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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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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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

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Comment by Coco on November 27, 2011 at 10:39pm: Hello ladies and all the new moms! After a month or so hiatus I am back!

Welcome new moms, my son's girlfriend and I cried our way through boot camp and often camped out at the mail box. LOL Actually I went to the post office almost every day to mail him a letter after I got his address and not just any post office - the main post office in downtown Chicago. A year and half later I laugh at the emotional mess we were during bootcap. But at the time...it was really really hard not to have any contact with my son. This group helped me make it through.

Sorry I missed the Novemeber get together - I think Michelle let you all know I was moving that weekend. I am now a Palatine resident. Congrats Pat on the Molly's recognition at the Thanksgiving dinner.

Sally I am sorry about your mom and Paula...oh Paula...prayers, prayers, prayers...and please vent away if it helps you make through. I am headed to Rome this December and will bring my prayers for you straight to the top. If you go to my Facebook page and watch the video on it and you will understand.

Michelle - I need cliff notes to catch up quickly!

Comment by jmazzsmom on November 27, 2011 at 4:04pm: so excieted . this thursday dec 1st at 5:30 am CBS news channel 2 will air holiday greetings . My son is stationed in Guam and will be one of the sailors sending out a hello...

Comment by Erons Mom on November 27, 2011 at 6:20am: hi missmysailorpaula-i live in morton grove area

paula & mary thanx for the welcome!

im so excited i got the form letter!

now i have a date for graduation (pir)

hope you all had a great thanxgivin' even though we missed our babies!

paula you hang in there lots of prayer.....

Comment by Pat L. in IL on November 25, 2011 at 10:43pm: @Cathy, Holy crow, this guy just came up and asked me about Molly's....I had no idea he was with the newspaper!!! Thanks for the heads up!

It was very nice to see you again yesterday!! Packing party at the VFW on Jan. 14, if you are interested! Pat

Comment by OLIVIA on November 25, 2011 at 1:45pm: An SR is a sailor recruit. Hope eveyone had a great Thanksgiving. Missing my boy.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on November 24, 2011 at 11:35pm: Ruth, Oh yes, I met your son!!!! It was hectic and I tried to find him again later but no luck. Such an amazing day!!

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on November 24, 2011 at 9:40pm: My son was at Villa Park! He's not a recruit, but I told him he had to go so he wouldn't be alone. The last I heard, he hadn't met Pat or Lauren, but he was supposed to find them. For someone who takes and gives orders, he still doesn't do everything I tell him to do! He got there about 8:30 and left around 3, I think. Must have been fun for him.

Comment by becky m on November 24, 2011 at 5:41pm: Pat, as I count my blessings today I am HONORED to say you are a blessing to me and all the sailors you have helped!!! God Bless You always!!

Comment by carols_kitchen on November 24, 2011 at 4:35pm: Mary--I'm so happy you shared the recruits for us who could not. What call letters is station 7? we get two Chicago stations about 9 pm here in St. Louis area.

Comment by MissMySailor on November 23, 2011 at 10:59pm: Hi Olivia, What is an SR? I live in the west burbs Hinsdale, Earls mom where do you live?

To those who are going to the VFW tomorrow thank you I hope by next year I can be there. Remember to charge your cell phones! Was that Christmass or Thanksgiving that you did last year and passed your cell phones around for all the sailors to call home?

I am still having health problems and I am quite aggrevated at this point. My upper right lung is so scared from radiation, I thought I went to the best most highly rated safe place for radiation but someone over did it!!! my lymph node right next to my heart and I think esophugus is inflammed. My right lower lung has two .3mm nodules we are watching them to see if the grow and my right lower lung is looks all foggy and they don't know what it is after 3 CT scans. Every time I go off antibiotics by day 4 I start with a fever and congestion which scares me immunity wise. I see my oncologist 12/5 and have a CT and see the pulmonologist 12/6. I feel MAD that I went to RUSH because they told me they had the best newest type of radiation measured just right for breast cancer to prevent any scaring and I end up like this. So thank you it was good to vent! I don't cry or vent at home because I don't want my daughter or husband to know how scared I am. Hubby did take the day off to come with on the 6th. I think I am a bit frazzled too because my childrens father just died 2 months ago from a virus that went to his heart. I don't want my kids to be without a parent, I want to see it all, weddings, grandkids family gatherings I want to live a long time. I try hard to be a good person so God will look out for me so why is this happening again to me???

I better go starting to cry and don't want this to become a book, Paula 2