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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:

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:

RTC Graduation

**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.

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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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Hello!!!  I am new to this group!  My husband is in basic and will be having PIR THIS FRIDAY!!!!!!  YYYAAAYYY!!!!!  Anyways :), he will be going to A School for ET and we have decided for myself and our 3 year old son to move to IL.  I have been looking into renting options and I would really like a house versus an apartment, because we are in a house now.  So I think I found a really great house in Waukegan that we will go look at this weekend.  But someone told me that Waukegan wasn't that great of a town, so I would like to get another opinion on it.  ANY advice would be helpful!!!  Thanks!

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We lived there while my husband was in A school for fire controlman. Waukegan isnt the greatest and safest place. I would recommend base housing. we lived in forrestal village which is right next to the base. it was quiet and decent. Hope this helps. the city of waukegan actually scared me. and there are some streets the sailors arent even allowed to walk on =\
Yikes!!!  That is bad!  Well thanks so much for your help!  I will check out Forrestial Village!
First let me say "congrats" to your husband and you will be so proud to see him graduate. Second, let me say I am not from that area, nor do I have info to share. I would start looking at school districts and their reports. This may be another way to evaluate areas you are considering. I am sure you will get sound advice to your question. I've seen other sites/discussions dedicated to this topic. Good luck in your search.
Thank you!!!
good, check out all the base housing. its actually decent and i think they remodeled since i lived there
TERRIBLE AREA! Lake bluff is the closest safest area to base, but it is a bit pricey but very safe! Base housing is nice too.
Thank you so much for your help everyone!!!!!!  It was very helpful and I won't be even looking at that house anymore!!!  Thanks again!!

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