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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

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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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 AwaitingMySailor(Ship13Div.174) on June 16, 2014 at 2:49am: Hi everyone.i just married my sailor 2weeks ago.does anyone know how long is schooling for electricians.non nuclear. .also how long will it take to receive housing

Comment by Anti M on June 15, 2014 at 3:27pm: The schools do not make exceptions for fleet returnees who are not E-5 and above. It sucks, and it sucks hard, but he truly must grin and bear it, and above all, do not piss off those in charge of him. We had a fleet returnee striking for ET school, an E-3 who thought the rules should not apply to her. She got written up by three different petty officers in one duty weekend (slept through muster, out of uniform, talked back to the the second class PO). That Monday she was packing her seabag, she'd lost her school. I understand what it is like to be a fleet returnee myself, it is not easy, but sometimes you have to put up with it to get ahead. Give him my sympathy.

Comment by Navy mom 49 on June 13, 2014 at 7:25pm: My son brought 32 inch tv to A school. If that helps!

Comment by donnab on June 13, 2014 at 6:45pm: My son will be a Fleet Returnee to Great Lakes for A school, is there a certain size TV he is allowed to bring?

Comment by Traysea on June 13, 2014 at 12:02pm: I just found out my son graduates from A School next Wednesday!! Woohoo I'm so excited!! Praying he will be home soon for a visit!!

Comment by Liberty on June 12, 2014 at 3:09pm: Hi Shiloh- Is your son about to do Dive Prep at GL...or Dive school in PC?

Comment by ooroche on June 12, 2014 at 10:27am: Great, thanks Anti M!!!!

Comment by Anti M on June 12, 2014 at 9:59am: He can drive. Phase one is when it is prohibited.

Comment by ooroche on June 12, 2014 at 9:40am: My son is in phase 3 of A school. When he is home, is he allowed to drive? I wasn't sure if he had to be done with A school before driving privilages were given.

Comment by Anti M on June 12, 2014 at 8:44am: It is quite normal to have a short hold period before beginning any Navy school.

The attrition rate for ND can be as high as 80%. If they do not pass, they will be re-assigned a new rating.

http://www.navycs.com/navy-jobs/navy-diver.html

Navy Diver class "A" school is 15 weeks in duration, and it is located in Panama City, Florida. Before attending the class "A" school, a seven week preparatory school will be completed at Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.