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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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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 July 27, 2013 at 11:53pm
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Coco, Thanks for helping on 9/28!! Hope to see you before then though!! LOL!
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MissMySailor, So nice to hear from you!! Glad you are doing better!
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Comment by MissMySailor on July 27, 2013 at 6:23pm
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Hi all, it has been a rough year pain wise so I have not been around but I do read all the email notifications to keep in the loop. Good this is there is a fairly new drug my doctor finally gave me that has taken 50% of the pain away as long as I take it every 4 hours and don't work hard but before I would be crying just from sitting still so this is HUGE I take the dogs out,, go for lunch take a drive in the convertible even went to a wedding which I was so worried about and stayed until 10 pm...lol.
My son is doing great back from deployment which I found out he did numerous missions with the seals, he was their RHIB boat captain. Made allot of friends and they are trying to get him to go into the SWCC program but he has been doing several further VBSS training camps and loves that. He will be reenlisting in Oct for 6 more years and the best news is I will be a GRANDMA for the first time in the end of January!!! She is in the Navy and was raised in Japan while her dad was a Marine his whole life just retiring about a year ago so I hope she will be ok with the long deployment and I plan on driving down often to give her a break when needed plus her parents are in Ohio now and they are really great from what I have heard. She is very sweet and I know I am lucky because when I talk to her I forget she's not my daughter we talk allot and I have been sending a few baby things I can't wait to meet the baby though!!!
Take care!!!
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Comment by Coco on July 27, 2013 at 2:04pm
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It has been a long time since I logged in!
Sally - I will be out of town on the 18th :(
Pat - put me down for 9/28
Dan's mom - congrats! 1.5 years is a long time. I am at 9 months and already feeling like that is to long.
My son got his Humvee license so he is pretty happy camper right now. LOL
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Comment by becky m on July 21, 2013 at 9:12am
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sally im in for the packing party
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hi ladies I have been quiet on here...:) just wanted to put this out there. I have a navy mom coming from ohio on aug 19 would anyone be interested in getting together with us? it would be somewhere in the Naperville area. I figured we can show her some Chicago mom navy love...lol if your interested let me know so I can make a reservation she wants Chicago pizza...lol sandi I think you should come so I can give you all the ins and outs of Lemoore my son was there for 3 and 1/2 years...:)
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The Villa Park VFW is in need of volunteers for the "Welcome Home and Thank You to All Veterans" event on September 28 at Cantigny Park in Wheaton. Last year there was 4200 people in attendance and they are trying to make it bigger and better this year.
In addition to helping staff the Molly's Adopt A Sailor booth, there are lots of other jobs that need volunteers. PLEASE donate some time to this fabulous event and help these wonderful people salute our Vets!
You can leave me a message here or my email pleazenby@comcast.net.
Thank you for any support you can provide.
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Comment by Laura on July 2, 2013 at 2:58am
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Deck painting - Done!
New brick patio - Done!
Spread 4 yards of mulch - not done yet
Planning another Northern Illinois moms "Meet and Greet" - Lets do it!
How does August look for everyone? 10th, 17th, 24th & 31st are good for me.
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Thanks everyone! It was a great time. I will host another party near the end of the summer. Hopefully the deck will have a second coat by then!
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Comment by sandi8 on June 3, 2013 at 12:51am
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Laura- We all had a great time and my husband enjoyed the treats you sent us home with! I'm glad to see Colonel Mustard made it into the picture...He's my new favorite dog. Thank you for your hospitality!
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