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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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Parents of A School Sailors in Pensacola

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Latest Activity: Oct 18, 2021

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Comment by abouttime30 on March 17, 2016 at 11:23pm: Thanks GAEngTeacher--just responded to the request about div 110 on this site originally because was bc ship mate reaching out. I read the other posts from the other groups, very informative, but was advised to limit my posts & joins, so just read a lot! At least my new Sailor can call when available now and we can visit, too.

PS--gocougs--hope things going better now and he can classup soon, but he may want to do community service too to help with rating. Also, maybe you can visit him in Pcola

Comment by abouttime30 on March 17, 2016 at 11:11pm: My Sailor just goes to the NEX, you need to wait until they get next level of liberty after a week or two then you can send warm weather clothes, etc. and he should be able to give you heads up what else he wants. And congrats to you and your Sailor!

Comment by ChristinaInWA on March 15, 2016 at 11:15am: Good morning! My son arrived at A school on Saturday. I want to get a care package started but don't know what kinds of things they have in their "dorms" (somebody can fill me in on the correct military term!) what they are allowed to have and what they "need". Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

Comment by GAEngTeacher on March 11, 2016 at 8:41pm: Ladies, don't know if you're aware but there's a similar group called Sailors in Pensacola for A School...Corry Station too! that you all might want to join...welcome and congratulations to both of your sailors...

Comment by abouttime30 on March 11, 2016 at 5:53pm: gocougs--sorry you were not able to march after so much work, you definitely should have--quite a site! Glad everything finally worked out. Best wishes for your future and good luck in Pcola!

Comment by gocougs on March 8, 2016 at 10:35am: Hello Abouttime!

Our boy says he's going through Indoc for a few weeks - and is already getting a little bored! haha. We had a 'hiccup' with his PIR last week... he called us last Monday, holding back tears, saying he didn't pass his PFA and that we shouldn't bother coming - that he would have 1 more chance to pass on Wednesday.... our tickets were nonrefundable so we planned on making the trip any way, but we were heartbroken that we may not be able to see him. As we landed in Minneapolis we received a call from him saying he passed, that he would be graduating, but not able to march with his division because he'd be doing battlestations all night.... again, we were disappointed, but at least we were going to see him! After PIR was complete, we found him and then got the full story..... he actually passed his PFA and had paperwork in motion to revise his situps count - his trainer wrote down 41 instead of 71 situps, which is the reason he didn't pass! His RDC tried to get him rejoined to his division, but nothing happens quickly, and it hadn't circulated by the time he retested on Wednesday..... I felt horrible for him - and he was exhausted on Friday. Because of that, his transfer paperwork took 3 hours to process and we were left waiting at the NEX for him. Our time together was all too brief! Thankful, though to have spent time with him. We joined him at the big airport ta 5:45 the next morning, then spent a few hours with him before his flight left at 9:30. He's thankful to have his phone now, so we can stay in contact. Whew!!!

Comment by abouttime30 on March 7, 2016 at 12:20am: gocougs--congrats to your family and your Sailor!! 3/4 PIR was quite an educational experience for us! Our Sailor was in 110 also and flew to Pensacola Saturday night, just from a different airport then us. We had to zip down to the "other" airport to see him and make it back to our airport to turn in rental car and not miss our flight, which was much earlier than his. Pensacola has several A school locations, each with different specialties and schedules. Today our Sailor just did paperwork, shopping for essentials, and checked out the base. Now I hope he finally gets some sleep!

Comment by gocougs on March 6, 2016 at 9:50pm: Greetings! My son arrived yesterday afternoon to Pensacola! Now that he has his phone he can't seem to stop calling - WE LOVE IT! It sounds like he has several weeks before his school starts; so he's been given some jobs/duties to fill his time - Are there any parents on here from Div 110? Would love to chat!