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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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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

Events

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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NAVY WIVES ON N4M

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

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Comment by TropikalParadize on May 13, 2012 at 10:22pm: I for sure have advice for you....private message me and we can chat!!

Comment by NavyRose on May 10, 2012 at 6:28pm: My husband is in boot camp, PIR 06/22, missing him. I feel silly for saying that after reading about wives dealing with 2 year deployments, but I just am feeling sad today, and this is the place to come!

Rosie

Comment by jennnyj on May 7, 2012 at 7:51pm: My husband is currently stationed in Bahrain for 2 years unaccompanied, with one year left. We didn't get married until after he had already gotten orders. He is up to pick new orders starting in August. He has to do 2 more years of sea duty, and I'm just stressed out that he will be sent somewhere else that I won't be able to join him because of his rank. Has anyone else experienced something similar to this?

Comment by KaywaaB on May 6, 2012 at 11:25am: My husbands about halfway through bootcamp (PIR 6/8) and I haven gotten that middle call yet... feeling REALLY miserable today... bleh

Comment by Jess_0411 on May 5, 2012 at 9:27pm: Sammy: I'm from Jacksonville originally and met my husband while he was at Mayport. We lived at The Retreat at St. Johns on Kernan. It was close to base, the St. Johns Town Center, and the beaches. Check out the Florida Times Union for rental homes if that's what you want. Try to live off of Kernan and Atlantic. That's the nice part of town that's safe. Let me know if you have any other questions. Good luck!

Comment by sammy on May 5, 2012 at 9:15pm: Does anyone here live in jacksonville/mayport? We got orders to mayport and i am trying to get some information about finding a place for rent!

Comment by Skyla (SHIP 07 DIV 191) on May 5, 2012 at 6:29pm: @HeySilly Symmie-my hubby graduates on 6/22 as well and I know EXACTLY how you're feeling. We don't have a kid but he is definitely my best (and sometimes only) friend it feels like. You can message me on here or add me on FB (last name is Lebel) if you need to talk. So far I have only talked with one other girl who has a SR with the same PIR date and same feelings. Keep your head up!

Comment by Avaya0805 (Ship 9/ Division 201) on May 5, 2012 at 5:10pm: Hi Symantha, you are not alone. My husband arrived at great lakes about a week ago. We have a 18 month old little boy. I was telling a friend of mine about my emotions. For a while I would be just fine and then out of nowhere I would get sad and then really mad. My friend lashed back and said "You can't be mad at him! You're not a child. You know what you signed up for." apperantly she didn't understand. I'm not mad at him. I'm just upset at the situation. Yes, we knew what we signed up for. However, it doesn't mean that I can't be mad that I cannot contact my best friend for a while. I believe it's a natural reaction to this huge change in our lives and will take alot of adjusting. It's okay to be emotional. The trick is learning to let yourself have "Bad days" or "moments" so that the emotions can come out and then we have to breathe and move on to enjoy other days (I am learning how to do this myself). If you need to talk, let me know :) Try not to be too hard on yourself. Also, my dad was in the Navy when I was younger. Although the lifestyle will feel familiar, it's different for us as wives and mothers. Now it's our turn to figure out how to be the strong person who holds the family together at home.