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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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Moms of "A" school Sailors

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Our sailors are now in "A" school - let's share!!

Members: 960
Latest Activity: Dec 3, 2022

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Comment by Cherrish S. on October 4, 2012 at 11:52am: Hi...my son PiR on 9/28 and is in A school in Chicago. Am I in the right group?

Comment by candywrapper on October 3, 2012 at 2:38pm: does anyone know of any apartments near correy station that are decent?my son is getting married therefore he"s going to live off base.any ideas?

Comment by candywrapper on September 30, 2012 at 11:52pm: my son was told he"d be there 8 months now they"re telling him 1yr or longer.i don't know either.

Comment by ANDREWSMOM on September 30, 2012 at 1:39pm: Good Morning...my SR just arrived in Pcola yesterday. He is an AM and we thought A School was about 5 weeks but he told us last night he might be there for 9 MONTHS or longer. Does anyone know why that would be?

Comment by candywrapper on September 29, 2012 at 9:53pm: hi anybody in pensacola for IT.son just arrived last saturday.

Comment by JudyD on September 24, 2012 at 12:22am: tdbridges, I can only tell you about our daughter when she came home on leave. . . She left Great Lakes on 9/6 and had to report to San Diego 9/20. She did have to pay the difference to fly into San Jose instead of San Diego but it only cost her $93. I am not sure about how much your son will have to pay to be able to come home since he is going all the way to Japan. Have him check with the travel department and hopefully they can help him out. I hope this helps some. I am sorry I can't give you a definite answer. Good luck.

Comment by tdbridges on September 23, 2012 at 10:22pm: marine navy mom, he is in A school, will finish in about a month...orders were just posted. So far he hasn't been given a lot of info so if I tell him to just talk to travel they'll get him some answers? Thank you for your help.

Comment by tdbridges on September 23, 2012 at 7:11pm: Hi all; I am hoping someone can help me out a little with a question. I have seen a little info here but still have questions. My son will be going to MS, then San Diego, then oversees after A school. As of right now, he only is getting 7 days of leave but we know that is always subject to change. He is stressing because he thinks he is responsible for paying for his airfare to his overseas assignment if he takes his leave. Does anyone know if this is true? He isn't even sure at what point in all this moving his leave will be granted. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

Comment by kathleen on September 19, 2012 at 11:13am: My son arrived in Pensacola on Sunday morning. He is on the Marine side of the base and is going to aircrew candidate school. Is anyone else in the same situation? Apparently it is essentially "bootcamp" again for him so of course the worrying begins again!!

Comment by Laurie (Nolan's mom) on September 17, 2012 at 4:07pm: Hello all, Just joined this group getting familiar with everything. My sailor is in Pensicola. Is on hold for awhile before starting school.