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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 CCity on May 15, 2011 at 10:41am: Is your husband over 25 if so he could rent the car for you and just add you as a driver. other then that I'm not sure. It might just be cheaper and less of a hassle to just drive. I dont think you will spend over $400 for gas because I drove from the top of Cali all the way here and I only spend $500 for gas, food, hotels, and everything. My drive was about 40 hours. So you might just want to drive because tickets are just going to keep getting more expensive.

Comment by annamichael on May 13, 2011 at 6:12am: For a visit. Plane tickets are so expensive and keep changing. Right now the cheapest I can find is from Delta - $374. Also, since I'm just under 25, I'll have to pay a fee and the cheapest I can find for that is either enterprise or hertz. Any suggestions?

Comment by CCity on May 12, 2011 at 10:07pm: I'm sure everything will be fine. Your coming here in July just to visit or move? If it's just for a visit I would calculate how much it would cost for you to fly here and to drive here. Like gas prices vs. a plane ticket and renting a car. Do what you feel the most safe and comfortable with doing tho. If you are coming to move I would take your car tho.

Comment by Gman Navy Husband on May 12, 2011 at 10:05pm: like CCity said, break it up. Def if you are not used to driving. I like driving so I only stop for gas and food and I always combine the two. My wife hates road tripping with me.

Comment by annamichael on May 12, 2011 at 8:51pm: Very true, CCity. I told my parents tonight and got crazy looks. I'm going with my mom in June to see how I do with it. If it doesn't work, I'm hoping it won't be too late or too expensive to get a ticket for July 1st. :\

Comment by CCity on May 12, 2011 at 8:14am: annamichael- I drove across the united states from California to Pensacola. I drove for 35 hours. So no 12 hours is not crazy. lol. If you are going by yourself just split it into two days and take it slow. There's no hurry and if you take two days you can leave early and get into Pensacola at a decent time.

Comment by annamichael on May 12, 2011 at 6:13am: totally understand that, Gman. However, when we get our duty station I will be enlisting the help and my huge fam.. haha. I am nervous about driving that far by myself and I don't know if doing it in one day is better or if I should break it up?

Comment by Gman Navy Husband on May 11, 2011 at 10:31pm: annamichael, 12 hours isn't crazy at all. I drove 19 straight from Iowa to P-cola. Wait until you get your duty station and have to move all your stuff! That will be crazy if you get the west coast!

Comment by annamichael on May 11, 2011 at 7:49pm: How long have yall driven before? I'm thinking I'm going to drive from NC to FL in July by myself. It's 12 hours for me. Is this crazy?