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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 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Air Traffic Controller Moms

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Known as the "Elite of the Fleet" , a small but unique class of individuals that work as team to keep not only our military air spaces safe, but as well as airports all over safe with expeditious movement!

Members: 148
Latest Activity: Feb 4, 2020

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Comment by applepi on June 5, 2017 at 7:52am: TrueBlue Feel free to ask anything. My son has been at NAS Pensacola since February. I visited the base for a week in April. If I don't know an answer, I can ask him.

Comment by TammyCodysMom on June 4, 2017 at 11:04pm: My son will be graduating from Jacksonville Air Traffic Control School July 21st is the date so far. He is really excited....when he graduates he is going to Italy. He said the school can be intense be sure and ask questions if they dont understand something.

Comment by TrueBlue on June 4, 2017 at 10:48pm: My son will also be headed to Pensacola for Air Teaffic Controller and I am hoping to gain as much information about the training as possible.

Comment by applepi on June 4, 2017 at 9:52am: Twinky Are you able to see my long post? Let me know if you or your sailor have any questions. :-)

As a teacher, I ask my son so many questions. And he's a good sport who answers me most of the time. lol

Comment by applepi on June 4, 2017 at 9:48am: Amber His PIR was 2.10 and he flew to Pensacola on Sunday 2.12 Was supposed to start classes on the 23rd of Feb but they didn't have enough students for the classes. He spent the waiting time with Indoctrination (learning about Navy life at NAS Pensacola), mustering (roll call every few hours), cleaning (lots of cleaning), and working out. He also worked on getting qualifications on different watches (duties) to work his way up the Liberty Phases. He was at the third and final phase shortly after his classes finally started.

Classes for Air Traffic Control are divided into three blocks. The first block is six weeks long and involves studying a topic for one to three days and then taking a test over the material. Get the test score within the hour and then start the next topic. Studied weather, etc) The second block consists of three simulations studied and practiced for three weeks. The sims are intense with almost as many instructors as students. They simulate working the air traffic, landing planes, etc. The final testing was challenging for my son's group. He was the only one to pass the first day the tests were given, three more passed the second day and ten still failed. Those ten had one more chance to pass. If they didn't, they would be moved back a class and would take the block over. The third block just started. It is another six week block. After the first week's testing, the rest of the time will be sims.

Encourage your sailor to get a study group together. It helps and they have so much to learn in very short time frames.

We visited our sailor mid April (about 8 weeks after PIR) and will be going again in July to see his graduation (which is not nearly as big as PIR). But, we love the beach so visiting the week before will give us beach time and time with him before his graduation.

Sorry, this is so much... lol but, let me know if you have any other questions. :-)

Comment by Twinky on June 4, 2017 at 9:40am: I would also love to hear about experiences with ac schooling. My son's PIR is June 16th then headed to Pensacola.

Comment by Amber on June 4, 2017 at 9:32am: Appiepi, would love to hear his experiences.

Comment by applepi on June 4, 2017 at 9:22am: Amber, My son just started his third block of classes for AC and should graduate July 14. Would be happy to share his experiences.

Comment by Amber on June 4, 2017 at 9:19am: ProudofNavySons, Hello, My son is going to Pensacola in July to take the air traffic control classes. I'd love to hear any information you have on that. From what I've seen it is a very tough course to pass. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Comment by ProudofNavySons on June 2, 2017 at 12:17pm: Hi, new to the group! My son just finished 3 years as an AC at Naval Station Rota. He just moved back to Pensacola and has applied to OCS and aviation school. This program and his assignment have been amazing for him. I don't know if any of our experiences can help out those headed into the program, but if so, let me know!