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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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Spouses of Sailors going to A-school in P-cola

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This is a group mainly for spouses of sailors that are going to school in Pensacola. This will be a place where spouses can ask and answer questions that effect spouses of sailors while they are stationed at Pensacola.

Members: 132
Latest Activity: Jan 19, 2019

Various links to military stuff.

FAQ page on the Per Diem, Travel, and Transportation Allowance Commitee website
Here is a link that you will need to check out. It is a FAQ about PCS moves and what $$'s are available.

Per Diem, Travel, and Transportation Allowance Commitee main page

My Base Guide

Space A Travel Eligibility
Ok, this is a very important link and I hope it stays valid if I forget to update it. Just so everybody knows, legal dependents are now allowed to travel Space A while their military sponsor is on deployment orders. If you don't know what this is it is very simple. You can fly at little cost almost anywhere in the world on a government aircraft. You sign up on a list and wait for your number to be called. So, if your sailor is deployed to say, Japan, you can jump on a Space A flight to Japan for say 30 dollars. I don't know the exact amount, but it is cheap. Take a look at this, Google Space A travel, you will get all the answers you need. If you have more questions, ask.

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Comment by Gman Navy Husband on March 9, 2010 at 5:27pm: Amber,
I haven't heard from her yet today. As of yesterday nothing new and no news about phasing or anything. I know she had a test today but that is about it.

Where is your apartment? If they have more available send me the info. I am still looking for a place down here. I am still in P-cola too. I have heard it is a three day weekend so I am staying to find out!!

Comment by RicksWifeAmber on March 9, 2010 at 5:24pm: Woohooo okay I found an apartment that excepts pets does a 3 month lease with military clause and!!! it's only $635 a month!!! And they have 2 pools and it's only about 10 miles from NAS Pcola!!!! Only 7 more working days till my last day!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!
Hey Gman any word on her test to phase up? How'd she do? heard alot of them were having a hard time with it...

Comment by proud Navy wife! on March 9, 2010 at 1:29am: yeah NaVy*GuRL!!!!!! SO happy for you! san diego is amazing! you will love it!

Comment by bulldogmamma on March 7, 2010 at 5:38pm: Go to apartmentratings.com to check out reviews of apartments. Were not at NAS were supposed to be at Corry, im not so sure where anything really is but Bing has great maps and birds eye views of actual areas so if you find a place bing it lol ;) Good luck!

Comment by Gman Navy Husband on March 7, 2010 at 1:59pm: Thanks for the info.
Now to my next question. It was mentioned earlier that living next to NAS may not be nice.
What are the good areas of P-cola? Are there any areas that you gals would definitely not live in or close to?

Comment by bulldogmamma on March 7, 2010 at 11:11am: There is a soldiers and sailors act that per fair housing makes most every apartment compex and almost every property that is profesional managed hs to honor. Some have a statement that they must be there at least 6 months. Other s require 30 days on short term orders. We havnt had any problems with that. hopefully you wont either. Try and stay with an apartment community and away from private owners if you may come up against orders within the time frame. I know it on both ends. Working for an apartment community it would be tough if a boat was moving we would have 50 units or so coming avail and would have to run specials to get them rented. Good luck! :)

Comment by Gman Navy Husband on March 6, 2010 at 11:32pm: ok, so now I have to ask. What is the military clause in a lease and do all leases have it or do you have to ask? Are apartment/condo/house owners reluctant to give you a military clause? I have never heard of that before so I am interested to know more about that.

Oh and thanks for all the good info. This is great stuff to know. I really want to just move down here and stay while my wife is in school.

Comment by bulldogmamma on March 6, 2010 at 10:08pm: It really is, Its like you wake up for work everyday and say ughh i miss being a stay at home mom, now my son goes to school everyday and i look around and go ughh i wish i had something to do! lol Thats something thats tough, my job always is second and his is first. Im greatful but its like you have to work knowing its nothing permanant.. Hopefully our next base is our last. Hes been in for 10 and if we go back to VA we have a good possibility to finish out 10 in the Hampton roads area. :)

Comment by bulldogmamma on March 6, 2010 at 9:41pm: By the way, you can call me Laura. I couldnt think of a good name lol ;)

Comment by bulldogmamma on March 6, 2010 at 9:40pm: Im not there yet. I will be in April.. We just sign a 12 month but have a military clause, I would love to rent from a private owner because the home prices are excellent in that area. Unfortunatly they usualy have high deposits and the cost of utilities for a home are a bit excessive for a school duty station. If we were going to be ther 2 + years it would be worth it. The place I found has a home feel not an apartment feel. I got the info from another girl here in N4M. :) Its about 15 from corry. I dont mind being far from base as most areas close arent that safe. Plus we have a dog and 6 yr old! I am actualy a certified property manager and I have worked for luxury apartments up here in CT and as an office manager. We sold one of our cars for the time being and decided to wait to buy another until we go to our new duty station. He may buy a beater to drive back and forth for a while. I would love to work part time to keep my sanity :) I really miss work about now lol