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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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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 Anti M on December 22, 2010 at 11:25am: She can wear silver ball earrings, 6mm in size. Lip balm to heal chapped lips is good, as is any healing hand cream and moisturizing face treatment. The wind chaps skin badly.

My nephew is headed to a sub and has NO room for stuff. He's getting a monthly donation to the USO in his name.

https://www.uso.org/donate/

I just came from a discussion about obligatory gift giving rather than giving as an expression of thoughtfulness and spontaneous joy, so you will have to pardon my very strange frame of mind. I have friends who can't pay their bills, and a friend driving our second car because she can't afford to fix her own, so struggling to think of stocking stuffers for someone who has all they need is painful this morning.

Comment by lori on December 22, 2010 at 10:03am: Tiff's mom- you mean "cuddle duds"- you can find them in a department store and they come in black, white or off white. They are warm.

What about some simple stud earrings if she is allowed to wear them. Lip gloss for when she goes out. Microwave popcorn and little Christmas candy treats. Mascara- if she is at phase 2 and can wear makeup that is always an easy "girl" thing. Boys are a lot more difficult I think. What about warm fuzzy socks she can wear to bed?

Comment by Aliott1200 (Ship 10, Div 256) on December 22, 2010 at 8:51am: Tiff's Mom, can you adopt me too? You know, not a sailor...but a sailors mom. LOL What a generous box of gifts!!!

Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on December 22, 2010 at 2:35am: Angie or Anti M.... I need stocking stuffer ideas... and present ideas...

She will be in GL for at least a year... her Adopt A Sailor family from Thanksgiving sent her a box for Christmas, it included some Cuddle Bugs??? Long John thingies, but they are girlie and she is scared she can't wear them under her uniform... they sent some Isotoner gloves that look really warm... some chocolates from Chicago (I wished they sent some of that Garret Popcorn LOL) and some other goodies.....

She is getting 500.00 cash (as well as her bro and sis) to buy whatever they want (they usually buy a phone) but what else can I buy her that she can use/need in GL??? Some hand warmer thingies, can they have those (some kind of little bag things that hunters use) Can I buy her a umbrella, socks, etc.. I'm at a loss LOL

Comment by priscilla; FC wife on December 22, 2010 at 12:34am: Thanks for the advice, anti-m. Appreciate it greatly.

Comment by Anti M on December 21, 2010 at 11:13pm: Jane, I've done snow watch before. Fortunately, I didn't have to do a whole lot of it, the guys were sooo much better.

I have lost friends to alcohol in the Navy. Friends, plural. Always sad and stupid. Seen more than one busted too, or be sent to the fleet without their rating. I was pretty wild, so I understand it. He'll do what he'll do, but tell him this ex-ET1 says "don't be stupid."

Priscilla, he must not be involved in his underage pals' drinking. He can lose his school that way if anything happens and he is the legal adult. If he does cross a line, please don't post it here. This is a very public site, and yes, the SDCs and others have been known to read our posts. Not hard to figure out who is who.

Comment by priscilla; FC wife on December 21, 2010 at 5:03pm: Yeah. I just want to be on the safe side, so a definite answer would be great. Hubby says that because he's on leave he's allowed to drink and drive a car, but I find that too odd. Also, I don't even want him doing that while he's just getting outta bootcamp.

I know how my husband's friends are here (his friends aren't even 21) & I seriously don't want to deal with him drinking, esp with them because of how stupid he gets. They automatically make me a designated driver because I'm pregnant.

I personally am not not one for drinking, ESP when it's to get drunk and you're not of age. Maybe I'm too much of a rule follower.

Sorry for my rant, lol. I'm just a mad, pregnant lady when it comes down to this subject.

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on December 21, 2010 at 4:37pm: Priscilla, that is a good question. I know for sure that sailors can't drink until they are phase 2. I will ask my son.

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on December 21, 2010 at 4:34pm: Anti M. My son told me that they showed all the Sailors at GL a gruesome video of young people dieing in a horrific car accident. They were trying to send the message home of not drinking and driving. The only thing was, was that the kids in the car had not been drinking.

Comment by Carol in fla on December 21, 2010 at 10:59am: LOL--Jane, they wanted new experiences, didn't they? My FL born and raised son has been going sledding and is planning a snow boarding trip--he's never seen so much snow! He couldn't wait to get back home for leave--into the warmer FL weather!