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Navy For Moms

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:

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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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy.com Para Familias

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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 Sylvia*Cali-mom on October 7, 2010 at 1:37am: Wow! Love seeing the activity on here. I didn't realize there were so many qualifications?....8 or 9?? So if I understand correctly, they do these qualifications AFTER they leave Pensacola, right? Btw, my son informed me (via text) that he is classing up next Tuesday. (Oct 12th) and finishes around mid Feb? Did any of your boys mention what the destinations for everyone were? I know that the top dog or dogs get their choices but was wondering where the other classmates were placed as far as destinations were that needed filling. Again, I realize that these places change as needs change within the organization.......again though......just wonderin' . ;) wink

Comment by Sylvia*Cali-mom on October 3, 2010 at 11:11am: Welcome aboard, Mama Eagle! :)

My son PIR'd 8/27th. He's been there for 5 weeks now and recently heard that he may be classing up soon. Either this Monday (Oct.4th) or the following Monday. From my understanding the classes are very small ranging anywhere from 10 to 18 students at a time.

By the way.....seems like there are only 3 of us "newbie" moms on here these days. There are a few others (Slimsam & mhill) whom have sons that have already "Flown the Pensacola Nest" so to speak and have kindly kept me company on this site and answered some of my questions. :)
To learn more about the AC world, I went ahead and read the entire previous 18 pages they have on this site. They are from previous months......some even a few years back? (If i recall right?) I found it helpful since there isn't much activity on this site.

Comment by Mama EagleShip 3Div 313 PIR9/17 on October 1, 2010 at 8:52pm: Hello everyone! My son PIR'd 9/17/10. He's been at Pensacola a few weeks now. Doesn't know yet when he'll class up. Thankful for this site

Comment by Sylvia*Cali-mom on September 21, 2010 at 1:53pm: Karebear- Where are you? I seem to have lost your reply type email address. I sent one and it didn't go through. It was under "navy-do-not-reply" or something of that nature. LOL Can you tell i'm not computer literate! How did we EVER survive the 70s & 80s with out them?! haha. Anyways, thanks for the info today. I truly appreciate it! :)

Comment by karebear86 on September 19, 2010 at 7:08pm: My son Jack PIR'd this past Friday 9/17/10. Scheduled to leave Great Lakes on 9/22 and has been told school for him starts on 10/5/10. All I know so far. Would like to keep in touch with others with sons and daughters going or just starting AC A-School.

Comment by Sylvia*Cali-mom on September 13, 2010 at 12:03pm: Hi slimsam & mhill,

My boy is now in his 3rd week of waiting for classes to start. He still has no idea when they will start either. He got a job working in the flight simulator classrooms (behind the scenes?) working and setting up the flight simulators so the AC students can practice taking off & landing aircraft. He seems to enjoy it. He said it was for the C school AC students. We weren't aware that the AC's had a C school there......thought C school was in Norfolk, VA.
How long of a wait did your sailors have before their A school started?

Btw, I want to thank you both for keeping me company on this very lonely website.
I actually went on all the PIR sites and tried to welcome & encourage if there were any AC moms whom wanted to come on board this site. Didn't really get a response. lol
I really can't blame them.....trying to get through boot camp (as a worried mom) is horrendous! lol Maybe a few others will discover us eventually. lol

Comment by Sylvia*Cali-mom on September 10, 2010 at 6:04pm: lol....I just private messaged you about knowing EXACTLY where you live....and then 'poof!', i got your comment about living in Santa Clarita. lol
When did your boy graduate and how many started out, how many 'washed-out', and how many graduated? I can't believe the stuff I've been hearing, regarding class size and all.

Comment by Sylvia*Cali-mom on September 10, 2010 at 5:51pm: Hi mhill,
I'm from San Diego. Speaking of which....is your sailor stationed in Diego Garcia? When did your boy graduated from A school? I'm hoping my sailor can be stationed in SanDiego or at the very least somewhere on the west coast.

Comment by Sylvia*Cali-mom on September 10, 2010 at 4:42pm: Welcome to all new AC moms out there. As you can see below, this site was last active by AC moms back on July 2nd!
So, I put out a call to each and every single PIR site out there for all AC moms to join, and hopefully we can re-activate this support group for us new AC moms. Btw, my son PIR'd on 8/27/2010. He is currently in Pensacola on hold for AC school to start.