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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
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Comment by MissingMyKing on August 18, 2015 at 4:49pm
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Thank you! I'll let him know. This is the first time I've sent him a package. Was always just letters to BC. I appreciate the info!
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MissingMyKing, It usually arrives there when USPS says. My sailor told me their name gets put on a list as to who has mail. It just depends on when they go pick it up. I always text him with a picture of the tracking number and tell him when it should be there. It took my son a few days before he picked his up.
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does anybody know how long it takes for them to receive a package? I sent it USPS priority and it takes usually 2-3 days, but once it gets there, do they take a little more time to go through their packages? thanks for any answers...
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Thanks Anti M, I was hoping, my sailor usually misses chow hall.
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Comment by Anti M on August 18, 2015 at 8:16am
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No, cooking devices are usually forbidden. In A school I don't think they can even have coffeemakers.
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I was wondering if they are allowed to have a George Foreman grill in their room? Or something similar to cook on. I know my son would love it.
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Comment by Rocky Road on August 14, 2015 at 10:25am
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My ST started IC this week ~ ship Hanley I think
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Comment by jojosmom on August 13, 2015 at 1:04pm
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Crysta_2015 We also made the trip from Texas for PIR and my son was at GL. we drove so we stayed at the Navy Lodge from Thursday-Monday. Spent the whole weekend with him.
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Comment by Greenbelli on August 12, 2015 at 1:34pm
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Crysta_2015 - you will get Friday after he transfers to A school, Saturday and Sunday. My son just had PIR July 31st, Liberty for him was 0600 (took us about an hour to get him signed out) and he had to be back in barracks by 2200 so we dropped him about 2045 - 2100. You have to sign him out and back in every time!
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Hi Crysta_2015, yes my son is at GL for school and he got the weekend off. They will have Friday, after they get checked out and checked in to school they will release them. Also Saturday and Sunday they are released around 7:00a till I think 9 or 10p. Each night they have to return to A school. Hope this helps.
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