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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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Parents of A School Sailors in Pensacola

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Latest Activity: Oct 18, 2021

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Comment by 2timeNavyMomSh13Div265 on July 17, 2014 at 1:26pm: My son will PIR Aug 28th..ABH

Comment by Normac on June 30, 2014 at 8:54pm: Are all Sailors considered AO's at A school? My son stated he would be aviation electronics with flying options. Maybe this falls within the larger AO umbrella? Any help with lingo and ways to not look so duh is appreciated.

Comment by Normac on June 30, 2014 at 8:51pm: My sailor is excited about A school. He loves the place. Very happy!

Comment by Saltyocean on May 18, 2014 at 6:41pm: Thank you all for the information and encouragement over the past months. You have given a great deal of insight to a worried mom..We have now moved on from Pcola!

Comment by Barb on May 15, 2014 at 8:21pm: Thanks, everyone for your info, encouragement and support. My son has moved on, having finished A school this week, so I will move on, too.

Comment by Karina Ship 14 Div 062 on May 1, 2014 at 10:20pm: Any news on the fall out and discharges from the near grads of NACCS?

Comment by Tuttismimi Ship 11 Div 154 on April 23, 2014 at 11:19pm: Help. My daughters PIR is Friday. I am packing some things for her to bring to Pensacola. What all should I pack for her

Comment by Barb on April 13, 2014 at 3:24am: Pat, thank you for your information. We weren't looking for a long leave (he wants to see us at Christmas, when we have the whole family together), just a chance to see him. I believe that his 'home' is listed as his grandparents' place, as he lived with them before joining the navy. It gets really complicated filling out forms if you have to list your home at an overseas address!

It would be nice to have him come for his brother's graduation, but we'll see how it all goes. It is nice to get some in-put, though, and realize that it may not be completely crazy!

Comment by Barb on April 10, 2014 at 11:24am: It's been a long time since I've been here, but I've read several posts on classing-up times, so thought I'd give my 2 cents worth.

My son is AM PIR was 11/22 He finally classed up on 3/14, so almost 4 months waiting. He believes graduation is around 5/12. We know nothing about orders yet, but they did ask him for his first 3 choices of duty stations.

Here is my question, and I've tried to piece together an answer, but would appreciate any extra info someone might have:

My son's first 2 choices are located in Japan, and we live in Japan. We thought maybe he would be able to take some of his leave (he hasn't taken any yet) between A school and duty station (I know this is not a given). He said that if he took leave and came to see us that he would be responsible for the ticket to Japan and the navy would only pay from our house to the base. What I have read here is that he could had them pay for the ticket to our house, and we can just pay to get him to base…?

I don't know if he would do it anyway, we'll see. But we leave Japan in June, so it would be sad to not be able to see him during that short overlap, meaning we'd have to go another year before we could see him again :(

Thanks for your input!

Comment by momof1navyguy on March 31, 2014 at 5:08pm: Texasmom..... My son PIR'd 1/17/14 and just classed up last Thursday. He also is an AT. I do not know his hours, he just gave me a short call this afternoon. He has been w/o a phone until today, he got his box that I sent him with a new phone. I would love to get to know you and other moms. :)