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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
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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 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:
**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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Parents of A School Sailors in Pensacola
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Let's chat about our "A" School sailors.
Members: 610
Latest Activity: Oct 18, 2021
Discussion Forum
Things at A school
Started by 1 Proud Mom. Last reply by Leah Oct 5, 2018. 6 Replies 1 Like
Can we go on base to visit our sailor?
Started by Sherri Mom 73. Last reply by Leah Oct 5, 2018. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Transportation While at A School
Started by MomL. Last reply by MomL Mar 21, 2017. 2 Replies 1 Like
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Comment by ProudNavyMom on January 7, 2012 at 11:05pm
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When my son left for boot camp, his contract was Aviation Structural Mechanic, but about half way through boot camp they called him to classifications and told him they had too many at that time and so they reclassed him to Aviation Machinist Mate (AD).
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Comment by Craig on January 7, 2012 at 11:02pm
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Sweet - If he's a Aviation Machinist, then he's an AD. His contract should say AD or Aviation Machinist. However, the Navy also has the Aircrew program also. So you really need to read his contract again.
Here it the official rules on the Aircrew program:
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Sweet - Go here an look at the AD rating.
http://www.navydep.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=36
You can also join this group:
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/admomsgirlfriendsandfamilies
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My son graduated BC 12/2/11 and went to Pensacola the next day. He was there till 12/19 and came home for Christmas break. His classes started this past Monday. He's an Aviation Machinist Mate. He told me that he is supposed to graduate A school 2/12/12. He hasn't said anything about SERE training, but he did say he has 5 different classes to take. He's just finished with the first one.
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Question - how can I find out if the mom of my sailor's roommate is part of this group since we can't share the sailors names here?
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Hi everyone. My sailor graduated from Boot Camp at Great Lakes on Friday, Dec 2 and is now at A School in Pensacola, FL. I hope to get to know alot of other moms on here with sailors in Pensacola.
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Comment by ABH Mom (Tiffani) on November 28, 2011 at 12:06pm
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Yes it does continue :-), so happy the boot camp experience is over, I have about 5 and half more years before I have to go through it again, my youngest only talks about his big brother and how proud he is of him. Hopefully I will be able to stay sane through that one. There is only a 2 hour time difference still, my son found out the hard way, lol.
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Comment by Diana(PO3/IT3) on November 28, 2011 at 11:54am
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Hey Tiffani! And the journey continues :-)
Got a text from my daughter at 3am my time - saying good morning and that her phone would be off and tucked away all day. Did not want to remind her of the 3 hour time difference ;-) I'll take any communique I can get......
Happy Monday after everyone! And I hear you on recovering from the Chicago expense. Trying to figure out a little stash for travels back east these next 2 years without going bankrupt.......
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Hello all, my son also arrived in Pensacola on Friday, he was in Diana's daughters division. He got to have one of his buddies from bootcamp as his roommate, so he is pretty happy. Said it's pretty laid back (compared to bootcamp). He is ABH, left bootcamp as an E3 also.
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Oh wow.....another graduation! Congrats to you and your son. I hear you on the distance. I'm in California. Check out kayak.com and the likes for good deals. I wish Southwest flew into P'Cola. They are pulling out in March.....great prices and very flexible. I'm sure my daughter will make it work. She's a pretty positive person who enjoys new adventures. We have family and friends out that way (I grew up in SC) so she's not exactly too far from family (just me :-/ )
Best of luck to your son. Where will he go when he graduates? Does he know yet?
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