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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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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

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**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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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy.com Para Familias

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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ILLINOIS N4M

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Who wants to make an Illinois N4M site with me? Calling all Illinois Sailor families.

Members: 402
Latest Activity: Apr 7, 2021

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Comment by HuffyMom23 on February 27, 2016 at 12:31pm: MAMA_C - where do you live in Illinois? We live in a small town outside of Springfield.

Comment by MAMA_C on February 27, 2016 at 8:02am: Hello HuffyMom23 I sent you message. Yes, we are from Illinois and my son is stationed in Yokosuka, Japan.

Comment by HuffyMom23 on February 24, 2016 at 9:43pm: Does anyone here have a son or daughter who is stationed in Japan?

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on February 19, 2016 at 5:51pm: FYI, head's up! I went to the Rock Island County site to find the application for absentee ballots as we are in Texas for the winter. When I found the applications, I also found a document that lists every person that's requested a ballot. Included in this list are the addresses as well as the type of application. I am concerned that this list "advertises" that we are not home. I am also concerned that it gives out addresses of our military. If this is the policy, it will keep us and our sailor son from voting in the primary.

I contacted three people on a central committee who have, in three days, not been able to get the county clerk to remove the document from the county site--for anyone to see and download. I am livid!

If your sailor requested an absentee ballot, check your county's website to see if a list of absentee ballot applications are posted. I don't think this is widespread, at least I hope not.

Comment by 1after909 on February 19, 2016 at 3:27pm: Diverdee90
My daughter graduated with a degree in P.E., with a minor in Health.
I miss being a WIU mom!

Comment by Diverdee90 on February 19, 2016 at 1:05pm: 1after909 - what a small world :) what did your daughter major in? Mine is majoring in forensic chemistry. I really like WIU it is far enough away but close enough to come home if she wants and I really like the campus. My son was planning on going there before he joined the Navy.

Comment by Diverdee90 on February 19, 2016 at 1:03pm: MidwestMom that would be great, please do let me know when you guys get together and I will try my hardest to make it.

Comment by 1after909 on February 19, 2016 at 12:58pm: Hello Diverdee90
I have a daughter that just graduated from WIU, and a son who began his training in Pensacola (he's in Jacksonville now).

Comment by MidwestMomNancy on February 19, 2016 at 12:34pm: Diverdee90, i hope you can get together for lunch with a few of us who live in the area. Planning something for March.

Comment by Diverdee90 on February 19, 2016 at 11:19am: Good morning everyone, new to the group thought I would give some background... I live in Elgin, I have a daughter who is a Senior at Western Illinois University and my son is in A School in Pensacola right now, he is an AWF, has been in Navy since June 2015. Hope to get to know all of you, nice to meet people close by..