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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.

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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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 randolphnavy(ship07 div270) on August 2, 2010 at 11:10pm: The Navy has moved us a couple of times.No problems.Or first 2 moves we did it our self.I don't mind the Navy doing the move.I don't have to pack anything or lift anything.Our stuff has been to Hawaii and back no problems there either.On our first dity move we had our car on a trailer and the trailer had a flat tire.It costed us money having to stay in a hotel and any extra day until the tire was repaired.We had small kids also.So it just depends on ur situation.If ur hubby wants to do it let him go find the boxes and go through the stuff and start packing.It is very time consuming.Good luck on your decision.We only made $600 off of our ditty move.We had a POS moving truck that sucked gas real bad.

Comment by proudmom2be09 on August 2, 2010 at 4:53pm: congrats on his PIR and enjoy!!! it is awesome :) and, I know exactly how you are feeling about the unknowns.

Comment by navywifebeth on August 2, 2010 at 11:23am: Thank you both for the info. I see my hubby in 11 days at PIR. I'm sure he'll have all sorts of info for me... or not and we'll be figuring it out together. I was a very planned person before the Navy, and God is stretching me through this that I'm not in control. So I'm just trying to go with the flow of lack of knowledge. I know I'll get more info as time goes on. Thanks again

Comment by proudmom2be09 on August 2, 2010 at 12:54am: navywifebeth- the LES (leave and earnings statement) is available online but only your husband could tell you how to access it. They also mail out a paper copy to his home address I believe.

Comment by navywifebeth on August 2, 2010 at 12:53am: he's in basic right now so I'll just keep waiting til I hear from him. Thanks so much. I kept checking the mail, but nothing ever came. So I figured it was an internet thing.

Comment by navywifebeth on August 2, 2010 at 12:51am: thanks, so until I get those from my hubby, I'll keep guessing! :)

Comment by Diannadb on August 2, 2010 at 12:49am: They get their paystubs from mypay. You log into mypay with the passwords and username that they set it up with.

Comment by navywifebeth on August 2, 2010 at 12:43am: My husband is up at GL right now, but then has school in FL for about 6 months. We'll be staying home in AZ during all that. We figure we better get ready for times he is out to sea for 6 months at a time. We're looking forward to time together after PIR and our kids and I are taking a week down in FL. We won't know if we'll get to see him until we get down there, but it's worth the risk. We're just excited to get communication back. This time at Basic is hard for the kids and I, but we're practicing all our Navy family tricks. We've got a picture frame with "Daddy" and he recorded a good night message that the kids can hear every night. We also have Build a Bears with personal messages for the kids in them from Daddy. We also write him daily.

So far we have very little info on the next 6 months of his school and such, so I totally understand about going with the flow. People ask me daily where we'll be moving and when. I said March 2011 sounds like when we'll know something, until then we're just waiting! :)

Off topic, do any of you know how to get a paystub? So far each pay has been different and I'm wondering what to budget, and if I had a breakdown I could figure that out. Thanks! :)

Comment by Diannadb on August 1, 2010 at 8:08pm: Trat829 what are your questions about the Navy Cash card..maybe I can help you.

Comment by TRat829 on August 1, 2010 at 10:39am: Hello! Any ladies know about the Navy cash card? My husband is deployed and I have questions about it that he doesnt seem to want to find the answers to...