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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

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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

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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

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Keisha

Girlfriends, Fiances,and Wives of Sailors

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Girlfriends, Fiances,and Wives of Sailors

Hello my name is Keisha and i am the creator of this group. Thanks for joining and i hope that all the advice this group gives is helpful

Please, if you no longer want to be a part of N4M's consider NOT deleting your profile as everything you have ever posted will disappear when you delete it .  You can leave a group but don't permanently delete your profile!

Location: From Atlanta, GA all the way to Cali-forn-i-a now in Washington State
Members: 3872
Latest Activity: Feb 6

I'm a Navy Wife and I created this group back when I was a girlfriend and my now husband had gone to bootcamp. Its funny because i joined this website when they had under 50 members. This website has been sooooo helpful and I met so many people on here that gave great advice. I made this group so that we could all come together and give eachother advice and share ideas. I see that this group is growing more and more by the day, Im happy to see that because so many wives/fiances/and girlfriends are clueless when it comes the military lifestyle. Not knowing what to expect and not knowing about deployments, bootcamp, duty stations, etc. I want this to be the place you all recommend because so many people on this site are knowledgeable and very helpful. Once again thanks for joining my group and i hope you get all the information you need. I dont get to log on as much as i used to but i try my best to get on here. So if u have any questions feel free to make a discussion topic and Im positive that it will get answered if not, inbox me :-) Take Care ♥

Discussion Forum

Help needed!!

Started by Nia. Last reply by Nia Sep 7, 2022. 4 Replies

Hi everyone! My name is Nia, I’m new here. I just have a question that have been giving me anxiety lately. So my boyfriend has been emailing me every morning and sometimes night overseas, and then suddenly the flow has stopped out of no where. I’ve…Continue

advice!

Started by Mykenzie Apr 1, 2022. 0 Replies

Hi ladies!I just would love some advice on this current topic my significant other and i are having currently. without saying too much he’s enlisted in the navy and i am currently a university student. his work peers really value his work and his…Continue

Graduation coming up

Started by Kelly Jan 9, 2022. 0 Replies

Hi,Im new here and I am glad that I found a group that share my confusion during new path of couple life. My boyfriend is due to graduate on the 28th and I am so sad I can't make it to see him. Mainly cause he only had two invites and family comes…Continue

Hubby shipping off to BC June 24!

Started by TARA. Last reply by Kaylee Sep 29, 2020. 1 Reply

Hi Everyone,I am new to this group and would like to say how thankful I am for finding a community of Navy wives, fiancés and girlfriends who can lend support to each other.  A short background of our Navy journey - my guy wanted to sign up as EM…Continue

New here!

Started by Linda Jane. Last reply by Kaylee Sep 29, 2020. 4 Replies

Hi. I just joined last night. I wanted to introduce myself. I’m linda. My boyfriend is in Great Lakes now for basic training ship 02 Div 950. Then after graduation he immediately ships off to A school in SC. This is all extremely new to me and his…Continue

Fiancé Advice

Started by Lauren C. Last reply by astc Sep 26, 2019. 5 Replies

My fiance just joined the Navy and was sent off to bootcamp this week. We've been together for almost six years and we plan to get married after bootcamp is over.> I was hoping you could tell me if waiting until bootcamp is over was the smart…Continue

Good neighborhoods around Great Lakes IL??

Started by Artfulmind. Last reply by WCK110658 Jul 9, 2019. 3 Replies

Hi everyone! Hubs, baby, and I will be stationed in Great Lakes soon was wondering if anyone new of some good safe family friendly neighborhoods to rent a place? We don't mind being a half hour or so away from base. Heard the surrounding…Continue

Tags: moving, chicago, illinois, Lakes, Great

Hello Everyone!

Started by mommasett. Last reply by Anti M Mar 27, 2019. 1 Reply

Happy Hump day to all!! I am new here and I am so glad that I have found this group! I am hoping it helps in my journey with my boyfriend and understanding his Navy Life a little better. Continue

POA to get a military i.d.

Started by Hafaadai. Last reply by Ib_vv_N Feb 23, 2019. 7 Replies

Hi! My SR left for BC on 28th of Nov. I received THE BOX on Dec. 6th. Still waiting on his form letter, personal letter and DEERS. He did not leave me a POA before he left because the recruiter said we won’t really need it until he gets out of BC.…Continue

sending photos

Started by lifesimplified Feb 20, 2019. 0 Replies

My boyfriend shipped out on 2/11/19.  I just received his box but no form letter yet.  As soon as I get his address, I will be writing him daily and sending many photos.  I read somewhere on this forum that the recruits must show all photos to the…Continue

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Comment by SumiK0125 (wife of a Nuke MM) on May 20, 2010 at 4:20am
I'm soo sad...i haven't gotten a letter still.... my husband left on April 30th...how come i STILL haven't heard from him.... wish i could be in a good mood like all you ladies and be able to share....
congrats though on hearing from your loved ones!
guess i just have to keep waiting....
Comment by Nicole loves Sean (EM-N (SS)) on May 19, 2010 at 9:43pm
congrats jennifer... letter day was always my favorite day while my bf was in bootcamp... those letters will be worth more than gold to you. cherish each one.
Comment by Jennifer on May 19, 2010 at 9:19pm
I got my 1st letter from my bf today...He left for BC may 5th...I am the happiest person ever right now...He misses me so much...He said he had a panic attack his 1st night there because he missed everyone that much..He also told me he want to marry me so bad and feels he needs me to live...I dont think I have ever been so happy in my life!!!!Just thought I would let you girls know the great news!

Jenn
Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on May 19, 2010 at 8:28pm
Just thought I'd share another good idea for letters-- In my letters to boot camp I would tell him about my day, including every time I thought about him, and then I'd write about a memory I had with him. For example, when we first met, our first kiss, our first real date. I'd go into detail about my thoughts and feelings on those days, and sometimes he'd write back with what was running through his head :)
When I ran out of memories, I looked to the future. I wrote about moving in with him, my dream wedding, and having little ones running around.

He loved that I thought about this stuff, and it gave him somewhere to escape to when the RDC's just wouldn't shut up :)
Comment by his girl on May 19, 2010 at 7:24pm
torn to pieces-great song... it's hard but youll get through it =] he will really appreciate it I'm sure
Comment by JENN 226 on May 19, 2010 at 4:17pm
totally off topic but I just finished writing a letter to my boyfriend and at the end of the letter I have been putting song quotes from songs that we used to sing and dance to our that we could relate to... we are both country music fans and I put at the end of this letter " The heart dont forget something like that"... tears came to my eyes :( oh this soo hard!
Comment by ariel042109 on May 19, 2010 at 3:55pm
*my boyfriend at the time. He is no longer that and I am happily married. I would not want for my friend or stranger to tell me that my husband is cheating on me. Especially if they are at A School, deployed, or just a million miles away in general. Yes, I don't believe that once a cheater always a cheater and they might be able to work things out if together. A cheating boyfriend is way different than a cheating husband and is way different if there on kids involved.
Comment by ariel042109 on May 19, 2010 at 3:49pm
A cheating spouse is totally different than a car that is on fire. Unfortunately that is the truth of it and it can't be related. As one person said... there are always 2 sides to the story, and unless Melissa viewed the cheating with her OWN eyes I wouldn't pass it on. I was told by my boyfriend that his brother was cheating on his wife. The wife and I were good friends at the time and I told her. She ended up moving from Texas back to Florida and I lost contact with her. Her husband (even though he probably really was cheating on his wife) threatened my life. Melissa is not there to hold her when she falls apart. She could very easily decide that her life has no meaning without her husband. It isn't her place.
Comment by ChucksChick (He's a Sailor!!) on May 19, 2010 at 3:04pm
If it were a stranger, then of course not, but if it's someone that you've talked to before, then yeah, i'd want you to tell me. You said that you talk to her pretty regularly so it's not like you're just some random chick on myspace or something sending her an email. I wish one of my ex-husband's friends' girlfriends had've told me what he was doing behind my back.. woulda saved me a year and a half of hell. I think that if you chose to tell her, she knows her husband.. she would know if he wasn't "acting right" and you'd probably just be confirming what she already knows. That being said, if you choose to tell her you could ruin any chance of a friendship between the two of you because some females would rather get mad at you than to believe that their husband was running around on them. I would tell.. hell, you could be saving this girl's life cause there's no telling what kind of women hes out there messing with and what they may or may not have. *shrugs* Just a thought..
Comment by Jess on May 19, 2010 at 2:52pm
when it comes to matters of the heart.Only the hearts involved need be concerned.
From experience.And of course you would want to know.But it is not our place to interfere.There are two sides to everything
 

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