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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 Crysta_2015 on August 12, 2015 at 1:20pm: My son graduates boot camp in September and will be staying in GL for A school. Will we get to spend the day with him on Friday (after graduation) and Saturday? Just trying to plan the trip, traveling from Texas and want to make the most of it.

Comment by Indiboxer on August 12, 2015 at 1:08pm: We. Stayed at the Springhill Suites last month. It was clean and I agree with what everyone else said. I would add it is convenient to Sarge's meet and greet as well as Wal-Mart and restaurants.

Comment by Alicia on August 12, 2015 at 12:53pm: I stayed at Springhill Suites in January of this year and in October of 2011. Both times we enjoyed our stay. The rooms were very clean, two bathrooms, comfortable bed, separate seating area, nice breakfast, and great location.

Comment by W2110 on August 12, 2015 at 11:41am: Springhill Suites in Waukegan. Very nice hotel, reasonable rates (make sure to ask for the Navy discount on PIR weekend), great staff and a good, free breakfast.
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/chiwg-springhill-suites-chica...

Comment by Rockyface mom on August 12, 2015 at 10:53am: I'd like to get feedback on hotels in GL area. I already know about Navy Lodge, it's just not available when we need. Thank you much

Comment by Huggybear on August 6, 2015 at 3:16pm: Anti M Thank you for the reply about night classes. Makes sense.

Comment by Anti M on August 6, 2015 at 7:27am: @Rhonda ... last two years I tried to predict the stand down, I was completely off. But because it usually ends on a Monday, maybe the 21st of December?

Comment by Anti M on August 6, 2015 at 7:22am: Night classes are so they can get more students through training. One set during the day, another in the evening. Why let the buildings sit unused? The entire Navy often runs in shifts, it isn't always a day job, best to get used to it early on.