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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
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Latest Activity: Mar 12

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Comment by ncdeb on June 29, 2017 at 9:38am: My daughter will be in the S-PACT program therefore her training will be there at the Great Lakes facility. I'm still unsure if she will be able to stay with us at night after PIR for the weekend or can we only see her during the days that weekend?

Thanks for any help!

Comment by Anti M on June 27, 2017 at 9:47pm: Everyone gets orders in advance, when possible. It is just the way manning is run. There are "x" billets, and they know when people are leaving, what paygrades and ratings are needed, and who will be available soon. This allows a sailor, especially one with dependents, to plan their move, do all the paperwork, and take some leave en route. It makes sense once you're in the system.

I was in Glakes a long time ago. We had hold times too. Boring, and too much time on our hands, and we had fewer limits on our free time. I am amazed I did not get into trouble, I was adventurous.

Comment by blackbirdmom on June 27, 2017 at 7:59pm: And just out of curiousity, why would he get his orders for a date when his school won't be finished yet?

Comment by blackbirdmom on June 27, 2017 at 5:15pm: He did finish his BECC, and did well. Starting Strand July 12 unless they have enough to start the class sooner. I've kind of given up on a timeline. LOL He is looking forward to this part of it, though. He hates hold time. (Don't they all?) His big worry was that his orders would change if he didn't make it by that early Sept. date.

Comment by Anti M on June 27, 2017 at 4:55pm: GSE is actually pretty long. 10 weeks of Common Core, and 11 weeks of "strand".

https://www.cool.navy.mil/usn/enlisted/rating_info_cards/gse.pdf

Comment by blackbirdmom on June 23, 2017 at 6:40pm: GSE is his rating. There is some talk about several programs being extended. Not sure who is doing the talking though. :-)

Comment by Anti M on June 23, 2017 at 6:27pm: Unless the billet is "hot" and needs a warm body ASAP, then he will likely keep his orders. What's his rating? I can find the cool card and get the exact number of weeks of seat time.

Comment by blackbirdmom on June 23, 2017 at 4:11pm: So, he'll probably keep his duty station, just leave later? He is finishing the GS BECC part today and moving on to electrical in a couple of weeks. Originally, that class was 4 weeks, but he's heard it will now be 8 weeks. So, with hold time, he's looking at a 5-6 week difference.

Comment by Anti M on June 23, 2017 at 3:46pm: Yeah, five weeks might not make a difference. Probably not.

Comment by blackbirdmom on June 23, 2017 at 3:00pm: He was told on Monday that they are changing his program and he will be in A school in GL for 5 more weeks. He said that could change his orders. He wasn't sure if they would just push his date back (right now early Sept, and there is no way he will make that date if they have 5 more weeks of schooling) or change his orders entirely. He was frustrated and really doesn't want his duty station changed. Welcome to the Navy, I guess. :-)