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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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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

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Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on January 23, 2011 at 1:45pm: The thing is, he didn't come home to see me, it was the girlfriend.

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on January 23, 2011 at 1:44pm: Pam, LoL, What a day you had. What a crazy day!! I am glad you son got back to base on time. It is a good thing you left early enough.

Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on January 23, 2011 at 1:38pm: Ladies, you are not going to believe what kind of day I had yesterday. My son came home on Friday night on liberty but, he had to be back at GL at 1300 hrs on Saturday. I told him he shouldn't have come home but anyway we left at 8:30 in the morning to take him back. Now it usually take about 2 and 1/2 hours to get there so we had plenty of time. First we sat on the highway near home for 1 and 1/2 hours do to a very bad accident ahead. Then as we were continuing there were accidents all over the place on the bridges which slowed us even more. I guess people don;t realize you have to watch the bridges they freeze first. Then when we got near Chicago traffic was stopped agian. We crawled for about 25 miles and their roads were clear and dry. this was due to a 1 car reck at the side. By this time it looked like he was going to be late for inspection. I got on the toll road blew every toll, got on post and got him there without a minute to spare. What a day. I told him, "NEVER DO THIS AGAIN!".

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on January 23, 2011 at 1:11pm: Hello TiffsMom, just sent you a friend request on Facebook.

Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on January 23, 2011 at 10:53am: Abbe my daughter WENT to the Polar Bear Plunge (she did not jump!! LOL) but if you would like to friend me (or anyone else) on Facebook, I have an 8 minute video that my daughter took of the Plunge and a few pictures!! :) I was so happy to see that some girls actually did jump and do it!!! :) These kids are crazy!!!! :)

My name on FB is .... Sharon Hudson Storemski Magstadt (I know, it's one heck of a name... but my daughter set it up with my maiden name and ex's (their last name) and current husband names! LOL) Plus, I might want to add HANKS, CAGE or MANDELL to it one day hahahaha

Comment by Abbe'sMom(Ike CVN69) on January 23, 2011 at 8:56am: Abbe coming out from the Polar Bear Plunge..............our Sailors are crazy!

Comment by Abbe'sMom(Ike CVN69) on January 23, 2011 at 8:55am

Comment by Denna on January 22, 2011 at 9:50pm: My son is also IC. Stevie, I'm glad to hear your daughter finished ATT and will start A school immediately. My son says he will finish ATT in a couple of weeks and he wants to finish A school by April. I was afraid that might be pushing it if he has to wait to get into A school.

Comment by gvnavydad-ship011div057 on January 22, 2011 at 9:29pm: I think that water park hotel is Key Lime Cove. Looks cool if you have younger ones.

Comment by MommaWild on January 22, 2011 at 8:34pm: He's been there since 12/22/10.
He texted me that he was able to get ahead in class...not sure what that entails, but I was proud of him nonetheless. :-)
Very proud of him!