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Navy For Moms

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

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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 LindaB(Ant'sMom)10/15 on January 2, 2011 at 9:08pm: I'm withall of you as well. My son left this morning. Took him to the airport and stayed with him for a little bit. I was teasing him while he was here because in Phoenix it was COLD! We even had snow flurries. I told him he brought the cold to Arizona! His plane had an hour delay but he made it back to base just fine. I sure do miss him so very much! I'm happy for the time we had together. It was a great 2 weeks!

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on January 2, 2011 at 9:03pm: I txt my son just now and he says he is still waiting for one to arrive. He probably just missed that one.

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on January 2, 2011 at 9:00pm: Dillon's Mom. Could very well be. LoL My son pre booked his aswell.

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on January 2, 2011 at 8:47pm: Dillons Mom, hi, my son just landed in GL too. He is waiting to pick up his luggage. I was so very sad too. Hopefully in time saying good bye will get easier. I think it will.

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on January 2, 2011 at 5:27pm: Hello everyone! We have just returned from the airport. My son flew on Frontier Airlines. Frontier Airlines were very accommodating and issued us gate passes.

Comment by Aliott1200 (Ship 10, Div 256) on January 2, 2011 at 11:49am: Good luck Lori & Sandy. Let us know how you make out.

Comment by lori on January 2, 2011 at 11:45am: Thanks to all! I told my husband " I'm asking my moms, they'll know" and sure enough you do! I will leave my purse in the car and just carry in several tissues! I really want to see him off- and though there will be some time to kill I might not stay till the very last minute. But maybe if we get to the check in early they will honor this moms desire to go to the gate!

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on January 2, 2011 at 11:36am: Thank you. Thank you Lynne and Abbe'sSister. This makes things a lot better.

Comment by Aliott1200 (Ship 10, Div 256) on January 2, 2011 at 11:35am: Call the airport and see what they say. I know they usually decide on a case by case... Once they are over 18 they don't usually allow it, but they might make exceptions because of the military. When I did it for my son when he was younger, I had to go to the desk and get a pass. I needed a license and couldn't bring ANYTHING over security checkpoint.

Good luck ladies. My son is going home today too. I am just dropping him off though. He and I have been doing this for years. I am better off crying alone, plus when you drop them there isn't a lot of time to say goodbye. Best for my emotional stability. LOL

Today is a sad day for a lot of us mothers. Sorry to see my son go!

Comment by Abbe'sSister (Ship 03 Div 017) on January 2, 2011 at 11:32am: Answer to the question about seeing your sailor off at their gate - Any airport will let you go to the gate with your sailor. You just have to ask for a pass when you are at the check in counter for your sailors airline.