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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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: 2331
Latest Activity: on Friday
Discussion Forum
leave after A/C school-- orders are confusing
Started by MANDY. Last reply by Anti M Aug 16, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
What happens after ASchool?
Started by SailorMom18. Last reply by Phoenixmom Feb 13, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
BECC Info?
Started by adubz33. Last reply by SuBHuni34 Nov 29, 2018. 9 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on March 4, 2009 at 11:26pm
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Awe, Will....while you were "sleeping", some of us were just having a little girl fun....You can kick back in now that you are awake. LOL LOL
Vee
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....and I am one more generation behind you all...
Roni, you sure had the right idea when yours were growing up at home.
Vee :)
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Kelly, it's called "the GENERATION GAP." lol lol
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Kelly...ROTFLMAO means "rolling on the floor laughing my A** off"...You will get the hang of it soon....Vee :)
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Welcome Vonnie....you will definitely get your questions answered as well as have some fun with all of us....Vee
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To Hoppi aka Angie: good for you on giving up the smoking....YES! you should do better on the next test. Way to go! Vee
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Welcome Kelly! You will enjoy being part of this group. So glad you got your letter from your recruit and it sounds like he/she is just getting started. I wish I could tell you what "Ship Staff" means, but I have not heard that term. So glad he is going to Mass on Sundays. Hang in there with the rest of us....Vee :-)
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Roni....lmao Sounds just like home, doesn't it? Vee
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Comment by marthab on March 4, 2009 at 8:49am
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I"m not sure what you mean by what rate? He has a SWCC contract, he will be an E3 since he is an Eagle Scout. His papers in his box showed he signed up for an added two years ( 6 in all) and after training is to get the pay of an E4. I would like to know where they go and what they do while waiting for A school to start in Coronado in May?
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Comment by kim ann on March 4, 2009 at 12:24am
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Welcome Marthab- what rate is your sailor going in for? So much of his schedule will depend on that. Congrats on his PIR soon!
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