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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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Weddings Future Brides

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

Gather Ideas, Planning tips, great website good deals.

*Mother of the Groom or Bride share you stories or experiance

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Latest Activity: Dec 22, 2016

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Comment by Janae' *My Love is HOME :)* on March 20, 2011 at 2:54pm: Demi, that is sooo cute... Jess I will be needing your advice when it's time to start planning for my big day... He will be deploying in May for 7 months and we have decided to wait to set the date when he gets back.

Comment by Demi :) on March 20, 2011 at 2:07pm: *** 1/2 OFF, not odd :)

Comment by Demi :) on March 20, 2011 at 2:06pm: ahhhhh best info ever :) i know it'll be bumpy... i'm flying solo to pensacola and doing a jp quickie wedding and then we're having the ceremony during the liberty weeks. i'm SO BLESSED with a HUGE network of magical people in my life, such as: my bff, a photographer, my aunt, a wedding cake-maker, my friend who's a dj.... everything just worked out in our favor! and my pastor told my dad at church today that he's letting us rent the church for 1/2 odd as a military discount! :D

Comment by Jess_0411 on March 19, 2011 at 7:52pm: No I don't mind at all! He's an E-5 and he just re-enlisted. We got engaged February 2010, right before he deployed. So my mom (she lives two hours away in Orlando) and I have spent the past 13 months planning. There have been lots of bumps along the way, like having to push around dates and what not according to his schedule for the ship. But we got a lucky break for our wedding date. We randomly selected April 2nd, because I wanted a spring wedding, but I didn't want anything too late in the spring that ran the chance of affecting my youngest sister's senior prom or her graduation. But it turns out that the date we selected worked perfectly with his time ending on his the Vicksburg (his last day is April 1st) and then he has a month off before he has to report to the Eisenhower. But the best tip I can give you in planning is to be flexible, and work with vendors who can be flexible as well. Also, budget wisely! We are lucky because my parents are well off financially, so we can focus our money on the move. But for the things that we did have to cover, like our photographer, we found what deals we could, and went with someone who was new and up and coming. That saved us a ton of money in the long run, and our photographer is the best! She's the one who took my profile photo (: But mostly, just budget, be flexible, and stick to your guns. FH and I are both Catholic, and fairly religous, so we were bound and determine to get married in the way that is right for us, and that's in front of God and our families. Just don't give up (: And I'm here if you need advice. Sorry this was long winded, lol. I'm just trying to give insight. Let me know if you need any planning tips or anything more specific!

Comment by Demi :) on March 19, 2011 at 5:53pm: jess -- that is SO FREAKIN' EXCITING! i really can't wait for my wedding :) and i cant wait to hear how yours goes! would you mind explaining what stage your sailor is in and tips on how you planned / are planning, etc...?

Comment by Sweet*Southern*Lady on March 19, 2011 at 12:31am: Great advice Jess I sometimes need that!

Comment by Jess_0411 on March 19, 2011 at 12:09am: Sooo I offically become a Navy wifey in two weeks! I couldn't be more excited to marry my best friend (: But most importantly, ladies don't lose hope, no matter what people tell you. It is possible to have the big white wedding with the fairy tale ending even though you're marrying a sailor. There will be obstacles, and you might have to switch things around here and there, but if you stick by your guns and have faith, it can happen. Keep your heads up ladies (:

Comment by Sweet*Southern*Lady on March 18, 2011 at 6:57pm: Demi Cute story!

Comment by Jess_0411 on March 18, 2011 at 4:03pm: Thanks for the link! My FH and I were going to do a Navy one, but then my parents surprised us with this beautiful cake topper by Lenox. But I still think the Navy ones are so cute!