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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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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

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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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

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Comment by CherylG on July 26, 2017 at 9:18pm: Yep same here...

Comment by blackbirdmom on July 26, 2017 at 9:16pm: Our sailor was also on hold for about 2 weeks before his school started. He was not on Ship 5, that is for RTC. He was assigned a ship on the TSC side, but then moved to the Missouri a few weeks into school. They do not have liberty to come home. They have to phase up to get liberty. Mostly they learn how to do their watch and clean. He has had holds in between classes, and most of they time they just have extra watch duties and they clean. They have more time to hang out.

Comment by CherylG on July 26, 2017 at 9:04pm: @Lindseysmom my son was "on hold" for about 2 weeks waiting for more sailors to graduate to start school.. Hung out mostly he enjoyed the break after BC..

Comment by Anti M on July 25, 2017 at 2:13pm: Generally, liberty is a no go on flying anywhere. Every command has a liberty radius, to allow for emergency recalls. Training commands tend to be the strictest on this, as the sailor is learning the rules. Usually a flight means they have to take leave, and that does not happen in A school. 300 miles is average, your sailor should know what their limit is set at.

Still, if they're in phase 3, doing well in school, and do not have duty, they can put in a chit for permission to go "out of bounds" and fly home. Don't be surprised if they're told no, if anyone else has not made it back to school on time, that privilege gets rescinded for everyone for a time. It's a "maybe yes, under the right circumstances" answer from me.

Comment by Ima on July 24, 2017 at 11:06pm: What a fabulous surprise Bandmom, I'm so happy for you and your family!!! We don't get to see our Sailor until December :-(

Comment by blackbirdmom on July 24, 2017 at 7:07pm: @LindseysMom - I think you have to be phase 3, and they cannot go outside of a 300 mile radius.

@Alejandra - there is a Hawaii (Oahu) group that is "For family and friends of Sailors who are stationed on the island of Oahu including: Pearl Harbor, NIOC (Kunia), NCTAMS PAC (Wahiawa), Camp Smith, Ford Island, Kaneohe (K Bay)" I'm part of that group as our sailor has orders to Pearly Harbor/Hickam.

Comment by Bandmom on July 24, 2017 at 8:25am: We had a nice surprise on Saturday Morning. Woke up to find our Sailor sleeping on the couch!! He made his third phase of liberty, and got a family chit to come home for the weekend!!! His sister was allowed to sign him out and bring him home. (we live within the 300 mile radius.) The two of them surprised us! He put in for the chit 2 weeks ago and it was approve Friday at 3:00 p.m. Luckily she only lives 1 hour from base. We are happy to say that he LOVES the Navy. We are so happy for him.

Comment by Alejandra on July 21, 2017 at 9:45pm: Is there a group for hawaii moms?

Comment by Anti M on July 21, 2017 at 2:15pm: Will she be on a charter flight which picks up in Seattle or CA? If so there will only be military and dependents on the flight. What part of Japan? We have several bases there. I was in Yokosuka for 12 years (total, not all in one shot. But almost). That is the biggest base on the main island. Sasebo is to the south, Atsugi and Iwakuni are air bases, MIsawa is a mixed branches base, and Okinawa is huge, but further to the south.

Do join the Japan Moms group. They are very good support, and there is a ton of information for you.