This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
FIRST TIME HERE?
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Rocky Road
On day two of being a Navy Wife I sit before the endless information on N4M's with my giant bowl of Rocky Road ice cream. Ok, so it's my second bowl of the day, and how fitting. I have just begun my walk down this rocky road of disconnection between me and my very best friend, my husband. I am new to this site and can figure that many stories have been told, and no matter how different they sometimes are, they are mostly the same.
At 33 years old, my husband is becoming a United States Sailor. His constant determination to provide and protect his family is now expanding to include his country. I am proud to say he stands along side many others who have made this choice.
At this very moment I am overwhelmed as I try to articulate these foriegn feelings. However, I find comfort in my bowl of rocky road and the Q and A's on N4M's.
~LTLY
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Comment by LTLY on August 5, 2010 at 11:28pm
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Thanks JessicaB! This site is such a Blessing! I can't get enough! His rate is Hospital Corpsman, and I am on overload with all of the info I am finding about it!!
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Comment by BunkerQB on August 6, 2010 at 4:27am
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You need to switch to
1. Ben & Jerry's "Chubby Hubby", "Everything but the", "Karamel Sutra"
2. Baskin Robbins "Love Potion #31" any "Grab N Go"
3. Dreyer's "Slow Churned"
4. Haagen Dazs "Dulce De Leche"
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Thank you all for the encouragement! And thank you for reading and sharing with me!
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Comment by proud_wifey on August 18, 2010 at 10:49am
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Congrats and welcome to the Navy family! I am a fairly new to the family myself. My husband decided last year to join and after several months in his DEP (delayed entry program), he went to boot camp back in January at the age of 30. My husband is a reservist, but is already looking at a possible deployment this coming January. I can relate to some of the nervousness, uncertainty, excitement, and pride that comes with being a Navy wife. Please feel free to contact me if you ever need someone to talk to. I am also on facebook and there are so many other wives (or even husbands) out there, willing and able to offer understanding and support to other spouses, so I encourage you to look into any outlet that will provide what you need to get through this journey.
On another note PIR is special... a bit long, but so full of tradition and discipline. The hardest part was waiting the hour and a half (or longer) before I could throw my arms around him and kiss him for the first time in 2 months!
Again, welcome to the Navy family and if you need anything, don't hesitate to contact me! :D
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Comment by Pat on August 19, 2010 at 5:31pm
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Welcome aboard! WOW...what can I say that hasn't already been posted here...yes you are in for a roller coaster ride, but I believe that you have both made a decision that will benefit you both for years to come...this eight weeks of separation will end faster than you think possible and as said above...PIR...WOW!
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