "promote" stuff on here...whatever...it's important)

Separated by Duty, United in Love - A Guide to Long Distance Relationships for Military Couples by Shellie Vandevoorde

Comment by haymcdee on November 22, 2011 at 12:09am: aboun18 - TriCare kicks in as soon as he fills out the paperwork to get you in the DEERS program. Even if you don't get the paperwork completed right away, you can theoretically get covered by TriCare retroactively if your marriage certificate can prove the date. Although, that's theoretical. I'm sure there are anecdotes out there of this going sour...