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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

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:

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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Great Lakes A School Q&A

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

Discussion Forum

What happens after ASchool?

Started by SailorMom18. Last reply by Phoenixmom Feb 13, 2019. 1 Reply

BECC Info?

Started by adubz33. Last reply by SuBHuni34 Nov 29, 2018. 9 Replies

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Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on March 5, 2009 at 10:37pm
Will, what a great idea .. the mural! Wish I were close enough to take you up on your invitation to drop by and see it in a couple of weeks. TAKE PICTURES to share with all of us and have yourself a great evening.

Roni...I'll try to keep you "on task"..however, it may take all of us....lol Can't wait to meet you in person...Vee :)
Comment by kim ann on March 5, 2009 at 3:18am
Louise, the thing your recruit needs, is mail, and LOTS of it! It will vary on their divisional CO's as to what reaction your recruit will receive from pictures, musical cards and the like, but most of them are enjoyed. As my son had put it, "going to mail call,nothing is worse than Not receiving anything, like taking a kid to a candy store and letting him look at all the bins but not able to take a bite"!! So write him, send him anything! Even the boring stuff has a whole new light to your recruit! Don't expect a lot back, they are very busy, and tired, and can only mail on on Sundays. They can GET mail every day tho. Do you know yet if your son is a grad n' go? They would not have alot of time after graduating because they will leave to their next duty or school. If they stay in GL, you may have time with them that weekend. So much depends on where they go, what "rate" (my bad, I didn't define that one earlier!) they are in, etc. I know the SDC's here can and will give you MUCH better info than I, just thought that since we missed the "rush" earlier, and you may have a bit of news to help ease the thoughts for you tonite...congrats, we are all here along with ya!
Comment by kim ann on March 5, 2009 at 2:59am
Wow! I go work a 15 hr shift, come back and have a book to read! And it isn't even yours yet Will! Still waiting to hear about the "publishing" date, so I can take a day off work, curl up with the next best seller, and sip the ole camomile tea! Thanks for answering marthab questions, one to depend on me to help anyway..well, may take a day or year! All you new ladies, congrats on your sailors or soon to be ones! Believe you me, I am still learning from you, and I've been here close to a year! Good nite Ya'all! :0}
Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on March 4, 2009 at 11:48pm
Good night, Will...thanks again for everything you do for all of us. Vee
Comment by marthab on March 4, 2009 at 11:43pm
William, thank you for the detailed info about SWCC. It is more than my son told me ( he didn't want me to worry??) I like all the details. My other question was: where do they go and what do they do before A school starts in May? His PIR is 3/20. Div 818. ship 4.
Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on March 4, 2009 at 11:40pm
Will, thank you so much! Glad to see you made it back with us..are we making you break a sweat yet?..Vee
Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on March 4, 2009 at 11:36pm
Well, I can see my brains and my fingers are not on the "same page" tonight, so I am calling it a night....Good night all, have a great one wherever you are!
Vee
Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on March 4, 2009 at 11:32pm
ok Will..you threw anoher new one at me...what is TSC? Thanks....Vee
Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on March 4, 2009 at 11:26pm
Awe, Will....while you were "sleeping", some of us were just having a little girl fun....You can kick back in now that you are awake. LOL LOL
Vee
Comment by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on March 4, 2009 at 11:11pm
....and I am one more generation behind you all...
Roni, you sure had the right idea when yours were growing up at home.
Vee :)
 

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