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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

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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Graduation Info
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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: 2331
Latest Activity: Mar 12

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Comment by Cerena on April 3, 2016 at 4:47pm: Maria, I've been to visit my fiancé four times now and I find that uber's are the least expensive. Taxi's will run you about $90 and an uber is $50

Comment by Maria on April 3, 2016 at 4:09pm: Hi, I'm going to visit my fiance April 15th and I was wondering what is the best way to get from o'hare to the naval base and back. I've seen some things on taking the train which is fairly inexpensive, but it looks extremely difficult and i've only found directions to the base and not from the base back to the airport. I arrive at 11;15am and my flight leaves monday the 18th at 9am if that helps. Thank you for the help!!!

Comment by Anti M on March 30, 2016 at 3:20pm: All the aviation schools are down in Pensacola, so yes, ships. Pretty much every type of ship, as they work on the seawater systems too, which is vital to every ship.

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Comment by KTP (Kim) on March 29, 2016 at 3:09pm: Hello Fellow Navy Moms, I have a ton of food from a packing party and I am preparing food boxes to send to our sailors, I need about 6 more sailors to send surprise boxes to. message me or friend me and send me info. My son leaves 4/1 so time to get rid of this food , thank you and god bless your Sailor

Comment by 81donut on March 29, 2016 at 2:43pm: My son has graduated from Boot Camp and is now formally a sailor. He is attending his A school in Great Lakes and is a GSM. He will be training as a Gas Turbine Mechanic. Can any moms or loved ones with experience advise if this is for the Ships or Aircrafts? Presuming Ships... If so, what kind of ship?

Comment by Anti M on March 28, 2016 at 8:54pm: Usually a week or so. It is a good idea for him to be proactive about chits, make sure they don't sit unseen on a desk.

Comment by Maria on March 28, 2016 at 8:44pm: Thank you! I will definitely let you know how it goes. He put the chit in last Monday, when do you usually get them back?

Comment by Anti M on March 28, 2016 at 8:34pm: You probably can check him out no problem. Overnight ... flip a coin, some weeks some of the schools are good about it, if anyone has screwed up lately, then no. It really does vary that much. Let us know how it goes!

Comment by Maria on March 28, 2016 at 8:29pm: My fiancé filled out a deviation chit for me to sign him out when I go to visit April 15th. He'll be phase 2 as of April 1st. Is it likely that it'll be granted so that I can sign him out? Also he put in for overnight Liberty, how likely is that to be granted? Thank you for the help

Comment by Anti M on March 27, 2016 at 6:37pm: Here are the liberty phases for Great Lakes, he probably doesn't know them all yet!

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