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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 Anti M on May 10, 2016 at 7:58pm: ATT is nne weeks, then he will go back on hold, no way to know how long. After that, A school is 20 weeks. After that, he might have to go on hold again, as FC C schools can get backed up. He;d wait in Great Lakes on graduate hold (better liberty, different barracks than A school) until he gets his C school. Expect to be at Great Lakes for about a year! No C schools at Glakes, those tend to be in VA or CA. He will need a great deal of patience.

Comment by Blondefaith on May 10, 2016 at 3:50pm: Anti M

Thank you. He is still on hold for ATT but says it starts in July. He has been told that A school is only a few weeks, but I told him I read it was over 20 weeks. Is there much time between ATT and A school?

Comment by Anti M on May 10, 2016 at 1:52pm: They've been pretty good about approving those. I think the overnights have been the problem. Good luck and have fun!

Comment by Megs2447 on May 10, 2016 at 12:53pm: Anti M My sailor is in phase 2 and did not ask for overnights, just a Liberty buddy.

Comment by Anti M on May 10, 2016 at 12:26pm: FC is 20 weeks. Has he finished ATT (9 weeks or so)?

Comment by Blondefaith on May 10, 2016 at 11:11am: My son is FC on hold for A school which he says will start in July at GL. Does anyone know how long does A school for that rate usually last?

Comment by Megs2447 on May 9, 2016 at 10:13pm: Do any girlfriends/fiancés have experience with liberty chits at GL? I'm visiting my sailor this weekend and he put the request in today. Thanks!

Comment by Lawgical1 on May 9, 2016 at 11:32am: Thanks for the info. Happy Mother's Day.

Comment by Anti M on May 8, 2016 at 6:41pm: There are usually both day and night courses going. Some people prefer it, others not so much.

Comment by Lawgical1 on May 8, 2016 at 5:33pm: My sailor just advised me that he finishes ATT this week and will be moving to a new ship because his A school classes will be evening classes. Any info about evening classes for ET? First I'm hearing evening classes.