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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:
Events
**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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- 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
Discussion Forum
leave after A/C school-- orders are confusing
Started by MANDY. Last reply by Anti M Aug 16, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
What happens after ASchool?
Started by SailorMom18. Last reply by Phoenixmom Feb 13, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
BECC Info?
Started by adubz33. Last reply by SuBHuni34 Nov 29, 2018. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Comment Wall
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Comment by Anne on August 25, 2015 at 7:57pm
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His PIR was 19June2015, graduated A school this past Friday for DC.
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Comment by Anti M on August 25, 2015 at 7:54pm
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From experience, field day on a weekend or holiday means they failed a barracks inspection, or there is a big inspection coming up. It usually is half a day if they bust butt. Yeah, someone messed up and the group gets punished. It is the way the Navy gets the junior sailors to develop leadership skills, bringing along the slackers and those who just can't get their act together. It still sucks.
(field day is not a fun day of sports, it is cleaning)
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Congrats Anne! how long has your son been in Navy? What is he going to do in Hawaii? exciting!
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Hi everyone! Haven't been on for awhile, it's been crazy! I'm so excited! I picked my son up today for his 12 days at home! He has orders for the USS Chafee, home port is Pearl Harbor Hawaii!! He's so proud of himself! One very proud mom here! So many mixed emotions right now-I'm crying my eyes out at the moment.
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Chris what's going on.
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Comment by Jennie on August 25, 2015 at 5:47pm
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yes Chris-what's happening on the USS Essex? My son is there
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Comment by Chris on August 25, 2015 at 3:24pm
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Just a heads up is anyone in here making labor day weekend plans with a Sailor on the USS Essex if so unfortunately I have some bad news I just heard from my wife
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Comment by ProudNavyMom on August 25, 2015 at 3:06pm
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Heading out Labor Day weekend to see my son. Hes still in Phase 2, but he doesnt have to be back until midnight so that gives us plenty of time. He is going to ask for overnite... lets see what happens. I will keep you posted.
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MoMom15, That sounds like an awesome idea! He could bring his friends that are there with him. My son's PIR was 7/10. Although I talk, text and Skype with him often. I really miss him and want to go visit. Just a matter of talking my husband into it. Any crying or pouting on my part won't make him give in to me. We made so many weekend trips to Chicago already this year for his PIR and friends that live in the area not sure how I can convince him. I'm not giving up on trying.
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MoMom, your plan is entirely possible. If he has earned phase three, then he can be out overnight.
The Friday after Thanksgiving is often not a full day off, and some of the sailors will have duty, but it is usually a "relaxed" day. Impossible to say what they may want from the students that day, maybe a muster, maybe not. But they most assuredly will not be in class.
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