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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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PNG – 2.3 MB
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: Sep 15

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Comment by gsetexasmom on March 15, 2016 at 4:12pm: Tati's Mum-what ship will your daughter be on? My son is also a GSE and will be going to Mayport in a couple of weeks.

Comment by Tati's mum on March 15, 2016 at 2:59pm: @jayjay8503

She's a GSE. Thanks, so far she said it was nice there. :)

Comment by jayjay8503 on March 15, 2016 at 2:25pm: Tatis mum, what's your daughters rate? I'm praying my husband gets mayport! She will love florida weather!

Comment by Tati's mum on March 15, 2016 at 12:10pm: Good morning!
My daughter left Great Lakes yesterday. She's in Mayport, Florida now. Is there a group for that place I can join?

Comment by Anti M on March 14, 2016 at 7:06pm: An overnight chit is a big maybe at Great Lakes. It will depend on how the individual sailor is doing, and if anyone messed up and ruined it for the rest of the group. Also, it will depend on the mood of the COC at the time (chain of command).

Comment by Maria on March 14, 2016 at 6:27pm: Can you fill out a chit in phase two to get overnight liberty? Is it likely that it'll be granted?

Comment by Anti M on March 14, 2016 at 10:56am: No, they do not. If they want to go to Friday church services, that usually can be arranged. Easter is not a federal holiday.

Comment by SC_girlfriend on March 14, 2016 at 10:47am: Does anyone know if sailors will have liberty or the day off for Good Friday or the Monday following Easter?

Comment by KTP (Kim) on March 3, 2016 at 11:46am: I have opted to not go to GL for A school graduation instead, he has a liberty weekend 2 weeks before he grads, so I booked a trip and hotels in downtown Chicago and we are going to watch the St. Patty's day parade, watch the river get turned green, take a boat ride, go to navy pier and the zoo, I have to return him Sunday at dinner time. Can't wait !!!!