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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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 Moms
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For all those Moms either in San Antonio or those with loved ones in "A" school in San Antonio.
Location: San Antonio
Members: 71
Latest Activity: Mar 7, 2020
Here are some links that should be of help if you are coming to visit us.
Infomation about the Riverwalk and downtown San Antonio
Discussion Forum
Apartments Close to Fort Sam
Started by Cheyenne. Last reply by Lizzie_Corpsmanwife May 7, 2014. 3 Replies 0 Likes
I've been looking for weeks at apartments online since I'm across the country. I was wondering if any locals could suggest some places! I just wanna be some where safe and the apartment complex has…Continue
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San Antonio
Started by Queenjailyle. Last reply by sil Jun 30, 2012. 3 Replies 1 Like
I was looking at the diverse group we have collected here and thought it might be nice if those of us from San Antonio shared what we enjoy with those who are sending theirsons & daughters to us.…Continue
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Comment by Queenjailyle on December 8, 2011 at 10:41am
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Gbearmom- just wanted you to know my thoughts and prayers are with you today. I'm glad you had a good time with Kim last night. She'll be back in SA before you know it.
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When you get to SA let us know ana4jas. We'd love to meet. Also let us know if your son (or his buddies) need anything.
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Comment by JAsmom on December 5, 2011 at 6:16pm
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Queenjaiyle-PIR was wonderful. I loved every minute of it. Did the midnight run out to Midway to spend more time with my Sailor before he shipped out to SA. Haven't heard from him but he was so excited to finally be on the way along with his new Navy Buddies! After I got home I started feeling sad because I realized that BC was really so short and now SA is longer. But then I told myself he is really a grown man and this is his life now and I am very proud of him. Felt better after giving myself the peptalk and looking at possible flights to SA! Thank you for all the advice you all give on this site. It is priceless.
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Ana4jas- How was PIR? Was it wonderful? You must have been so excited to see your sailor. Did you get your questions about A school answered? Let us know if you have any questions.
Gbearmom-take a look at the DEPPER's group. Craig and his mom do a great job with boot camp info.
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Comment by gbearmom on December 1, 2011 at 3:31am
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Hello all! My daughter leaves for boot camp next Thursday, December 8th. She will be coming back to SA for A school; Hospital Corpsman. Can anyone tell me exactly what is going to happen next week when she ships out?
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flangl18 - thank you so much. That means so much to me.
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flangl18, thank you for the clarification. Ft Sam is huge so it wouldn't make sense for it to close down. My son is really looking forward to starting A school for corpsman. We're from California and we keep seeing the temps in GL going down. Glad his PIR is this Friday and not sometime in January!
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Queenjaiyle, thank you for the information you've posted. It's been very helpful. When I talked to my son on Thanksgiving, he told me that he had to report to SA no later than Dec 12. His PIR is Dec 2. He couldn't tell me what happens between Dec 2 and Dec 12. Can he come home? I also read that SA basically closes down from Dec 18-Jan 2. Does anyone know if they can come home for Christmas? Does he have to pay for the flights himself?
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FutureHMwife, welcome to our group. If you have any questions let us know. We're here to help each other so please feel free to ask anything.
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Sara-what type of info does he want/need? San Antonio is very much a military community. Dec is a great time to be here. It's warm and we only have @ 2 weeks in January that it drops below 50. If he wants to enjoy a weekend looking around, downtown is beautiful and there is a lot to see, especially during the holidays. I'll take a look and see what events are going on.
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