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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
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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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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.
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Great Lakes A School Q&A
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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
leave after A/C school-- orders are confusing
Started by MANDY. Last reply by Anti M Aug 16, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
What happens after ASchool?
Started by SailorMom18. Last reply by Phoenixmom Feb 13, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
BECC Info?
Started by adubz33. Last reply by SuBHuni34 Nov 29, 2018. 9 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Allison on June 7, 2018 at 1:12pm
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Tina_Proud Momma there is subway, Taco Bell, P.F. Chang’s, and Pizza Hut in the food court. That was a couple years ago, but Taco Bell and Subway are at pretty much every base, they have extensive contracts with the military. There is a stand alone McDonalds across from the galley as well that I can’t imagine has gone anywhere. Off base there is the usual chains. There’s a target and a Walmart pretty close to base if you wanted to grab any for shopping as well. Gift cards for transportation, like uber or lyft, are probably the best to have too. The train station is across the street to get to Chicago, but there’s also tons of stuff to see/do locally, and public transit in North Chicago (Great Lakes) is seriously lacking.
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Comment by Tina_Proud Momma on June 7, 2018 at 12:12pm
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Hi everyone. My daughter will be going to school in Great Lakes and I was going to buy her some gift cards for graduation from boot camp. Does anyone know of what places to eat are on base?
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Comment by Alison❤️⚓️ on June 5, 2018 at 8:07pm
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Hi Runnermom, Thank you
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Comment by runnermom on June 5, 2018 at 8:13am
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Alison have a wonderful visit with your son!
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Hi All just wanted to say Hello I’m excited I’m going to fly out to see my son!!! He is going to have liberty!! Thought I would share he is still waiting for his QM class to start.. ugh but his spirits are better, especially we can come for a visit. Everyone have a great night
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Hi Anti M yes I hope so also. I think he told us he was going to do that... thanks for your insight.
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Comment by Anti M on May 30, 2018 at 10:42am
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I hope you get in a good visit! If he knows ahead of time, he can put in a chit for you to be his liberty buddy. Otherwise, he needs a couple friends to tag along.
Here are the liberty phases:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/training-support-center-tsc-great-la...
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Thank you Anti M, now I’m hoping he can some liberty for a weekend so we can fly out to see him..
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Hold times can be weeks or months. Hard to say as there can be delays which the sailors aren't aware of. I've seen holds because they were waiting for an instructor to transfer in, for a broke heat main in one of the older buildings, and just oddball stuff like that.
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Hi well I talked to my son last night he didn’t get into the QM class that started today .. He is feeling a little down I feel so bad for him .. how long can you wait for a class to start???
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