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

**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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Great Lakes A School Q&A

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Great Lakes A School Q&A

The purpose of this group is to allow family of new sailors assigned to school at Training Support Center Great Lakes a chance to voice questions to a Student Division Commander

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 2332
Latest Activity: Mar 12

Discussion Forum

What happens after ASchool?

Started by SailorMom18. Last reply by Phoenixmom Feb 13, 2019. 1 Reply

BECC Info?

Started by adubz33. Last reply by SuBHuni34 Nov 29, 2018. 9 Replies

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Comment by Allison on November 1, 2017 at 5:11pm
Oh I could go all day. Now I get why AntiM has her blogs (which is also a fantastic resource).

To learn about your sailor's commands:
www.cnic.navy.mil
www.militaryinstallations.dod.mil

For general info there are many articles through military one source, if you are a spouse they also have tons of free resources for you:
www.militaryonesource.com

To locate your ombudsman (keep in mind not all are willing to work with parents or girl/boyfriends/finances):
www.ombudsmanregistry.org

For news/magazine articles:
www.navytimes.org
www.militaryspouse.com
www.militaryfamily.org
www.uscg.mil/reservist
www.seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil
www.seapowermagazine.org

I've got pages and pages of this stuff, these are just the ones I think might be helpful to the moms here to learn from. I'd be happy to upload it somewhere if that's an option, or if anyone has anything specific, let me know. I have everything from financial assistance to youth programs to relocation assistance and more.
Comment by Phoenixmom on November 1, 2017 at 5:01pm

Thank You, I appreciate this very much!

Comment by Allison on November 1, 2017 at 4:58pm
Oh if any of you have future reservists:
Guidelines for Navy Reserve Families

There is also nsfamilyline.org but I haven't played around with that yet. It seems very spouse oriented in the description I have here, but that doesn't mean there's nothing to gain as a family member.
Comment by Allison on November 1, 2017 at 4:55pm
Here is the reading list, I forgot I actually had my binder out for the chaplain services.

-Sea Legs: A Handbook for Navy Life and Service

-Social Customs and Traditions of the Sea Services

-Are You Ready? Guidelines for Navy Family Emergency Preparedness

There's a few more, but I don't think they pertain to anyone on here yet, including myself, they're all guidebooks for spouses of sailors in senior ranks and/or command leadership
Comment by Phoenixmom on November 1, 2017 at 4:54pm

Allison I believe you can go into Photos, they have my photos, and different things maybe you can post there?

Comment by Phoenixmom on November 1, 2017 at 4:51pm

It's just fun I like to make him Laugh with it, It gives me something to do, plus I have a Little one (grandson) whose 3yrs. and he gets a kick out of it, I will speak military to him and he cracks up he tells me your crazy nana. Hopefully I can raise another Military Man although he still a baby in a sense. Thanks Allison.

Comment by Allison on November 1, 2017 at 4:49pm
Is there a way to post a picture here? I have a whole bunch of resources I'd be happy to share, but I'm not super comfortable emailing strangers haha.
Comment by Allison on November 1, 2017 at 4:45pm
Hehe my husband used to tease me learning the lingo. I knew a lot about the military before he joined, but I didn't know what anything was actually called, I had basically made up my own language for it lol. Before I joined, he dug out his copy of the Blue Jacket Manual, and not only did it help me study, but it suddenly all made so much more sense. It's truly an awesome resource.

There is also a course called compass. It is an optional class for Navy spouses usually presented by the ombudsman and FRG (Family Readiness Group). If you are close to a base, you might be able to talk an ombudsman into letting you come with a spouse that has base access or maybe even just get a copy of the handbook. Anyway, even if you can't attend, you should be able to find the PowerPoint and stuff online.

There is also a Manual exclusively for navy RTC, but it is very hard to get a copy of as recruits are SUPPOSED to turn this in after bootcamp.

I have a whole reading list. I'll try to dig it out for you later and share when I find it.
Comment by Phoenixmom on November 1, 2017 at 4:33pm

Thanks Allison I will have to do that, I like knowing and learning what it is my Son will be enduring or learning. I feel that is important to do as a MOM. It's like me learning the Lingo, he gets a kick out of it.

Comment by Allison on November 1, 2017 at 4:26pm
Phoenix mom, since you seem really excited about all of this, I think you'd really like to check out the Blue Jacket Manual. This is a book issued to every military service member (sailors, airman, marines, AND soldiers) to study from in bootcamp. You can usually find them really cheap at used book stores or on amazon.
 

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