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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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Wedding bliss doesn't always seem like that if you planning a white wedding with a military man.

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Comment by Jess_0411 on May 25, 2011 at 9:25pm: Yes, he will receive them in A-school. It is possible to get married in A-school once he phases up and earns liberty. However, he needs to request special permission and might have to receive some counseling from the chaplin. If he is granted permission to get married in A-school, don't count on him being able to come home for a big white wedding. It might just have to be a court house wedding.

Comment by CorpsmansGirl08 (station:GL,IL) on May 25, 2011 at 9:18pm: anti M when will he receive his orders? In A school??? if so is there anyway we can get married while he's still in A school??

Comment by My sailor's ladybug (356) on May 25, 2011 at 11:42am: he is going in as a Machinest Mate....I know after boot camp he is going to CT. But we would like to married on Nov 11th. So he would only be there less then two weeks.

Is there a cut off for dependents? I know once we get married our son and i will be come dependents...but what about my son from another relationship? i know that step-children get benfits...but im just not sure how all this works.

Comment by Anti M on May 25, 2011 at 9:04am: The best thing to do is to talk to the father. A step child in the military, even without adoption, will receive full health benefits. You two might be able to work out some type of joint custody arrangement, and make it legal through the court, and you could share the child different parts of the year. I would definitely seek court ordered support, you and he can negotiate what is fair.
That was how hubby's joint custody was supposed to work, but his ex kept him from his son.
You can move to where your sailor is in the US, but there are reasons to marry before he gets his orders, he mat be sent where you cannot follow otherwise.

Comment by CorpsmansGirl08 (station:GL,IL) on May 25, 2011 at 7:59am: im not sure if he has ever thought of adopting him my real concern is that the father is not going to give me full custody and I really want to move with my boyfriend when he goes to his duty station. I guess we will see what happens, otherwise i will stay put where i am at until he is done with the service i guess. Im not sure what my options are here. My son's father is not by any means a dead beat dad and i always wanted to keep them together....but now the Navy has come into my life..... i think i know what my answer is I just don't like it.

Comment by annamichael on May 25, 2011 at 6:31am: Corpsmans - I am not sure how the Navy would apply your son as a dependent of your fiance's? Hmm.. Has he ever thought of adopting him? Keep me updated on your upcoming wedding, though! I am also thinking of getting married while my boyfriend is on leave. :)

mommie - If your boyfriend goes September 1st, he will graduate October 28th (I'm 90% sure). The Navy highly DIScourages couples getting married in GL after PIR. You only have a day or weekend with your sailor if you're lucky. You should wait until he is in A school. Do you know where he is going/what for?

Comment by My sailor's ladybug (356) on May 25, 2011 at 12:00am: My boyfiriend leaves Sept.1 for boot camp. We would like to get married in Nov. if he is done by then. How and can we get married between boot and A school? If not between them while he is in A school?

Comment by CorpsmansGirl08 (station:GL,IL) on May 24, 2011 at 2:06pm: okay everyone, here is my story. I need lots of help! lol My boyfriend just graduated on 5/20 hes now in A school in S.A., TX. we are wanting to get married after his A school is finished in Sept.when he has leave to come home. My dillema is I have a son from a previous relationship(never married) and im not sure how that is going to affect us getting married. I have no established child support agreement nor a custody agreement with the court system. is this/how will this affect us wanting to get married??

Comment by Elle on May 16, 2011 at 3:29pm: @annamichael Yes, I did just recently 5-4-11.

Comment by annamichael on May 14, 2011 at 5:07pm: Has anyone ever gotten married while their sailor was on leave between A and C school? My boyfriend is in P'Cola for A school and will have leave after he graduates in September for two weeks. Then he will go back there for C school.