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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 Sandy Bleeker on February 22, 2018 at 10:53am
Do they have a graduation that you can attend? Do we need to fly in extra early to pick anything up?
Comment by Sandy Bleeker on February 22, 2018 at 10:50am
Thank you, Allison. It’s hard to plan and not know how things will go. My husband and I are in Texas and while he works in EMS and just trades shifts, I have to have everything worked out in advance. Since my son had so much time leave at Christmas, it will a long while before we can see him again after this graduation so we want to get up there.
Comment by Allison on February 22, 2018 at 4:35am

Sandy, it does depend on those orders and also which barracks they’re living in. When my husband graduated ET A School, he did not have liberty on graduation day until normal time. Some sailors on other ships (barracks) were allowed to begin liberty early. Still, I did get to spend quite a bit of time with him taking pictures and socializing before he went back to the barracks for a few hours until he could come home (he had live ashore because we were married and lived together)). How long  they have before they have to report to C School depends on when a seat becomes available in the school they’re being assigned to. I would say it’s more likely they’ll have time between A and C School than not. Very few people were being rushed to the airport to get to their next duty station, like I know one student in my husband’s class left that night, and one left the next day, so that’s only 2 out of about 20. A lot of sailors take leave during this time between schools. I hope that helps :). 

His orders can come any time. Usually they come about a month before graduation, there may be hold ups sometimes, but most orders come in within a month for A School students. Tell him to keep checking NSIPS, they’ll be on there as soon as they’re ready :). 

Comment by Sandy Bleeker on February 21, 2018 at 10:12pm
Hi everyone! Question..my son graduates A school beginning of April. Does anyone know if they have any time between graduating and leaving for their ship as in a few hours, five minutes, a day? He of course doesn’t have any information and we don’t know when he will get his orders. Any help is greatly appreciated. This is our oldest son and first military experience.
Comment by Bandmom on February 21, 2018 at 1:06pm

barefootie, that is a bummer.  I wish that I would have known you were there.  I would have loved to have met you.  Super happy that you got to be there as well.  I did talk to some of the parents.  Maybe I talked to you and didn't even know it.  LOL

Comment by Phoenixmom on February 21, 2018 at 11:21am

Barefootie Congrats to your Son as well. I am with you on that knowing everyone's face to put with the name we chat with. To bad they don't have a reunion of some sort for us Mothers to get to know one another, that would be fun!.

mom of two you are welcome, My Son as well just went with the flow, just did as he was told. He was pretty excited at the same time being in San Diego.

Comment by mom of two on February 21, 2018 at 11:05am

Phoenixmom and Anti M , Thank you both so much.  I figured he would probably do that, but was curious.  He isn't very informed, but I know he is still in the unknown category as well!  thanx again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by barefootie on February 21, 2018 at 11:00am
Frocking ceremony yesterday was for FCs ETs and ICs. I attended as well. I have an FC. I wish I would have known your face to introduce myself bandmom. I was under the impression the ceremony was just for FCs, but found out later it wasn’t. It was nice to see there were loved ones that were able to attend to do pinning and was heartwarming to see fellow sailors pinning as well. Good luck to all!!
Comment by Anti M on February 21, 2018 at 11:00am

mom of 2 ... that date is a report no later than date.  He can request to take about a week of leave if he has some on the books or wants to do some RAP at home, helping the local recruiter.  He can earn up to five days of uncharged leave by doing that.  

He might be on hold until they get his travel orders ready to go.  He certainly can check in early to his new command.  He will be busy initially checking in, going to indoc (every new command has an introductory training), and learning the base, the ship, and what he needs to do for his quals.  

Comment by Phoenixmom on February 21, 2018 at 10:45am

Good Morning Ladies Happy chilly Wednesday, this weather here in Phoenix is so strange, last month it seemed like we were heading into summer and now this Month we are having an actual winter. LOL!

BandMom Congrats to your Son, the Ceremony sounded like it was Amazing! So Glad you were there.

Mom of two when my son Graduated A school the next Day he was sent to his Duty Station, He was to start Feb. 7th so for the Days he was there he stayed in his room or walked around the base to locate everything, one Day he stood watch and then next got orders to be sent to his ship. So I am guessing it all depends. But Congrats to your Son also! another Journey we have to learn.

Wishing you Ladies a Great Day!

 

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