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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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 Sarah_SailorGF on April 27, 2017 at 11:45pm

Yes the informative letter came in about a week two after he left i believe, and I got my first letter about 3 or 4 weeks in... He told me they were only allowed to write and send letters on Sundays and since i live in California i would usually get his letters on Thursdays. But honestly that first letter and every letter after that bring so much relief, the wait is definitely worth it. You will be so overjoyed, there's no other feeling like it! 

Comment by anniexbananie on April 27, 2017 at 11:16pm

Hi guys! when do you usually receive the first written letter from your sailor? do you usually get his form letter before he gets to write a letter to you? 

Comment by TieranyC on April 18, 2017 at 5:34pm

Thank y'all! 

Comment by Anti M on April 18, 2017 at 2:42pm

You will definitely need your sponsor's SSN.  They haven't asked for mine in decades.  They go by his, and my birthdate.

Comment by Allison on April 18, 2017 at 1:53pm
TieranyC to see if they can use your social, you'll have to call tricare directly. It is based off your region that you are living in, so go on tricare.mil, find your region, and call the number listed there. You can explain to them whatever reason there might be for you no having an ID card, bootcamp/deployment/A school, etc.. They may also need to know your spouse's social. I hope that helps!
Comment by TieranyC on April 18, 2017 at 11:07am

Allison, when I go on the Tricare website it doesn't have a place to enter a SS #... 

Comment by Anti M on April 13, 2017 at 8:41pm

It is not unusual for a ship's schedule to change.  Your sailor cannot email the changes to you, as he'd get in trouble for violating OPSEC.  The source of official information will be the ombudsman.  Some are willing to work with girlfriends, some are not.  In any case, your sailor will need to verify your identity, as the ombudsman needs to know who you are.  Google them, make contact, find out what needs to happen to keep you in the loop.

You are now learning the essentials of having a Navy SO.  Hurry up and wait.  No news is good news. Semper Gumby (always flexible).  

You can do this, it is okay to worry, but know it comes with the territory.  Your next task is learning the best ways for you to handle this type of thing.  Everyone deals with it a bit differently.

Comment by Brittanie C on April 13, 2017 at 6:20pm
Hi
I live with my boyfriend that's in the navy and he just went underway that was only supposed to be 4 days. He should have been back yesterday. Has anyone ever experienced this? I don't know what to do. I know the navy can change stuff at any moment. But I really want to stop worrying. Any suggestions?
Comment by Allison on April 10, 2017 at 8:28pm
Unfortunately, what your recruiter said is true. Your husband will not get official orders until right before he graduates and receives his travel packet. I would ask whoever needs the orders if they can accept a copy of his contract just until the official orders are given. If they need a date, estimate like a week after his PIR date for a good safety net. I can't promise it will work, but it's worth a shot.
Comment by Allison on April 9, 2017 at 5:37pm
It depends on the country, and I don't want to scare you because some are pretty relaxed, but some require translated vet paperwork, shots within a certain time frame, and even quarantine. Your best bet is to go to or call your local embassy for the country you're going to for the most accurate info, and search around online. They will also be able to recommend how to translate the paperwork or do it themselves if necessary. If there's a vet on your current post, they also sometimes have that information on hand as well.

As for flying. Don't put cats in cargo if you can help it, and it isn't a good idea to sedate your dogs if they are in cargo because it will be hard to tell how they are feeling upon landing. Crates have to be airline approved, so make sure to check the requirements for the airline you're flying, and if you don't buy one through them, make sure to have plenty of time at the airport to come up with another solution. Using an old tshirt or two that smells like you can help with anxiety. I recommend cutting them down the middle and the sleeves open to avoid tangling during the flight, but it's not necessary. There are also weather requirements for flying with pets on some airlines, so have a friend or family member on call to pick up your pet and bring them back to the airport for another flight if they can't fly that day with you.
 

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