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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:
Events
**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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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for girlfriends or wives that have someone they love in the Navy.
Members: 423
Latest Activity: Aug 20, 2020
Discussion Forum
Introducing my self
Started by Navygirlfriend (AD) Jul 16, 2018. 0 Replies 1 Like
hi my name is Danielle ! My boyfriend and I have been together for 2 years. We are from richland, ga. He graduates bootcamp Friday July 20th. Continue
Help... 6 wks before leaving my boyfriend out of no where broke it off!! My heart is shattered :(
Started by loveispatient May 27, 2014. 0 Replies 0 Likes
My boyfriend of a year and a half blindsided me yesterday saying he cant invest in our relationship anymore. I was completely shocked and heart broken... he is the love of my life. We got in a stupid…Continue
New to Overseas Long Distance
Started by k.cole15. Last reply by k.cole15 Apr 9, 2014. 2 Replies 0 Likes
hey everyone! So a couple months ago my boyfriend found out he was going to be stationed in Yokosuka, Japan. We've been doing long distance for almost 2 years so I'm usually pretty good about things,…Continue
Tags: USS George Washington, FC, overseas, long distance, japan
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Comment by Proud Navy Girlfriend on February 12, 2014 at 6:13pm
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The most active group I follow is the group for my boyfriends actual ship, or the "Navy girlfriends, wives and fiancés" group. Anyways, my boyfriend is on the USS boxer, its an amphibious assault ship, the ship has been deployed for awhile but my boyfriend got on it late so I haven't gone through a WHOLE deployment, but a couple months so far. Where is everyone from? (:
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Comment by Kelsey on February 12, 2014 at 11:57am
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Abbylanai and Proud Navy Girlfriend I would love to get to talking more too! I do not know much about all of this but I would love nothing more than to learn and be there for someone going through this just as I am!
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Comment by AbigaeLanai on February 11, 2014 at 9:30pm
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Hey Kelsey & proud navy girlfriend :) I know I joined this group a while ago and it isn't very active but I'm here if either of you ever wanna talk :)
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I tried getting people to talk on this group. But It doesn't deem very active?:/
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Hello!! I am new here and my boyfriend left just yesterday for boot camp. We have been together for a year and a half now and this is our very first time being apart for so long! I've been reading all of the comments and discussions on here and it helps knowing that others have been through this because no one in my family understands! I'm hoping to make some friends here that just understand me :)
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Hey ladies! We need to get this group active!:)
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Comment by crystal.claire on November 7, 2013 at 9:06pm
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Hey ladies! My boyfriend and I have discussed marriage but he always seemed like he wanted to just wait for a few years but in his letter today he wrote "my uniforms cost me more than I thought but I get it back so no big. Plus I've been thinking about making another important purchase... Something to keep you on your feet" ...I'm really thinking he's going to propose!!! Does it sound like that to everyone?!
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Comment by abuon18 on November 4, 2013 at 3:48pm
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You're welcome. I know it sucks. The distance NEVER gets easier (I did it with my husband when he was in school too!) But you can still go visit, and he gets to come home for the holidays (which changes once they get to their command, or on deployment!) AND you get to relive those airport moments every time!
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Obviously I don't know your situation or how you support yourself financially or what you can afford to do.... But in my opinion, as much as the distance sucks I think it's better to save up to move to his permanent duty station after he finishes school. As an unmarried couple there is a lot of financial risk and unfortunately at the end of the day it will fall on you. That's not to say he wouldn't help you as much as he can but he will be limited. For unmarried couples at permanent duty stations it's a lot simpler than at school commands.
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PS I'm NOT trying to say it's wrong or discourage you. Just want to make sure you know everything you have to consider when making this decision!
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