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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 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
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 December 25, 2009 at 10:18pm
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Ruth, thanks it sounds good and I like ez, I am going to try it!
Hope all the sailors made it home safely if they were coming.
I talked to Stephen today he worked going to have some dinner and go to bed for tomorrow starts again, it was great to see him and talk with him. Hopefully he will be home next year.
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Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on December 24, 2009 at 10:24pm
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I'm almost embarrassed giving out a recipe for my banana cream pie! My father-in-law loved it, and now my son, but it's so simple. Graham cracker crust, bananas sliced and placed on the bottom and along the sides, 2 boxes of pudding (vanilla, or banana cream or cheesecake) made as pie filling, and top with whipped topping. That's it--quick and except for the bananas, I can keep the ingredients around for an emergency. That's it.
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Annie I am so glad you get to see your son, enjoy!
Ruth, yes it is snowing and rainning and just cold. Going downtown is so much fun at this time of the year, the lights are beautiful, maybe you need to share your banana cream pie recipe with us. LOL
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My son called this afternoon from the Zion Wal-mart wanting my recipe for banana cream pie--it made me laugh because it's so simple, but his favorite. He's making it to take for Christmas dinner. His Navy friend, his wife, and Andy are taking the train into Chicago to see the lights tonight. He says it's snowing there, but here in the western suburbs (Rock Island--LOL) we're getting lots of rain. Weknow the snow is coming though. We're going to Davenport tomorrow to our daughter's, then celebrate with Andy's daughters when they stay with us for the weekend. Merry Christmas to all my Chicago Navy mom friends!
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I do not have grandchildren but I do have a grand-dog, this is Stephen's dog Daisy!
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Hi Annie, yes it is not nice outside that is for sure, enjoy your family.
Paula, how wonderful would that be for your girls to come home, I will keep them in my prays.
Teresa, looking forward to getting to know you and more about your sailor.
Lovemy sailor, I am glad they are together, sorry they could not come home.
I feel we will have out turn next year where our sailors can come home.
Buon Natale and Na-Tally & Auguri! This means in Italian Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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tmsy22, WAY TO GO! BRAVO ZULU!!!!!!
I like both places! Can't wait to meet you Cathy!
Hi MIchelle, how are you doing!
Annie, what's up!
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Hey Michelle, how are you doing, snowing here in Alsip too, but not too bad. Yes you have to get on here more often to keep up. LOL
Hi Paula!
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Ruth, I am sorry he cannot come home, how disappointing. Sorry about his purple heart, what is wrong with people he deserves it he should get it. I am glad he has a place to go for Christmas, that is very nice. Just take care of yourself Ruth!
tmsy22, let us know how it goes. My son PIR in January last year it was so cold outside and snowing too. Thank God we do live close, I stayed at my sisters she lives around 20 minutes from GL so that was nice for us.
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