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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.
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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 tysmom on June 21, 2015 at 10:59pm
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Praying for B. Jenkins right now and his family...
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Comment by Anti M on June 17, 2015 at 1:52pm
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MomofMo12, the Corpsman A school moved to San Antonio TX a few years back. Are you in the boot camp group?
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Comment by MomofMo21 on June 17, 2015 at 1:17am
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My daughter just left us yesterday to become a Corpman, for Recruit Training in IL! Just trying to keep my emotions in check....so very proud of her! Was so good to hear her voice last night on her call to home.
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Comment by Nancy R on June 16, 2015 at 1:02pm
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Thanks Raven81712
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Comment by Raven81712 on June 15, 2015 at 9:22pm
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@Nancy R my boyfriend is currently in a school for QM at the Great Lakes ! The weekend that your son graduates bootcamp you will get to spend with him! But he can't stay over night with you sadly . Also during A school he will have liberty every night when he finishes all of his work but it's only until 9/10 o'clock but they get the weekends off but they have to check in for muster everynight
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Do they get the weekend off after graduating July 2nd when going into QM A school at Great Lakes?
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My son graduates boot camp July 2nd. He will then go right into A school there. He and his fiancé planned on getting married after A school. Does he get much time off to go off base during A school? Is it better to get married during A school or after?
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Comment by jennifer12470 on June 8, 2015 at 10:29am
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momstuy thank you that helps a lot! We are staying at Holiday Inn Express only 5 miles from the base so I'm hoping some relaxing time for him.
Anti M thank you so much for all the information! I am thinking we will schedule for the whole family time to visit him another time that instead of that weekend.
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Comment by momstuy on June 8, 2015 at 10:04am
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Jennifer12470, my son is at Great Lakes for A school. He is usually off on weekends(liberty) unless he has duty. After PIR he was ready to be picked up at about 3 PM and we had to bring him back to base before 10pm. We had enough time for dinner and visiting around our hotel (Navy Lodge) with all of the family.
Hope that helps.
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Liberty is normal time off, they earn their liberty privileges in phases. Even then, the Great Lakes liberty limit is 300 miles as the crow flies. No flying home on long weekends. Some weekends they will have duty, once they are in school they learn their rotation (usually 4 section).
Here are the liberty phases for Great Lakes, each A school has something similar.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/training-support-center-tsc-great-la...I wrote a short blog on the differences between liberty and leave:
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