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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 Phoenixmom on November 14, 2017 at 11:09am: https://www.facebook.com/mygreatlakes

https://www.facebook.com › ... › North Chicago, Illinois › Government Organization

here is a few face book sites

Comment by Phoenixmom on November 14, 2017 at 11:05am: Very clever idea Allison!

Comment by patriotmama67 on November 14, 2017 at 11:03am: Hello everyone!

So this is my son's 1st week of A school. So is there a FB page in addition to this group here, it got very overwhelming with the FB on bootcamp and these forums? Does everyone follow both?

Comment by Allison on November 14, 2017 at 10:59am: Bandmom, you are so sweet!

This year, if anyone needs any ideas, I'm sending my husband a fake thanksgiving lol. Stuff like turkey jerky, sweet potato chips, pumpkin loafs (they're packaged, so lets hope they make it lol), craisins, and stuff like that, a picture of us, a book from the reading list, and a fun, festive plate because he's been using paper plates for the most part since he got there. He'll have a nice thanksgiving with either the uso or I'm sure the galley will do something there…they don't celebrate thanksgiving out in the community where he's stationed. I really hope he likes it, I saw it on Army wife 101 and thought it was very clever.

Comment by Anti M on November 14, 2017 at 10:57am: Having been an ET, I know some sections are very difficult. They can always go to the extra study sessions even if not required to do so; I know I did for a few of the harder subjects. They do get second chances, but of course, everyone wants to do their very best the first time! Best wishes for them all!

Comment by Phoenixmom on November 14, 2017 at 10:34am: Good Morning Ladies, Bandmom that is very sweet of you to open your house I would of done the same thing if I was near, My son started his ATT school yesterday and man oh man does it look hard, he already knows he will be needing extra help. Fingers crossed he can do this I believe this last class is what will get him into A school for his trade. I have faith in him.

Good luck for all taking a test, and Ladies may you have a great day.

Comment by Bandmom on November 14, 2017 at 8:44am: Good Luck and Prayers to all the ET's taking their do or die test today. I know my sailor is very nervous.

Comment by Bandmom on November 14, 2017 at 8:41am: I am truly sorry for those of you that can't see their sailors over the Thanksgiving break. In the true spirit of the Navy, we have opened our home to two sailors. One from Florida (whom I am sure will be cold). and one from New York. Wish we could take more, but that is all the room we have in the car. They are also in the Color Guard with my sailor, so they have the same time off that he does, which makes it really nice.

Comment by Carey on November 13, 2017 at 8:23pm: Powdered Eggnog. It has 4 stars, but people seem to be really divided on the taste.
https://www.amazon.com/Aspen-Mulling-Original-5-Ounces-Cartons/dp/B...

Comment by Anti M on November 13, 2017 at 7:21pm: I know eggnog comes in a can, Borden brand, I think. LOL, I'd just buy a Starbucks card ... eggnog is for making ice cream or French toast.

I liked the lightweight silk longjohns. Silk is amazingly warn. They do make earmuffs you can wear in uniform, pretty sure the uniform shop there stocks them.

Pringles chip cans are perfect for mailing cookies.