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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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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 lori on November 18, 2010 at 8:07pm: Anti M- hopefully the black flowers weren't SUPPOSED to be like that!!!!???

Comment by Anti M on November 18, 2010 at 7:38pm: Sharon, I received flowers in the mail at Glakes. They were in a box and they were dead and black. The problem is that the delivery guy can't go to the ship, just to the gate.

Comment by rockwido(S07Div359) on November 18, 2010 at 6:47pm: MLQ-Orlando My son graduated on 11-5 and moved to A school on that Tuesday. Before we left we put all his things (laptop, cell phone, a few civilian clothes in a lock and go box. The folks there were really nice, it is a lady that is married to an RDC. My son had liberty on that Thursday and went by the box and picked his stuff up. It is right at the RTC and he was allowed all of his things. He can't wear his clothes yet but he could have them.
Here is the info
Lock and Go
2323 Greenbay RD. Suite B
North Chicago, IL 60064
Phone: 847-578-0161

Comment by lori on November 18, 2010 at 6:20pm: MLQ- your daughter will not be allowed to take anything with her after BC PIR.
But once she starts phase 2 all that should be allowed. Were you planning on sending all that is the mail?

Comment by cheffiona on November 18, 2010 at 5:39pm: Gary - yes I got it wrong she has done the rap duty and is waiting for the paperwork as she leaves her nv tomorrow for san diego reporting on saturday! and her ship may still be out at sea and then she may need move days! but her chief on board ship did not think that would be a problem!

And as far as the package thing i sent all my package to A school by usps and everything got there in 1-2 days everytime! and they were called to come and get the packages which were bought to her ship!

Comment by Anchor Mom5 on November 18, 2010 at 5:12pm: He did not need alocker though. He came home and got his clothes on his first Liberty weekend.

Comment by Anchor Mom5 on November 18, 2010 at 5:11pm: My son has his camera, ipod, phone and laptop at GL A school!

Comment by MLQ-Orlando on November 18, 2010 at 3:26pm: My daughter will be PIR 11/24 and will be moving into A school at GL but I am not sure how that works - I have read all the comments about cell phones and lockers so that is great - she has asked us to bring her camera also - does anyone know if that will be allowed at A school also?

Comment by SM312 on November 18, 2010 at 3:07pm: I recommend sending mail with USPS. There is a post office on base and I think in every ship is a mail room as well. I don't know who staffs those. I have send three packages, insured the ones with the electronics in them. It makes no sense to send anything overnight. They will not get to them any faster, priority mail is there in 2 to 3 days. My son said, they are getting a mail call when something has arrived for them. I would talk to my section leader and see if he has connections to the other ship and can help

Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on November 18, 2010 at 2:54pm: OK... this is a girley question but can flowers be sent to them, for birthday, thanksgiving, just because??