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:
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: 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 Anti M on January 28, 2010 at 11:11am
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One of the problems a duty driver has is everyone wants them there right now... and they can't say no to requests for runs. Duty driver really, really sucks for the sailor pulling that down as their watch/duty. Yep, schedule early and have a backup plan.
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For the new wives, do not overlook the help and courses and life classes offered by the Family Service Center on base. There are a wide variety, and even though you may know how to do a lot of stuff already, sometimes they offer insights and assistance you'd not yet considered or discovered.
I've heard of individual sailors on hold, but rarely entire classes. I could guess at reasons... the computers are down, there's a critical instructor who isn't available, something wrong with the building, the pipeline is backing up and they want to slow the pace down... or it's the Navy, they're practicing Hurry Up and Wait yet again.
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Comment by mtnmom on January 27, 2010 at 1:10am
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Hi all;
Thank for you all your prayers for my son, he goes to the doctor, so he'll know more then. The other night, he said he could be on hold for up to two weeks.
Cindy22--
Don't leave us, we need your wonderful insight and help.
To all the new moms;
ask your questions, some one will get you the information you need.
Gen
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Thanks Connie. I was on vacation in Hawaii (Big Island). I managed to check in the Japan group a couple times, but I had so much else to do I didn't do more than skim here ... you know, go to the beach and such.
Sigh, if I hit the lottery, I'm moving to a coffee plantation on Kona. Of course, Utah has no lottery, so that's going ot be a tough one.
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I see the new activity on many groups without posts or updates, could it be when a new member joins?
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Comment by Joanie Tyler's Mom(133 Bees) on January 26, 2010 at 10:18am
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On my computer yesterday, it kept saying this group had activity 1 hour ago, then 45 mins ago, etc. It kept saying there was activity, but when I accessed it, there were no updates. I had this on some of my other groups also. I think the site had problems yesterday.
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Hi all;
I spoke with my son this evening and learned that he is on Medical hold for at least 3 days, he turned his ankel. Please add him to your prayer list.
Gen
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This site has been very quiet for about 2 days.
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Susan: I will be praying for all of your family....come join us on site if you need us...you'll always be one of our Navy Mom Friends...Good luck to your daughter in her transition period.
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