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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 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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Navy.com Para Familias
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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 June 4, 2012 at 2:44pm
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The two best things @ SA are;everything is very well marked and there are turn arounds everywhere. I love downtown! It really isn't that far from the base. Do you have a specific time you are thinking of coming?
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Comment by MommasHeart on June 4, 2012 at 2:36pm
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Can anyone tell me what downtown SA is like? We would like a really nice hotel on the Riverwalk but dont want to get lost trying to find it or have a hard time coming in and out to see our Sailor on base. Any help is appreciated!
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Comment by Teach on May 16, 2012 at 9:55pm
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Hospital Corpsman A School group
Kelly, here is the link to the other group.
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Kelly, that sounds about right. My son got there on 4/14 and started classes today, 5/16. The people cross training and the reservists get first dibs on the seats in school and our sailors get bumped. We have 5 years on our contracts and they have less, so it only makes sense to send them through first. How long you have to wait just depends on how many are cross training.
There is also a group for San Antonio A school. It is much more active than this group.
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Comment by Kelly -NavyWife S9 D138 on May 16, 2012 at 6:18pm
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My husb PIR was 5/04, he got to SA on 5/05 for HM, says his classes do not start until June, he is going nuts already. Have no idea when/how I will be able to see him (I am in Colorado). And very thankful to find this group!
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Comment by celinamae on April 28, 2012 at 2:06am
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Hi everyone. My sweetheart starts c-school in June so I'm packing up the little one and we're headed to San Antonio. Any advice? Places to live? I've been twice to visit, but at the time had no intention of moving so didn't really explore SA like that. I'm from Seattle, anyone know what would be reasonable for rent there? I appreciate you!
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TeachMom-Welcome to our group! Your son will love San Antonio, especially since Fiesta will be occuring in just a few short weeks. The Navy has a strong presence at Fiesta. It's also a great time. Very unique!
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Greetings to all my new friends with loved ones in San Antonio. My Sailor is in flight to San Antonio HM school as I type. PIR was amazing, but the time with him was too short. I'm so glad he now has his cell phone so we can check in/up on him. I'm about to read through everything on this site to get started on this new phase of my son's life.
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Comment by AmyN on April 4, 2012 at 2:22pm
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Thank you Sara for that info. I am hoping to be able to go visit my son for his birthday on May 6. I am very picky about hotels, as a matter of a fact, I will usually not stay unless it's a good brand name like Marriot, or similar. I am just such a germ freak, and hotels really gross me out. Anyway, thanks again! Glad you had a good time.
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Comment by Sara Ship 07 Div 012 on April 3, 2012 at 11:28pm
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Got back from our weekend visiting our son. Had a wonderful weekend. Amy, the Travelodge on Pan Am Parkway was a decent hotel. It was very quiet, room was clean, reasonably priced, and very close to base. My husband has recommended the hotel to his mom and sister, who are going to see our son for graduation, which is something, as he tends to be a little pickier than me (if the price is reasonable, I am not quite as picky as he is. It was definately a decent place.
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