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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 Aviation Rescue Swimmers

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Members: 317
Latest Activity: Aug 18, 2021

This group is for family members and friends of Aviation Rescue Swimmers, or sailors in training to be Aviation Rescue Swimmers

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Comment by sweetpea4 on March 9, 2014 at 7:00pm: Eagle Mom don't miss RSS Graduation it maybe the only ceremony that you can attend and they actually have a nice ceremony for. The other one is when they graduate from FRAC. Waiting on my Son to get his flight wings going on 19 months now! Weather, mechanical issues have been quite the problem!!!

Comment by sweetpea4 on March 9, 2014 at 6:57pm: A's Mom there is a Holiday Inn Express in Warrington close to the Navy Base. Warrington is right outside the base is a old section of Pensacola not the nicest area of town. Some of the families are able to stay on base at the Navy lodge don't know much about it. Maybe other families might be of some help!

Comment by A's Mom on March 9, 2014 at 6:46pm: Going to see my son in Pensacola. Does anyone have any hotel or condo suggestions?

Comment by proudmama on March 8, 2014 at 11:19pm: ALNavy Mom- Best wishes to your son and to you and your family. This class is so hard on us moms and extended family members... the waiting to find out how things are going... is so difficult!

Snowskiier- I hope things get better for you...If you ever need to vent... I have 6 kids..so nothing ever shocks me... send me a pm!

SaltyOcean- I hope you find answers to your questions.

Eaglemom2- I hope you find just the right solution that works best for you and your family!

Comment by Eaglemom2 on March 8, 2014 at 9:44pm: Ok, I have to have some answers and hoping you moms can help me, I've been talking to one mom and I know she is on here too. With fingers crossed, his graduation from RSS will be March 21. What time is graduation? The finals are Monday and Tuesday, will he be able to see us on Wed and Thursday? I want to be there so bad that I am fighting with the my husband(father of the sailor) lots of activities going on for us that week but willing to give up all just to see this graduation. Please help this worried mom out in Kentucky. The other mom that is on here has promised to take lots of pictures and videos but I want to be there, this is a big deal to me and it is a big deal right?

Comment by C's mom on March 8, 2014 at 1:00pm: Salty.., you will be our source for this - I get so confused with all of the acronyms - I was just thinking I needed to create a list to have next to the computer so I could better follow along.

Wonderfully exciting ALNavy!

Comment by Saltyocean on March 8, 2014 at 12:27pm: Thank you MoAngel1967 and C'sMom

I found those websites too, but with all the navy alphabet soup and other lingo didn't understand much. Will talk to son more about it. He still has about another 9-12 months before finishing training so we have plenty of time

Comment by ALNavyMom on March 8, 2014 at 7:06am: Excited that my son starts RSS on Monday,

Comment by MoAngel1967 on March 7, 2014 at 11:46pm: Saltyocean, I found this webpage. It gives a great definition and has lots of information and answers. Hope it helps.

http://www.public.navy.mil/ia/Pages/faq.aspx#2