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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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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

Events

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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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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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: 2331
Latest Activity: Mar 12

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Comment by DebBon / Ship7 Div 052 on January 24, 2011 at 11:04pm: Hi Ladies,

My son was just PIR this past Friday and will be doing his A school at GL. I'm new to this page. Are there any others I should join?

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on January 24, 2011 at 9:27pm: PAM, does your son have an Iphone or a Smart Phone that he hooks his computer to so that he has internet for his computer. I know that you can do that with an Iphone.

Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on January 24, 2011 at 9:21pm: They have to pay and have it hooked up. My son has internet on his phone so he choose not to have it hooked up in his room.

Comment by Anti M on January 24, 2011 at 4:01pm: The SDC is in charge of the barracks they are in. Every barracks has one, even if they go by a different name.

Comment by AndreaS61 on January 24, 2011 at 2:25pm: Sandy - sorry for the delayed response. I was out of commission all weekend. My daughter will be an ET. I talked to her last night and she said ATT is going better than it was last week. I think she just had to adjust to being back in "school" after being on hold for so many weeks. She's a tough kid - determined - so I'm sure she'll do fine.

Comment by ProudGMBarb on January 23, 2011 at 11:19pm: TiffsMom...Saw the video.Was really fun to see that! brrrr...time to snuggle on the couch under a blankie..after all, it's a chilly 55 right now, and it's only going to be 70 tomorrow. brrrr.

Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on January 23, 2011 at 10:06pm: OK I think I got the video of the Polar Bear Plunge on my facebook working now!!! :)

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on January 23, 2011 at 9:43pm: Devin's mom, Love the sentiment. Post the link so that I can pass it around to my family and friends.

Comment by Anti M on January 23, 2011 at 9:22pm: I agree with ProudGMB, love the sentiment, couldn't view the pictures, and had to scroll like mad to read even one line. A link would have been better, post it in your blog, then link us to it.

Comment by ProudGMBarb on January 23, 2011 at 7:37pm: Devin's Mom...thanks for sharing. Those inspirational messages sure keep us focused on the important stuff, don't they?

Suggestion: might be better to just post the hyperlink for these. It was very big, took up lots of space on the forum and pictures probably weren't viewable for some folks.