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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 Meganmclouth on September 19, 2012 at 9:40pm: Hey ladies, my husband is in pensacola Fl, for a school and I plan on moving down and possibly doing a long term hotel for a month and then on Christmas break have when we go home to drive all my stuff down and get an apartment so I guess what im trying to ask is,

1. Is there any long term hotels you would recommend or short term apartments?

2. How long is Christmas break

3. What apartments do youg guys recommend?

Thank you for all your help so far everyone has been a huge help through all of this!

Comment by Dany - Navy Wife on September 12, 2012 at 9:01pm: Hi there! I'm planning to move to Pensacola while my husband is attending his A school.

As I'm not moving all my stuff there, I'm planning to rent a furnished apartment (short term lease) for 3 months or so.

Do you recommend any condo in the area?

Any help would be great!

Thanks, Dany.

Comment by christinex013 on July 9, 2012 at 3:55pm: My sailors anchor- no the navy did not pay for me to move down. I just packed a suitcase and headed down on my own dime. We got an apartment off base since we can't live in on base housing. Feel free to message me if you have any questions or need suggestions where to live!

Comment by erinlynn87(7/289) on July 7, 2012 at 10:24pm: Also, Lyndsi- when I was there I lived in Austinwood. VERY close to base and pretty nice. It is a little expensive-but BAH should cover it just fine. I always felt very safe there-some areas of Pensacola are quite run down..

Comment by erinlynn87(7/289) on July 7, 2012 at 10:20pm: My husband says the only rate that would be in Pensacola for the Navy to possibly pay for a move is the ATI rate. In my experience, the navy did not pay for me to move, but I payed for myself to move down and we got BAH :)

Comment by Gman Navy Husband on July 7, 2012 at 8:45pm: No, the Navy will not pay for your move to Pensacola. You have to be there a lot longer for them to pay for it.

Comment by My Sailor's Anchor on July 4, 2012 at 10:56pm: Christine - Did the military pay to move you to Pensacola? My husband is suppose to graduate from basic in August. I am hoping to move to Pensacola :).

Comment by christinex013 on June 17, 2012 at 11:29pm: Who is currently living in Pensacola with their sailor? I move down there on Tuesday!

Comment by ATI wife on September 12, 2011 at 11:46am: A new group to try and help out those of you who live or plan on moving to pensacola while your sailor is in A school .. Feel free to share experiences or just ask questions .. Thanx
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/wives-girlfriends-of-sailors-livin...

Comment by Lyndsi on August 28, 2011 at 4:56am: LADIES- I need help. Im moving to Pensacola at the end of september and i am having the hardest time finding a place to live. Is anyone really familiar with the area? My boyfriend and i are planning on getting married shortly after i get there so for now i have to live on my own :/ The place i have been looking at is in Bayou Marcus Townhomes but i keep hearing they are in a bad area so im real hesitant. ANY advice would be great at this point :)