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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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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 November 8, 2011 at 12:10pm
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Welcome Miriam, it is so hard, I understand, I cried a lot at first, was not ez, when the box came from boot camp with my son items in it, it was terrible. But when you go to see your daughter PIR, it is the most amazing thing I have every seen, wonderful. Then off to P-Cola but now you can talk to them more often. We wrote a lot of letter to my son when in boot camp and got a lot from him. He was able to get his first choice and off to Italy. Then we use skype a lot and it is wonderful and free. My son is an IT, he works with computer, he has been on land, on choppers and on a few different ship (for short period of time). Ask any questions you have, all of our sailors pretty much do something different and are in different places. I know your sailor to be will do great and love it.
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Comment by Miriam43 (Japan/USS George Wash) on November 8, 2011 at 10:09am
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Hello all... well, I'm new to this and not sure where to start. My daughter left yesterday to bootcamp (she joined the Navy). I have a load of emotions ranging from sadness to pride and if you'd asked me yesterday how I felt I'd say I was heartbroken especially when I went up to her room saw she wasn't there but was still able to smell her perfume. But as of today (right now) pride is setting in. It's just cool to know I can relate with moms out there who are going through the exact same thing and on top of that live in Chicago. Thanks all... God bless, Miriam
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Everyone have a nice weeked. Enjoy the weather!
Sally how are you doing?
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Comment by becky m on November 1, 2011 at 8:49pm
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cute pics of the babies!!! Sally you mo and you are in my prayers. Paula hope your mom is recovering well. the 12th is fast approaching whos all in??
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OMG the pictures of the kids are so cute, just love them. Did they get a lot of candy??? Stephen went to a party and guess what he was??? LOL
Oh Sally I am so sorry I will keep you and her in my prays and thoughts.
How is everyone else doing? Are we still going in November?
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Comment by Pat L. in IL on November 1, 2011 at 7:31am
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Paula, How sweet! He sure is handsome! (I'm sure the good looks come from Grandma)
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Diane, I am so sorry, I know it is so hard for everyone. All you can do is to be there for him, it is hard to be married in the military (well I think so). We are here for you, love to get together and catch up, it is so easy to talk when we are together. I will keep all of you in my prays.
Paula, sorry to hear that, you are busy now, you better take care of yourself so you don't get sick, I hope it is a ez fix too, keep us updated.
Mary so glad you son is going to be home for Thanksgiving that will make the holiday for you. Mary I wish I could tell you about Stephen, I just don't know. He is working now, a contract in IT work for 6 months. He is active duty so he will go to Great Lakes once a month. His unit is out of VA and he should be called in 7-8 months when the choppers come in unless something happens and he has to go in before. This is the only way he could get outof Italy. If he passed the test for E5 hewill have more options and he can go back full time anytime, so that is all I know and don't understand any of it. LOLOLOL
Hope everyone else is doing good!
It is very nice to have him hope so far!!!!!!!!!!
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Hi, just stopped in to say hi, so hi! LOL Hope everyone is doing good! Going to MI this weekend off on Friday so we will be heading out Thurs night.
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You are right Mary we need to go out, it has been way too long. Today Stephen got his boxes from Great Lakes so he is a happy camper. Have a wonderful weekend, it is going to be nice on Sat.
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Paula, So VERY handsome!!!
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