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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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San Antonio MA's

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Going through A School at San Antonio?

Members: 706
Latest Activity: Jun 19, 2022

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Comment by LoriK (Ship 02 Div 908) on January 5, 2013 at 7:21pm: @snowmanmom, when is your SRs PIR? My son graduated yesterday & flew to MA school today. He's scheduled to begin training on 1/14.

Comment by lemonelephant on January 4, 2013 at 11:45pm: snowmanmom, read the top 3-4 discussions above and they should answer your questions, and if not, ask.

Comment by snowmanmom on January 4, 2013 at 10:51pm: HI! I am getting ready to go to GL is there anything that I really need to take to my RC to bring with him to A school, I know I will be mailing alot. I am going to do my best to go to the airport to see him and give him cell phone and some of the items he asked for. Any help woudl be appreciate. THANKS

Comment by lemonelephant on December 29, 2012 at 4:51pm: proudmama, The available billets are based on the needs of the Navy and those can even change while in "A" School. They sometimes tell them at the beginning the most likely places, but when the time to get the assignments comes, they may not be the same. Encourage her to do her best on the tests for when the billets are offered, the Sailors get to pick in order of their scores up to that point in "A" School, from highest to lowest until the choice is gone.

Comment by Steph Proud AG Mom on December 29, 2012 at 10:02am: Hi I'm new here- My daughter should be going to San Ant in May... noticing alot of the graduated MA's are shipped overseas- how does this all work..

Comment by Sailor14 on December 23, 2012 at 1:30pm: Our SR has been in holding since Dec 03. He is home for the holidays and will start school Jan 07 with a new group. Looking forward to his next big adventure.

SR said the AFB is awesome and so many more freedoms. Good to know

Comment by lemonelephant on December 21, 2012 at 1:17pm: :o)

Comment by Beckyt559 Ship 12 Div 347 on December 21, 2012 at 12:25pm: Thank you lemonelephant and thank you for guiding us through the NavyMom waters. :)

Comment by lemonelephant on December 20, 2012 at 9:58pm: Beckyt559, Enjoy the time you have with your Sailor!

Comment by Beckyt559 Ship 12 Div 347 on December 20, 2012 at 5:02pm: My son is graduating from A school today. We couldn't be there but we are so excited to meet him at the airport tomorrow night. We love our sailor!