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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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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

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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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Latest Activity: Jun 19, 2022

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Comment by SierrasMom (Bahrain on October 24, 2012 at 12:44pm: Hi Lorna,

My daughter is ready to start the class too! I think she wants to be finished with this and on to were she is going to be stationed.

Comment by Lorna on October 24, 2012 at 10:52am: Hello Sierrasmom,

My son arrived Sunday, and yes he's waiting also for the group to get bigger, he said that hopefully this weekend most of the group will be complete. He's anxious for this training to start already. Well, I am here for you and the others; this is also a new experience for me so, great, we will share it together.

Comment by chriscwick on October 23, 2012 at 3:14pm: Chris waited a couple weeks for one of his!

Comment by SierrasMom (Bahrain on October 22, 2012 at 10:29pm: Oh Great! I will look at the other two groups too!! It seems to help to know wht is going on. She said they are in holding until they get enought to start a new class.

Comment by SailorB-Man,Ship3,Div330 on October 22, 2012 at 4:36pm: Thr groups are actually New MAA Mom's and MAA Mom's :)

Comment by SailorB-Man,Ship3,Div330 on October 22, 2012 at 4:34pm: My son is one wk ahead of you so maybe I can help with a week by week. He did lots of paper work the first week and he went shopping around the base with some shipmates on Saturday. It is a huge base so they have to take a bus to get to places. Today they got them up at 5 am for a run. We think they do the OC spray this week also. There are two other MA groups on here, New MA Moms and MA Moms.

Comment by SierrasMom (Bahrain on October 22, 2012 at 10:54am: I am new to this group. My daughter just went through PIR in Great Lakes and just arrived in TX on Saturday. She said she is in holding until they get a big enough class to start. Anyone else out there with someone getting ready to go through this class. This site was very helpful for bootcamp and I was hoping to find another group!! :)

Comment by lemonelephant on October 16, 2012 at 8:47pm: If you are able to go to the graduation, then do, but if not, don't feel bad about it. Your new MA will most likely be home right afterwards for around 10 days of leave.

Comment by lemonelephant on October 16, 2012 at 8:45pm: Those at Lackland for Thanksgiving might get adopted by a family in the area or a local organization or the Sailors will get together and have a nice meal. My Sailor was there 4 years ago for Thanksgiving. It all depends on where they are in the Liberty phases on how much freedom they have to leave base for the day.

Comment by SailorB-Man,Ship3,Div330 on October 16, 2012 at 1:43pm: I second your thought MyAngel94 (ship 14 Div 317). I only have enough vacation time left to spend some time with my Sailor when he comes back in Dec. I don't want to use it for his A school graduation and then have him all alone at home. I have read that A school graduation usn't as big a deal as PIR. Anyonw been there and done that ?