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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 Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on July 31, 2009 at 7:11pm
Okay, Hoppi - help me out here! What is NCC (sel)???? I hope it is a good thing!
Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on July 31, 2009 at 5:59pm
Here's a count of Michael's days in the Navy -

261 days since enlistment
202 days since PIR
23 days since starting A School
Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on July 31, 2009 at 5:57pm
Hi all....

Hoppi - great pic of Will and Chris D...thanks for sharing!

Dori, I'm so glad Victoria will know people in Pensacola and, Karen C, how nice of you to offer your family down there if needed.

Gary T - you enjoy your weekend with Nick and be safe on your travels.
Michael's A School schedule gets him out at noon on Fridays I think. Now, you be kind to that parking lot. lol lol

When I get back home, I am going to be making Michael some pies in a jar and thanks for the info on cakes in a jar. I have a recipe that I use very often for a cake in a cup and baked in the microwave. The total time from start to finish is about 10 minutes. So, every time I get a chocolate urge, I make one.

Everyone have a great weekend!
Comment by Anti M on July 31, 2009 at 2:33pm
Hoppi, three years at Great Lakes? eek. I'd rather have DG!
Comment by DC - G'mother of My Fav Sailor on July 31, 2009 at 11:23am
Good morning! I hope everyone is getting ready for a great weekend.

Victoria is leaving GL on August 6. Then she will be waiting in Pensacola. Since she has many friends in Florida, she is looking forward to being there.

Hoppi, three years in the Navy is quite a while. If you get transferred, what would be a likely assignment?
Comment by DC - G'mother of My Fav Sailor on July 30, 2009 at 9:35pm
Darcy, you could make a "cake in a jar." There's a recipe on the internet. You can also make a pie in a jar. One mom sent a bunch to the sailors we adopted. The recipient sat down and ate three of them right away.

Neat picture, Hoppi. Thanks for posting it.
Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on July 30, 2009 at 6:52pm
Hi everyone...

Dori - thanks for taking care of me while I am gone. A PM would be nice when we get the word about Will and Hoppi....Sometimes, I don't get a lot of computer time on my son's computer. I have to fight off a 3-yr old great-grandson who loves to play his games on here. lol lol

Bill - I do think your latest post about security clearance makes sense. It seems like Michael took care of it early on in his Navy career.

Melanie - good for DJ starting A school. I know he will do well and I'll be pulling for him, too!!

Anti M - I am in northern Georgia in a town called Dawsonville. If you find Lake Lanier on the map and Gainsville, GA, Dawsonville is just west across the lake. Very beautiful area....wooded and green and gorgeous.

Gotta run...everyone have a great evening!!!!
Comment by Bill S. on July 30, 2009 at 2:40pm
Oh, by the way. Brett has been in GL for 202 days as of today, not counting Boot, for a course that was to take a total 89 days. hmmmmm.... kinda long,huh?
Comment by Bill S. on July 30, 2009 at 2:31pm
Hi guys, Gary and Karen. Brett seems to remember that he got his clearance while in boot. Which seems to fit be cause he filled out a whole s**t load of paper work regarding background info that his recruiter said was needed for his rate. Also, some of his division mates didn't fill out their paper work until a week or so before Battle Stations. So it seems it is done when some one decides it needs to be done. Go figure.
Comment by DC - G'mother of My Fav Sailor on July 29, 2009 at 5:22pm
ariebabe91, I looked on the RTC site and Division 328 is not listed. The last division listed is 321 and the PIR is 11 September 09. I would assume that 328 is the following week (Friday). Here is the link listing the graduation dates.
 

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