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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 Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on July 1, 2009 at 4:29pm: Will - what a great post for Laura.....B/Z to you!!!!! And, thanks for the kind words for myself.....Age really is just a number and I certainly don't feel mine because my heart stays young enough to keep me in my "teens." :D

Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on July 1, 2009 at 2:40pm: Laura - thanks for the location of where you live.....on the other end of the State from my son and family. They have very good friends who live near Savannah.
Sailors get 1.5 days of leave per month and must have finished Phase 2 to take it. They must put in a "chit" to take this leave and must have that time on the books. My best advice to you for the time being would be for you to concentrate on YOUR SCHOOLING and let him concentrate on his Navy. I know a lot of these things you don't like to hear, but wouldn't you rather know what you are dealing with than be in the dark??? We have all gone through these woes whether is has been a son, daughter, husband, wife, grandson or granddaughter. It does get easier as time goes by and if he knows he has your support through all the phases of his Navy life, he will be successful.

Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on July 1, 2009 at 2:11pm: Anti M - I can be your gramma...well, maybe not a gramma...you are the age of m youngest daughter....I have 2 sons older.....that makes me ANCIENT, doesn't it?
lol lol

Comment by Anti M on July 1, 2009 at 2:05pm: Vee, I could use a gramma now and then, and I'm 52!

Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on July 1, 2009 at 1:53pm: Hoppi - Good Morning; how are you doing? And, thanks for the nice words. I guess some things good do come from age....It's the "grandma" in me I suppose.
HAGD....
.Are you riding this weekend? I will be riding with the Legion Riders in the parade in a small town about 25 miles south of me...town is called Independence and it is the County Seat.....and it is going to be 99 degrees...

Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on July 1, 2009 at 1:46pm: Laura - where is Jesup in relation to Dawsonville? Dawsonville is about 1 hour north of Atlanta and the east portion of the city sits on Lake Lanier. I am coming back to visit my family in Dawsonville in 4 weeks...that is why I ask.

Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on July 1, 2009 at 1:45pm: Hello Laura,
I think everyone has answered your question about where your BF may be stationed. You are young and inexperienced with all this and I sympathize with you. I am a grandma on here and not young, but was very inexperienced when my grandson joined the Navy and I found this site of GREAT folks who are so supportive. So, bear with us; you are hopefully in for the full 4 years and HANG ON for the ride. It will be nothing like you have experienced so far in your young life. We are here to support you through it all...remember that!!! Also, loving and supporting your Sailor along with understanding and patience will pay off for you in the long run.....I hope my little "grandma" talk has not offended you in any way. (((HUGS)))

Comment by Anti M on July 1, 2009 at 1:38pm: My first duty station was the Communications Station in Yokosuka, after a very long C school. I did get to pick my C school orders, but almost my entire class went to the same school. Just happened the detailer remembered I'd wanted to go to Japan and hadn't taken the short C school/Misawa orders, and he assigned me to Japan. We had plenty of junior married sailors on their first duty station working in the shop.