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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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 Renick ET on January 26, 2011 at 1:31pm: I didn't see a post by "Love". Maybe she deleted it. I was asking about A vs E vs ATT and got some very good info. Also asked about Internet service providers. I will call Verizon to ask about a laptop card. Thanks for all the great info. How do I stay patient until the "I'm a sailor call"? It is 3 weeks away.... !!

Comment by DebBon / Ship7 Div 052 on January 26, 2011 at 1:20pm: Thank you so much Alabama Navy Mom. I really appreciate you helping.

Comment by AlabamaNavyMom(ET2) on January 26, 2011 at 10:37am: DebBon - Just stay on Buckley passed the RTC and you will go under the train tracks and curve around to Sheridan Road. Turn right and up on the right will be the gate. Pass the gate and there will be a turn in for the visitors parking lot. You can park in there and your son can come out to pick up his electronics.

Comment by lori on January 26, 2011 at 10:22am: Kathy- congrats to your sailor on both accounts! Sounds like wonderful news for all of you.

Comment by DebBon / Ship7 Div 052 on January 26, 2011 at 12:13am: Engine Man I believe, but right now he is FA Fireman Apprentice.

Comment by DebBon / Ship7 Div 052 on January 25, 2011 at 8:36pm: Ladies, my son called and wants me to bring his cell phone, laptop and computer to him at A School. We only live 50 miles away. But I have no idea where A School is at? Anybody know where I need to go to bring it to him? He wanted it tonight but I am not sure where I need to go so I told him I can take it out there tomorrow morning or afternoon when I can get an idea of where I need to go. I know where we went when we went to PIR and where we dropped him off each night and picked him up but where do they go for A school?

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on January 25, 2011 at 8:35pm: This site is going nuts. It just keeps posted things over and over again. Maybe there is a little Elf having some fun.

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on January 25, 2011 at 8:28pm: Renick, I am sorry it has taken me so long to reply to your questions. I must have overlooked your post.

My sailor son is an FC. His PIR was 8-6-2010. He has been at Great Lakes for a while now. He was on hold to start ATT (Apprentice Technical Training). He didn't start ATT until about 4 weeks after his PIR. After he finished most of ATT, he was on hold again for 3 weeks before starting (A)school.

The time that sailors are on hold varies a lot. Sometimes they are on hold for 2 weeks, sometimes it can be months.

There is a great deal of information to become familiar with, but you will catch on in no time. You can ask us as many questions as your like. We are all in this together.

Comment by ProudGMBarb on January 25, 2011 at 8:17pm: I was just going to reply to LoveOurSailor...uh....where did she go?

Comment by ProudGMBarb on January 25, 2011 at 7:23pm: zmansmom...I know how ya feel. Seems our sailors aren't the only people the Navy is training...ya think???!!!!! ha ha.