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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

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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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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 J&R's Mom on August 12, 2011 at 11:33pm: Kathleen - so funny! We ate at GoJo's in May at our first son's PIR - love love love their shakes and sundays! Amazing late night snacks. We are returning for our oldest son's PIR next Friday and plan to go to downtown Chicago to Uno Pizzeria for traditional Chicago Pizza at his request - As far as liberty - our plan (worked great first time through) is to take 2 buddies along into town on our last day, do some shopping and eating, then drop all 3 sailors to the train station to make their way back to the base while we head to the airport. That way we get the most time together.

Comment by Anti M on August 12, 2011 at 10:24pm: They can't have cars on base.

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on August 12, 2011 at 10:06pm: i support the rules and regs of the navy, it's just going to be hard on them. we leave at the butt crack of dawn on sunday so she won't be able to leave base as he can't drive to go get her (no license).

any idea when she'll be able to drive? i know it take awhile to get the live a shore done but can she bring the car on base so she (and a liberty buddy) can go off base during liberty?

Comment by bobbie (ht mom) on August 12, 2011 at 8:37am: my son has been at A school all week and loves it he called me last night and we played spades on yahoo for over 2 hours lol he also told me that his liberty is fri nightsat and sun...said he was going to a baseball game sat and something about a beach being behind them and they can charter boats to go out on im so jealous lol

Comment by Anti M on August 12, 2011 at 8:12am: Spouses can be liberty buddies, but yes, he has to be there when she checks in and out.

Comment by WhiteClay Ship 2 Div 913 on August 12, 2011 at 8:06am: @duh - when she gets Phase 2 she might be able to get her husband approved as her liberty buddy, so he could pick her up & take her home?

Comment by ProudGMBarb on August 12, 2011 at 1:42am: duhhuh...yes, still lots of rules throughout A school. There is a method to all this, however, and a good one I think. Think about it. The Navy has put forth the effort during bootcamp to establish a new way of thinking for these sailors...team work...and a lot of discipline in all areas. All this is still new and fresh in their minds and without good reminders and reinforcement, it would be very easy for some sailors to slip back into old habits.Not talking about getting into trouble...just sticking with structure. Some rules are of course for their safety, as the Navy doesn't want anyting to happen to them as well.

Best to show you support everything the Navy asks of your sailor. If we show signs of being disappointed or that we think something is a bummer or unfair, (or telling them "it sucks"), we are only setting our sailors up to feel bad and perhaps try to get around rules and get into trouble. This is a whole new way of life for our sailors and all their loved ones...but a good one when we learn to let go.

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on August 11, 2011 at 10:39pm: oh, that's going to suck. that mean's she won't be able to go "home" on liberty

Comment by WhiteClay Ship 2 Div 913 on August 11, 2011 at 9:41pm: @duh - I don't think she can take a cab by herself, due to "liberty buddy" rules? Angie?

Comment by Anti M on August 11, 2011 at 7:36am: He can have those things as soon as he has checked into his new barracks. He'll do that Friday afternoon, and you will spend the evening with him. He can take them back that night when he goes back for curfew. Get a plain black bag to put them in, something small and light, if he has to change rooms later, he has to carry everything by himself. He can take you to the NEX, they usually have plain bags he can carry in uniform there.