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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: 2332
Latest Activity: Mar 12

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Comment by Sushicat242000 on August 21, 2019 at 2:16pm: Can Sailors have a car during A school?

Comment by Ann on July 7, 2019 at 11:09am: Thank you !

Comment by Anti M on July 6, 2019 at 5:55pm: The clinic is not open, but there is an ER in the base/VA hospital. If your sailor is sick on liberty, they can go there. Or call Tricare nurse line, they can tell them where the nearest urgent care is if it is not an emergency.

https://www.mhsnurseadviceline.com/home

Comment by Ann on July 6, 2019 at 5:26pm: It is 1620 Saturday July 6 and the is no medical facility open on Great Lakes Navy training?

Comment by Ann on July 6, 2019 at 5:24pm: What is the closest medical facility?

Comment by Anti M on June 1, 2019 at 7:59am: During stand down, the duty schedule is covered by the students who do not take leave, or it is modified. They close some of the barracks entirely. Finding a replacement is more of a fleet thing than a school thing.
Make SURE they do not lose or leave their leave papers at home when they return. They must have them in hand to check in.
The dates are a little fluid, so pre-buying tickets is a gamble. Also, never book flights before noon on the first day of leave, everyone has to check out and it takes time. There is transportation to the airports available. They can buy their tickets through the travel agency on base.

Comment by Phoenixmom on May 31, 2019 at 5:55pm: Usually for Stand Down they will be notified when they can start turning in their Chits, Then they will receive an email stating approved or not (most likely approved) Now if they have duty scheduled anytime while they go on leave from my experience they must make sure that someone can cover their Duty. And Make sure that they have all paperwork with them that gives them approval and they must take back with them when returning on base. They usually will be the ones to buy their tickets for airlines.

Comment by ellen0502 on May 31, 2019 at 5:01pm: Sailors during the Holiday Stand down during December at GL are allowed to leave base, and travel more than 150 miles.

They do put in a chit for stand down and are notified after that what their leave dates are. I don't remember exactly when they put in their request for leave chits, but I believe it is some time in November.

Comment by Mrs.MiniFrogPrincess on May 31, 2019 at 3:23pm: I’m wondering if anyone knows when a sailor is allowed leave during the holidays? Can they go more than 150 miles away? Any information would be helpful. Looking into tickets if he’s out of school and can come home. :)

Comment by Anti M on April 9, 2019 at 8:48pm: All mail goes through a mailroom, never directly to the student sailor. It can take them days to get time off to pick it up!