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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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PCSing/ Moving

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Lets talk about moving, real estate, how to pack, tips, horror stories, the good, the bad, DITY, Semi DITY and commercial moves; and share helpful websites.

Website: http://eek-moving-again.blogspot.com/
Members: 144
Latest Activity: Dec 26, 2017

So much information!

Be sure to look through all the Discussion topics in the Discussion Forum - your question may have been addressed there. Post your questions in the Comments section, or create a new Discussion for a more general question/topic. Welcome to the group!

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Comment by Janie - ProudSailorWife on July 4, 2010 at 11:29pm: Thanks. I made my first move up to my hubby's A school in April and waiting on our first duty station orders in about 4 months. I'm a nervous wreck!

Comment by Sweet*Southern*Lady on July 4, 2010 at 11:22pm: Janie, Welcome!

Comment by Sweet*Southern*Lady on July 4, 2010 at 3:48pm: Welcome Jessica!

Also any one who has question I'm very much so willing to help search out information please friend me and message me. Lets work together to make your move as easy as possible!
-Whit

Comment by Sweet*Southern*Lady on June 30, 2010 at 4:19pm: Ok, So we're moving to Tucson, some of the NROTC guys (and maybe gals i'm not sure how many girls will be there) will do team building helping move in the new members. Besides having iced down water, soda, beer, and ice tea or lemonade. Chips and dip/salsa. What other easy things can I have on hand. Should I order pizza or pick up KFC, Or wait a week or two and have home cooked meal for them . Any idea? Thanks.

Comment by Sweet*Southern*Lady on June 29, 2010 at 9:29pm: Welcome SWCCWife7!

Comment by Anti M on June 28, 2010 at 7:30pm: Bah can take 4 to 6 weeks to show up, and you will get the back pay all at once.

The wait for orders varies greatly, as some rates are "backed up". If you are on the orders (accompanied), the Navy will pay for the move, although details vary on that too!

The hotline sounds amazing!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on June 28, 2010 at 12:54pm: Chelsea, the CNIC homepage (link in my prior post) has a "Navy Services FamilyLine." You can follow that link to this page "New to the Navy" with various links including "First 10 Things You Should Do When You Marry Into The Navy." http://cnic.navy.mil/CNIC_HQ_Site/WhatWeDo/FamilyLine/NewToTheNavy/... That page says you can also "call us toll free at 1-877-673-7773 or email us at nsfamline@aol.com Monday - Friday between 10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. (EST). We'll do our best to answer your question or provide you with a reference to someone who CAN!!" Hope that helps you start to get answers.

Comment by Chelsea-NAVYWIFE on June 28, 2010 at 10:03am: Hi ladies, I need some help. My husband is currently in pensacola for a-school, they told him he will be graduating A-School on July 27th, when will we get his orders? and what should i expect? We got married right after he graduated boot camp, and we still arent getting BAH or anything, even though he applied about 2-3 weeks ago. Will they pay for our move? or does everything need to come out of our own pocket?

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on June 28, 2010 at 9:46am: I just added this to Bases and Places:
First, here's how to find your base:
Go to Commander, Naval Installations Command Headquarters http://cnic.navy.mil/CNIC_HQ_Site/index.htm and click on the Regions and Installations tab. Keep narrowing down on the maps on each subsequent screen to find your base.

Once you find the CNIC home page for your installation, you'll find info about the base, an overview of the area, and links to relocation information, 'Welcome Aboard' packets, MIlitary Moves, Family Housing, Relocation Workshops, Fleet and Family Support Center, important phone numbers, Navy Lodge, MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation), and lots more.

Comment by ChucksChick (He's a Sailor!!) on June 28, 2010 at 3:00am: @Whitney, yes we are married and were married prior to him joining so I know that they'll move my stuff. I was wondering about the dislocation allowance. Right now, I will be moving to where he's going to A School at, would we get the DLA for that move or is it only applicable to actual duty station moves. When I was married to my ex, who was a marine, I remember getting like 1500 or so when we moved from his last school to his permanent duty station but I can't remember if we got it when we moved from his first school to his second. We might have, I was young and naive and didn't have a hand in the finances. I was just trying to find out if anyone knew anything about DLA.