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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 Pat L. in IL on November 18, 2013 at 12:21am
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SusanG, Sorry for the delay in replying but the storm today knocked out my server!
Villa Park VFW will be hosting 200 recruits for Thanksgiving dinner. The recruits will arrive about 9AM.
The Antioch VFW will be hosting 300 Great Lakes A-School sailors for a Christmas dinner on Dec. 7. They need volunteers to help serve.
I find out about events through the contacts that I have made through Molly's Adopt A Sailor.
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Comment by SusanG in IL on November 17, 2013 at 6:45pm
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Pat L, how do you find out what events are being held for active duty military?
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Does anyone know of any local VFW's hosting military for Thanksgiving? (Schaumburg, Hanover Park, Bartlett, Addison, Elk Grove Village)
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Hi Moms! Another fun thing for us to do! The Antioch VFW is serving Christmas dinner to 300 Sailors from Great Lakes and 25 Veterans on Dec. 7 from 4PM to 8PM. They need help serving dinner so let me know if you are interested.
Also don't forget, we are filling Christmas stockings at my house on Sat. at 1PM.
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Hi Moms, More fun! Packing 200 Christmas stockings on Nov. 16 at 1:00PM at my house. (Please PM me for the address.) I have the stockings, boxes, tape, and a good start on things to fill the stockings. If you would be so kind, please bring some goodies for the stockings.
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THANK YOU to all of you who came to the Cantigny Event today. Also thanks for the moral support by coming up on the stage with me! Love you all!
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Hi Moms, Final update on Welcome Home All Veterans, Sept. 28, Cantigny Park, 1S151 Winfield Rd, Wheaton. Gates open at 9AM, Opening Ceremony at 9:30AM.
Remembrance Table Ceremony at 10:30AM. If you have never seen this, it is very moving.
Fly-over at 12:30PM.
When you enter Cantigny, tell the person at the gate that you are a volunteer and follow the signs to park in the North Lot.
If you have any type "Navy" or "Molly's Adopt A Sailor" shirt, please wear it.
Any questions, LMK. Big thanks and hugs to all. Pat
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Comment by chblinks on September 6, 2013 at 10:09am
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Congratulations and good luck to you and yours
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Comment by Debbie (Stephen's mom) on September 5, 2013 at 7:05pm
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Annie, I am so happy for you. I can tell you it is great to have them home. How have you been???
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Congratulations Annie! I still have 3 more years minimum!
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