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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
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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.
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Location: Tinley Park
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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 Coco on June 21, 2010 at 2:31pm
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So here's irony ladies...I didn't see either my navy son or other son for Mother's Day this year...but on Father's Day weekend I had an amazing time with both of them at a wedding and then hanging out doing miniature golf and go carts all day yesterday. The wedding was the first time I saw son my son in his dress whites...he looked so handsome! And the family loved it! Will post photos later.
The 14th works for me. I actually have a grade school reunion on the 13th so it will be a fun weekend. The ducks for those you don't remember - I found an adorable navy rubber duck in a bar soap while I was in Nashville a couple months ago and a bunch of you wanted one. So I finally found them online for much cheaper. I will post the picture again later today.
Hang in the there Michele...the orders will come sooner or later.
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Comment by MissMySailor on June 19, 2010 at 12:05pm
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Hey girls August 14th is great for me!!!! I finish radiation the 12th so I will be in a celerating mood too!!! I can not wait to see the faces behind the names. Thank you Lovemysailor and Barb
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I got the ducks today! They are small but cute. So now I have twenty navy ducks sitting in my house wondering when they are going to get a new home. Can we please work on setting an August date ladies? The third weekend is out for me - family reunion.
Annie, the Navy Pier coordinator said you should call the Midway contact person since you have heard anything back. His number is on the registration link below.
For anyone else interested here is the registration link.
http://affiliates.uso.org/illinois/default.cfm?contentid=429
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Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on June 17, 2010 at 8:23pm
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You can find me on fb either under my e-mail dcollins@cajetan.org or name Debra Collins, if you have any problems let me know, I would love for you to see the pictures.
Paul do I need your last name to friend you, I will try Paula S and see what happens.
Michelle, no orders yet, don't worry he will get orders before he knows it. Paula is right nothing the Navy does makes sense. LOL
Paula, so it is great having your daughter home. Good for her I knew she would do great she is your daughter isn't she!!!!
Coco, just ask and I will tell you everything I know, you will love Rome.
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Paula - Holly looks so grown-up! You should be very proud! I have seen changes in my son already just these past couple of months so I can't wait to see what he is like in 4 years! Congratulations!
Debbie congrats on the promotion and so glad you enjoyed your trip and son! My cousin will be ordained at the vatican next year so I may need lots of tips soon.
I don't think any of us made it to the sox game...my life became a tad bit to complicated recenlty and I know I missed it. I was pretty bummed but sometimes life is what it is.
I am on facebook too!
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I am on Facebook too
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If I missed anything let me know, I don't like to be left out of the group. LOL
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Guess Who! I am back and had a wonderful time. I have posted tons of pictures on fb if you are on there. It was so great to see my son we had a wonderful time. Sad I had to leave him but glad to be home. So how is everyone doing? Also Stephen went back to work on Monday he got a promotion he is the supervisor of his department and was put in for the Blue Jacket award, keep your fingers crossed that he gets it.
Michelle did you go to see your son?
Annie how are you? It seems like I have not seen you in a long time.
Paula is your daughter home? How has the weddings been are you all done with weddings?
Hey those are great pictures of Holly!
Barbara I am back! I am glad I was missed. LOL How are you?
How was the baseball game, did you ladies have a nice time. Who went?
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Hey just wanted to let you all know I changed my username from lewismom to Coco which is what all my friends call me. Decided it was time to take his name out of it.
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Hola to everyone,
I didn't realize how long its been since I checked till I started reading all the messages. Life just got crazy this past month.
Updates from me....
- Earlier this week I ordered 20 navy sailor rubber duckies - found them super cheap online...so now we have to get together so you all can have one!
- Make sure you friend me and I will send you the uso info with the coordinators email
- what's new - didn't do the parade :( - my son could not make it at the last minute (story for when we see eachother), love the USO volunteering - I have met some really cool people (also stories for when we see eachother), my son has 5 weeks left of corpseman training, then two weeks of clinicals and off to San Diego for 8 weeks of training with Marines, then stationed in WA at a hopsital/clinic.
Paula S - congratulations on making it home and having your daughter back!
Paula #2: - hang in there!
Michelle - what a great story!
Money issues and sons...oh the stories to tell. Tough love is usually best but hard. Says me who just gave my other son money for...I probably don't want to know what for...Navy son is doing good with his money after an initial couple of setbacks...Recently spent some time with a Marine who explained to me that their is a part of the male brain that does not fully develop (the rational choices part) until after age 25. LOL I think that explains alot about some or our sons choices. The military sets up some of their training and how they manage troops under 25 based on this fact. Now every time my son(not navy) does something I can't believe or understand - I just think 25 - there is hope after 25. LOL
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