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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: 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 Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on April 28, 2009 at 7:51pm
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Hi again everyone! Looks like you all have been busy today while I have been out running around.
Karen C - Yes, I am home safe; but don't know how sound...lol lol
Gary T - it looks like Nick is off to a great start in ATT...good for him!
Deb M - ever since Michael has been on the school side, his addresses have BEQ in them. Are you aware that they call the barracks "ships" on base? I think this might be confusing you. If not, just scratch what I said....lol
Roni - girlfriend....how nice to see you on here often again! What show are you talking about with the new episode tonight???
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Good Morning everyone! RONNNNNI....you are really back! Yea! And a HUGE WELCOME to our newbies. Like Roni said, "ask away as there is no such thing as a stupid question." And our leaders love to answer them. Yes, Hoppi made me home sick for the "city by the bay"...guess I'll have to get over there again SOON.
Everyone go out there and make it a great day!!!!
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Hi all, I have arrived back home safely from my trip to SoCal this weekend.
Gary T...glad to hear Nick has classed up for ATT school...wish him the best of luck for me. He sure didn't have to wait long!!
Shannon - thanks for the feedback on the Buena Vista. Great fun place; and I hope to go back some day, grab a bar stool and sip a few...lol
Kelly - you said it so correctly...."most fun I had in SFO" and I second that! We were there the year the baseball season opener was cancelled, so we just hung out at the BV most of the day...people watching!!! Met some great folks doing the same thing we were doing since the game was cancelled. Half the fun is taking the cable car down to the turn-around...
RONI.....you are baaaaack! WooooooHooooo~~
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Comment by Mari on April 27, 2009 at 1:22pm
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Morning everyone, I'm hoping William or Hoppi can help me with these questions. First, my son is in GL and would like to come home for a weekend but it will be more then 300 miles......should he request deviation from liberty buddies or should he request leave? Also, second question is, Does A school include the four years of Active Duty? Would appreciate any information on these questions.
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Beautiful Sunday morning to everyone and a HUGE WELCOME to our new members!! Mr. Will....duty is no excuse for not being on here....lmao So glad to see you are back.
Hoppi...one of my favorite things to do in SF years ago was to jump on the Hyde and Powell St.cable car and take it to the turn around at the wharf. Then get off and go across the street to the Buena Vista right on the corner and have a Ramos Fizz or Irish Coffee...I hope it is still there. I'm really dating myself because this was in the 60s...ouch, am I that old??? Have fun in that great city by the bay.. .
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Good weekend everyone! Make it a great one! I have to apologize for a comment I left yesterday. I was on my granddaughter's page by mistake and didn't realize that it posted as coming from Kendra, Proud Sister of Michael. So, just over look that boo boo! Liesa Marie - I will send you a friend request today and then we can exchange phone numbers via a PM....You probably have a friend request from Kendra...so just ignore that one...Sorry for the confusion.
HEY RONI.....so glad to see you back!
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Comment by Kathy (Corey's Mom) on April 24, 2009 at 12:15am
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Ok.. nite everyone.
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Corey went in as MM but his rate is FA... I was just talking to a Mom here in Erie. Her son is a couple steps ahead of Corey and recently left Great Lakes. She said that after the BECC class her son did STRAND.... Now what is that ???!!!
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Ok Hoppi & Will I have one of those questions... My son, Corey, is a FA and is currently taking his Basic Engineering Common Core class. Is that it and he is done with A School or is there another class after that?
Hoppi that story of the fire on the ship gave me goosebumps... Corey's decision for the Navy makes me so proud.
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You all can have your snow and -50 weather! lol lol Goodnight everyone!
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