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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 Anti M on September 29, 2015 at 10:37am: There is free wifi, but not in the barracks. A lot of guys purchase cable per barracks room, (comcast I think) and split the cost. The reception in different barracks varies a lot. I too suggest he doesn't lock into anything until he finds out what the other students in the barracks have success with, and go with that. Don't sign up for contracts, because if he goes overseas (or is deployed a lot) in the future, that service may be useless.

Comment by D's Mom on September 29, 2015 at 8:47am: My son is at GL and has Sprint. No signal issues when he calls home.

Comment by LuciaPS on September 29, 2015 at 8:41am: Not sure if this has been addressed recently, but my question is about cellphone coverage. My son wants to get off the family plan and get his own line, mostly because he is a data hog and I shut him off if we get too close to our limit. We visited the various carriers and one guy said to wait to get to where yo are going because you might not have coverage. Can anyone tell me if GL has decent coverage for Sprint? That is the carrier he would like to use if so. Also, is there wifi there? He will be at A school there for a while after boot camp.

Comment by Jana on September 27, 2015 at 10:15am: I have not visited this group in Long Time.Noticed at post that I could address.

JIM BAR A school is training for their Rate or Job. Some stay at GL other fly out to other bases. The advantage of staying at GL you will get more time together. They need to check in actually across the street .You should be able to find a group for their rate here. or thru the Navy sites

Success to ALL. my son has been in for over 2yrs and came back this summer from a 10 month Deployment

NAVY PROUD !!

Comment by Benjie's Mom on September 27, 2015 at 12:10am: My son will be starting GL A school for GM on 10/19/15.

Comment by Anti M on September 25, 2015 at 11:36am: Do you mean their NWU working camis? They are not supposed to wear those while not at work, commuting, or for quick stops on the way to/from base.

Casual photos should be alright, but it would be unusual for them to wear those in a formal portrait. No regulation against it that I know of.

Comment by Lauryn on September 25, 2015 at 10:53am: Are they allowed to wear their work blues in photos ?

Comment by JillRN on September 22, 2015 at 10:14pm: My son is in GL A School for HT. His PIR for BC was 9/18 Anyone know when the next class for HT starts?