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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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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

Events

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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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Graduation Info
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PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Moms of "A" school Sailors

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Our sailors are now in "A" school - let's share!!

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Latest Activity: Dec 3, 2022

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Comment by Linda (Cody's Momma) on June 16, 2014 at 11:34am: Good Morning!

My son just PIR on 6/13/14. He is now at A school in Texas for Corpsman. Would love to connect with any mom's that son/daughter just went to Texas.

Comment by ChristineLI,NY on June 9, 2014 at 6:22pm: Is it common to attend A school graduation as with Boot Camp?

Comment by seasport on April 28, 2014 at 10:07am: Which type ship is best to put on the list of preference? Looks like a carrier is best as far as sea sickness goes & getting mail quickest, but it's not the best for liberty or ports of call or food. The destroyers & cruisers are best for ports of call & liberty & better food, but not so much the motion of the sea. I know the Navy will put my son where he's needed; just wondering. He ranks top of his class, & from what I've read, he will get first pick of the orders available to his class. Is that right?

Comment by navymom2013 on April 20, 2014 at 8:58pm: jean-jack - that graduation could change but I went ahead and booked while it was inexpensive and if it didn't work out to be graduation - I hoped I would still get to enjoy some time together. He graduated on time and my tickets were cheap and non -refundable. If you leave them open to a refund or change they cost so much more. I love Pensacola just to visit anytime, anyway! We have a bed and breakfast that we always go to it's called Pensacola Victorian Bed and Breakfast - reasonable and so cool and don't forget to go to Fort Pickens State Park - out on the beach - you will love, love, love it.

Comment by jean-jack on April 20, 2014 at 2:31pm: my daughter is in c school in pensacola now she said she should graduate on aug 19th do you think we should book plane tickets now or do they change the date's alot they are cheap now too

Comment by Pjpeewee on April 19, 2014 at 2:16pm: Hello my sailor graduates A school May 29th Fort Sam TX is there any information about where to stay

Comment by shannon on April 13, 2014 at 12:13pm: Hello A School Moms! My sailor just graduated from boot camp PIR 4/11 He is now in Texas starting his new journey in A school, corspman. Any Moms that have corpsman just starting A school?

Comment by bikerbabe55 on April 8, 2014 at 10:39pm: Hi! My Sailor is at Ft. Sam Houston, we plan to go for graduation. Is there anywhere I can find more info about graduation, where to stay and what airport we should fly in to??? My Sailor seems to know little to nothing about all this... no change there..lol

Comment by RuthB13 on March 13, 2014 at 6:22pm: Hi everyone, my was told that he was no longer able to be an AO due to his vision. I was all set for him to go to Pensacola…Im not sure what job he'll we be given now. I haven't heard from him. I was just wondering what other locations A schools are located. Thanks.