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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Location: Tinley Park
Members: 68
Latest Activity: Jul 27, 2022
Discussion Forum
Any Meet and Greet For Navy Moms In the Chicago area?
Started by Amorresperroz. Last reply by Amorresperroz Jul 25, 2016. 2 Replies 0 Likes
mailing our sailors a box...
Started by Theresa. Last reply by Pat L. in IL Aug 9, 2013. 3 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on October 27, 2010 at 7:27pm
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Hi I signed Stephen up and I was told no, they do not ship to Italy. They told me that he can go out and buy what he needs the other sailors cannot in Irak and Afghanistan. The lady was very nice I got an e-mail from her, she told me to sign up again if he every get deploit.
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Hi, I did fill out the information for Stephen but it did say only for military in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Thanks I am going to check it out!
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What do they get in the box? Anyone can do this? I can send one to my son?
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WOW MissMySailor those are great suggestions. ALso there are TONS of places to eat around Great Lakes. That is too bad that the base does not provide a dinner, LOL I just heard myself they don't even feed my son in Italy. LOL
Way to go on the boxes, what great job, ladies you did a great job!!!!
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Comment by MissMySailor on October 24, 2010 at 7:47pm
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Hi, JM-Smamx3, Did you do a search in groups here on N4M to see what other families who's children are graduating? Also here is a link to an adopt a sailor program for thanksgiving many families would take in a family I am sure here is the link http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=50370
I know of a GREAT place to go always a killer Thanksgiving feast and not too far from the base here is the link to that http://johnnyskitchen.com/
My husband used to live up that way so he knows some good places. We live 30 minutes from Johnny's but drive there in a heartbeat the food is so good.
I hope this helps and please contact me anytime for more info. Take care, Paula
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Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on October 24, 2010 at 7:20pm
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Hi Ladies, I was looking for some help. My son and second sailor has his PIR on 11/24. We are looking for a place to have a nice Thanksgiving dinner for the 4 of us. If you have any suggestions I would really appreciate your help. Thanks.
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Comment by Pat L. in IL on October 24, 2010 at 3:37pm
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NOW HEAR THIS!!! Final box count is 86!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by Coco on October 24, 2010 at 2:22pm
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Congratulation Pat and Sally - what a great event! You all should be so proud!
Mary - FMTB is Field Medical Training Battalion and is the training you go through as a corpseman to serve with the Marines. He will be the first point of medical contact for marines injured in battle. And I am really really really struggling with that fact.
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Comment by carols_kitchen on October 24, 2010 at 1:57pm
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Hi Deb. I'm the Mom of a machinist mate/welder/sub volunteer. He currently is out of King's Bay, GA. When he's on deployment, there's no way of knowing where he is-- ha ha!
Been in southern Illinios since I got married almost 30 yrs ago. I'm also on the Illinois N4M page, which is how Pat and I met. (http://www.navyformoms.com/group/illinoisn4m)
I'm usually up in Chicago once a year for Pampered Chef conference--in 2011 it will be July 7-9. So, if someone wants to keep me an extra day, let's see what works and I'd just need someone to find me in downtown Chicago, kidnap me for a day, and then get me back to the train station--lol!
My small town is down by St. Louis (just 20 minutes from the Arch.)
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