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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 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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Missing your Husband? Have Questions or just feeling plain lousy without him?? LETS TALK!!

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Comment by LadyShai85 on May 24, 2013 at 6:35pm: Hi Bryler!

Congrats on your first baby girl! Babies are pure bliss! I hear you on the insurance and understand why you would be eagerly looking for it. It will be coming soon I am sure. :) Have you received the box and/or form letter yet? Don't stress to much. I second that thanks to Urabisswife <3

Comment by BrylerBug on May 24, 2013 at 4:39pm: LadyShai,

I was just about to post that same question! My husband left for BC on the 15th, too! I am due with our first child on June 18th, so I am anxiously awaiting the DEERS package so I can be sure to have all our insurance info ready for when our baby girl gets here. Last thing I want to deal with is hunting down insurance info between contractions!

Thanks UrabissWife for the info!

Comment by LadyShai85 on May 24, 2013 at 1:17am: Hi Urabisswife! Thank you for the help. I am hoping for his form letter soon...hopefully. He left May 15th. I miss him. Staying strong though.

Comment by UrabissWife on May 23, 2013 at 9:28pm: Ladyshai,
my DEERS/insurance paperwork came separately. You should get the form packet then the DEERS. my husbands paperwork got messed up because he asked a question he was not allowed to mail his address to me until later, so I got his form packet a week after I got the DEERS packet. it will come in your mailbox :) let me know if you have any other questions I can try and help you out

Comment by UrabissWife on May 23, 2013 at 9:24pm: Navywife, my husband was recently there are NAS Pcola. it took my husband a month to class up. it just all depends on what is going on there. make sure to tell him to get all of his quals done ASAP. you can always go see him :) I stayed a month there in Pcola to be with my husband. it was amazing!

Comment by LadyShai85 on May 23, 2013 at 5:53pm: Hi all my husband is in BC and I wanted to know when his form letter comes in will that include the DEERS pkg and such? Also will it come in my mail box or delivery? Any info would be great. :) Thank you ahead of time.

Comment by Dina0106 on May 23, 2013 at 2:07pm: There is no way to tell how long it could be, just hope it is soon. My husband spent two months at Corry Base in Pensacola before classing up but don't be alarmed every class works at its own pace.

Comment by russellwife on May 23, 2013 at 10:45am: Has anyone's husband been at NAS in pensacola? My husband has been there for 2 weeks and hasn't started class yet. He says he is in backlog waiting to start class. Can anyone give me any kind of idea how long back log is? The longer he is waiting, the longer before he comes home :/

Comment by RebeccaProudWife on May 9, 2013 at 6:25pm: Abuon18 Yes, :) the information you said is what we have. :)

It was our understanding that BAH wouldn't change till I move but the guy in the office told us it changes on PIR date because I was on his orders.He could have filled out a chit to keep the BAH to my location until i moved.

We look very closely at the LES every month and had the understanding it takes a month or so, as you said. But by the time you add in how long it took me to move here and the month of waiting to see the changes, it was 4 months. My husband went in as soon as he could to change it. We knew there can be a mix up on the pay so we saved the difference in BAH, just thought it was 1 month not 4. The gentleman also said that it is a separate task to change the LES to reflect on BAH.

That is what happened for us.

Comment by jacintaaradanasSHIP13DIV096 on May 9, 2013 at 12:06pm: Does anyone have info on moving to pcola? My husband is there fòr A school for 6 months. Just got there about a week ago. I want to move myself and my son out there. I believe this has to be a do it yourself move. Any info will e helpful! I've already called fleet and family support left a couple of voicemails.