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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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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: 2332
Latest Activity: Mar 12

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Comment by momof4 on April 9, 2019 at 8:44pm: Son had PIR 29 March and is in Spec Op prep group at Great Lakes. Sent him package of civilian clothes via USPS to address he gave me. The USPS had the package as "delivered to agent" on this past Monday, but he did not receive until late today, Tuesday. I guess that's processing time and I should be happy it arrived?

Comment by Anti M on March 12, 2019 at 10:34am: @azul ... welcome. This group is for A schools at Great Lakes, not boot camp. Do you know where your recruit will be going to A school?

Have you joined the boot camp group also?
http://navyformoms.ning.com/group/bootcampmoms

Comment by Phoenixmom on March 6, 2019 at 10:17am: Here are the current PIR groups:

PIR: March 08, 2019 TG 18 - 9 Divisions (131 - 138 and 918)

PIR: March 15, 2019 TG 19 - 11 Divisions (139 - 148 and 919)

PIR: March 22, 2019 TG 20 - 11 Divisions (149 - 158 and 920)

PIR: March 29, 2019 TG 21 - 9 Divisions (159 - 164, 810, 811, and 922)

PIR: April 5, 2019 TG 22 - 7 Divisions (165 - 170 and 922)

PIR: April 12, 2019 TG 23 7 Divisions (171 - 176, 812, and 923)

PIR: April 19, 2019 TG 24 7 Divisions (177 - 182, and 924)

Click on the date of your recruit’s PIR and join the group to connect with others with loved ones training with your recruit.

Comment by azul on March 5, 2019 at 8:41pm: HI! Thank you for allowing me to be part of this group, my daughter is in division 920, and I keep finding information about a greet and meet event that was held in the past, but nothing about the upcoming PIR on march 22. I was wondering if anyone has any information about it?

Comment by Phoenixmom on March 1, 2019 at 5:05pm: In this New Handbook speaks on New Liberty phases and civilian clothing and what can be kept in Barracks. it is a must read will answer a lot of your question if Staying in GL for A school.

Comment by Brandybill on February 28, 2019 at 9:37am: Happy Thursday everyone,

Anti-M like always all the information you have given has been extremely beneficial. I have been sending a lot of items to my sailor, particularly civilian clothes, I would not want any troubles for receiving an inappropriate item.

The food issue has not been a concern lately, besides my sailor been always hungry even after eating, which was typical experience at home.

Comment by Anti M on February 27, 2019 at 8:37pm: Civilian clothes guidelines:

https://www.public.navy.mil/netc/centers/tscgl/documents/1020.2A.pdf

They cannot wear t-shirts with the flag on them, or flag printed items. You have to read between the lines to catch that.

Comment by Anti M on February 27, 2019 at 8:35pm: Here's the new and very comprehensive TSC student handbook:

https://www.public.navy.mil/netc/centers/tscgl/documents/1616.1C.pdf

Comment by Anti M on February 23, 2019 at 2:04pm: Or was there a storm? In very bad situations, they lock down the base, nd the cooks cannot get to the galley.

Having been a student at Great Lakes, I take galley complaints with a grain of salt. My roommate was always hungry, but she would not get up early enough for chow before marching to school, would not march over for lunch, and preferred to watch TV than hit the chow hall when it was open for supper. It is true that if you cannot eat fast, meal times are quite short. And what they serve is not always what you want, but the choices tend to be very diverse. hard to do special diets there.

Comment by Anti M on February 23, 2019 at 2:00pm: That's very strange, if your sailor cannot get a direct answer, I would direct questions to the TSC PAO. Usually if a hot meal is not offered, they have the mid-rats option (bagged lunch, box meal). Every sailor gets BAS, but it is subtracted if they have access to government meals. Were they on some kind of lockdown, or did they have liberty suspended?

The housing allowance is routed differently, but that is BAH. You are either in a BEQ (barracks), living on your ship (like the actual vessel, not a barracks), or are drawing BAH to pay for an apartment. Overseas it is OHA.