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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:
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- 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: 2331
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
Comment Wall
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Comment by Anti M on February 22, 2010 at 5:27pm
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I live in UT too! Takes about three days, but be aware the packages do not always go directly to the sailor; they go to the mailroom. Then the sailor must get time to go to pick them up.
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Comment by Joanie Tyler's Mom(133 Bees) on February 21, 2010 at 9:59pm
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Just an update on Tyler...he's loving Gulfport...it's great to have him so close..he's been home the last 2 weekends....he got his new truck this weekend...so I won't have to make that trip to Gulfport twice every weekend now....He loves his job as a Gunner's Mate.
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Comment by GSM-wife on February 21, 2010 at 1:28pm
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hi Kelly I called and made the reservation for myself I told them I was a dependent his rank etc, she said it was ok for me to stay but said he couldn't stay with me overnight.It is this one http://dodlodging.net/NS_GREATLAKES.HTM.
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Hello all,
I am going to visit my husband in March for the weekend. I put in a reservation at the DOD housing on base. My husband went by there to check on it and they told him no students were allowed to stay there even if they are in phase 2.So they are saying he cannot stay overnight with me. My question is how would they knowif he is a student. Has anyone stayed there?
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Comment by mtnmom on February 20, 2010 at 7:39pm
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My son told me 300 miles lst week.
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Comment by Dan's Dad (John) on February 20, 2010 at 6:22pm
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I think it is 300 miles
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Heres the link to all Navy ratings...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings
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Hi all my husband PIR'd Feb 5th moved over to A shool tuesday the 9th. He just finished INDOC this week and is scheduled to begin A school tomorrow. We will see if he starts tomorrow, I have just adjusted and learned patience it truly is a virtue in this military life. Also he is GSM and scheduled to be done end of April if he starts friday without a hitch and no holds in between it seems he will be right on schedule...my fingers are crossed
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CSMom;
Give your darling Star War Fan a big hug for me, and enjoy having her home for leave.
To the new moms;
Welcome. My guy PIR'd 12/4 and went to A school the following Wednesday, did INDOC, then had the two week holdiay standdown and started his beginning classes on January 4. He is a GSM and took his 3rd test and passed on Tuesday. He didn't have any holds between BC and A School, he has had a one week medical hold when he turned his ankle, he is still on schedule to graduate A school by the end of March.
Gen
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