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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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PROUD Navey Wife :)
My husband left for basic at the end of may, it was the hardest thing i have ever had to endure. i cried for 3 days straight and didn't want to leave the house. I was introduced to an amazing support group on facebook who then told me about N4M. i am truly blessed to have has all of this support. i feel like my family has multiplied by a billion!!! i got the "im here" call the night he got to Great Lakes. that following monday i got my "boy in a box" and i broke down. i still sleep with his shirt (unfortunately its starting to loose his smell ) i then received my DEERS and ID form letter. thats when i officially became a military wife :) yeay! i got my first letter, his PIR form, and a 33 minute phone call within a week. it was the answer to my prayers!! he is doing great and he loves it there. he says the only bad part is that i am not there. he has had a cold since he got there. he passed all of his tests perfectly and is now ranked as an E-2 . I am one proud wife!! unfortunately there a girls in his division who always fight so they are getting ITE every day. i hope they can pull it together. but he doesn't mind it b/c he loves to push himself. he has achieved so much !
as far as being a navy wife or a military wife in general, its not easy. and we were told it was going to be hard. but even with a warning, it couldn't prepare you for what would happen!! my husband is not just married to me he is married to the navy. only true love and a pure friendship can survive being a military wife!! TRUST is the biggest thing , without trust there is no marriage! so speaking from experience, trust your husband. love him with all of your heart. don't leave him b/c you are lonely . you know what you signed up for, and he needs you more than anything. everything will work out. the day you reunite with your husband will be the best day of your life :)
God Bless
signed:
A proud navy wife
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Comment by UrabissWife on June 24, 2012 at 5:53pm
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your son will find any amazing wife someday :) its not easy but it is totally worth it. what helps me as much is thinking of that day when i get to see my husband again. I heard it like falling in love all over again :) just make sure you are there to support her when that time comes. family support is #1 ! i wasn't really close with his family before he left, but they are constantly calling me and texting me. it helps so much. yes you are right all marriages need that :) but yes when we are separated by many miles some many things run through your head (as i like to say the enemy's talking ) but you have to keep reminding yourself of who your husband really is. If we didn't have God in our relationship idk where we would be. i know this would bee 1000X harder. I sure hope the days goes by fast also. i can not wait. how is your son doing? thank you so much :)
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im glad to hear that you are supporting your son :) it means so much to them.
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