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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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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

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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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JPG – 3.4 MB
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 Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on December 22, 2010 at 7:29pm: Andrea, what ship is your daughter in at school? Is she going to be an ET or FC? My daughter is a FC :)

Comment by AndreaS61 on December 22, 2010 at 7:00pm: I'm right with ya. My parents have both passed away. My oldest sister and her husband go to Mexico for two weeks at Christmas every year, and my other sister is a pilot and most of the time is out of town for holidays. Last year, my kids and I went to a movie on Christmas. We got up, opened gifts, fixed breakfast and then had no other plans. It was really fun, actually, and the theatre was surprisingly full.

Enjoy your holiday, Ladies. Whoever you spend it with!!!

Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on December 22, 2010 at 5:50pm: I hear ya Anti M ... my parents, brother and sister all passed and my ex-hubby's parents and two brothers passed, so my kids were raised with no grandparents or aunts and uncles, (one uncle from their dads side, but they don't much) so it's just us. It sure does make you appreciate your friends that much more and how fragile life can be. :)

It's 80 degrees here, no chance of snow, ever hahaha Houston! LOL

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on December 22, 2010 at 4:09pm: I am not sure if we are having a white Christmas or not. In Colorado the weather forecast changes every 20 minutes.

at the moment we are having freezing fog.

Comment by Aliott1200 (Ship 10, Div 256) on December 22, 2010 at 3:58pm: Friends are the best family to have...you get to pick them. Enjoy the holiday Anti M and thanks for all your great information and advice over the last few months.

Comment by Anti M on December 22, 2010 at 3:16pm: We have rain, looks like a brown Christmas.

If I am lucky, hubby will be home, and my friend Genius. His wife is going up to Idaho to see her family, but he has to work. Looks like we'll be going out for Chinese dinner. Oh, I have a brother here, and he'll probably drop by, and a widowed SIL, but we just don't like hanging out with each other. He won't even talk to her, she dis-invited him and his family from gatherings for so long they won't speak. My brother who was the family glue after Mom died, has passed away too. Hubby's family is across the country. So my family unit is down to friends who have become family. Sounds sad, but it works.

Comment by lori on December 22, 2010 at 3:00pm: Sandy I went to the grocery store today. Can't believe my bill AND I have to get all the fresh stuff Fri morning!

Have a wonderful time with your family. Any snow in the forecast for you? Looks like we may have a white Christmas this year!

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on December 22, 2010 at 1:47pm: Lori, I am happy for you. Make the most of this Christmas for sure.

I am having all my family here too for Christmas. I got extra food so that there will be plenty. Boys eat a lot so I wanted to make sure there's enough. I want to send food home with my parents.

Comment by lori on December 22, 2010 at 1:34pm: I will have all my kids, grandkids, grand dogs here for Christmas- I feel very blessed indeed. Next year could be so different. This is worth much more than anything put under the tree.

Comment by AndreaS61 on December 22, 2010 at 12:49pm: Anti M - I hear you! I did less gift buying this year and more donating to local charities: Toys drive, Men's Mission, battered women's shelter, PetSavers, food bank. I have both of my kids home for Christmas and that's the best gift in the world!