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:
Events
**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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- 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: Mar 12
Discussion Forum
leave after A/C school-- orders are confusing
Started by MANDY. Last reply by Anti M Aug 16, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
What happens after ASchool?
Started by SailorMom18. Last reply by Phoenixmom Feb 13, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
BECC Info?
Started by adubz33. Last reply by SuBHuni34 Nov 29, 2018. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Comment Wall
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Comment by Missingyou on December 20, 2017 at 3:29am
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Good early morning Moms’s I have a question? My son paid for pictures of his graduation. I didn’t get to go to see him but his dad did. ( He’s my Ex). We were suppose to split the pictures. So now he’s telling me I have to pay for copies of them because there are two big ones ( I don’t know how big) and I guess he wants both. (Am I making sense) I said no just pick one or make a copy for yourself. I just needed to vent why must the simple things we him be so hard. I just want a picture of my son in his uniform. Am I wrong or should I just pay for it. I’m trying to be the better person.
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Comment by Phoenixmom on December 19, 2017 at 11:41am
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Thank You Butterball for the kind words that means a lot to me. I plan on having an Amazing time with all my Family and Friends. And May the Lord be present to bless us all!
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Comment by Butterball on December 19, 2017 at 11:03am
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Phoenixmom, you are always so encouraging and so uplifting to all of us. I would like to wish you the Merriest of all Christmases, and Blessings for the New Year. Thank you for just being you.
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Good Morning Ladies Happy Tuesday, spoke with my son last night he seems really tired, but I found out his Friend from High school who joined the Navy 8 months prior to him is here in Phoenix visiting his family, so I have invited them over for Christmas dinner it would be really nice to see him and his Mom. So happy they have continued to keep in touch.
I would Like to Thank every one of you for all the advice that was given, I would like to wish you all a Happy Holidays and May 2018 be a Bigger and Brighter and Blessed New Year !
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I sure will Phoenixmom, and please send our love and thanks to your son also. Merry Christmas
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Hi Butterball, thank You and I wish you and Your Family a very Merry Christmas and I send HUGS to all of you and give one to your Son for me please and let him know how proud I am of him!
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Congratulations Librarianmom what awesome News! very Happy for you and your Family. May you Have the best Holiday Ever!
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Congratulations Phoenixmom, I am getting very excited for Friday myself, my son will be home too. Merry Christmas everybody.
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Comment by Anti M on December 18, 2017 at 12:42pm
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Congratulations!
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Comment by librarianmom on December 18, 2017 at 12:34pm
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Hello all! So excited we are heading to Great Lakes this week for our son's A school graduation and to bring him home. We were also lucky enough he was able to come home this last weekend. He got his phase 3 liberty and brought three friends home. The main goal was to propose to his girlfriend! She was so surprised and it was such a great night! Her parents and my husband and I were there along with their friends.
I enjoyed hosting the sailors and fed them well. Hopefully it was a great break before the standdown/leaves.
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