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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)

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RTC Graduation

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

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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.

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Latest Activity: Apr 7, 2021

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Comment by Laura on March 6, 2012 at 2:48am: LeysaNavymom - You will have to send me a private message with your cell #. Funny thing is, St. Francis is my parish. My sailor graduated from St. Francis! We live within walking distance from the church.

Definately meet for coffee! Let me know if the girls are in AM/PM or full day kindergarden. I have a very flexible work schedule.

Comment by LeysaNavymom on March 5, 2012 at 7:54pm: Angie...thanks for the photo...i think i seen him in movies. i told our son to study and study.....he knows now.

Laura...oh yes we are 7 miles away...small state...jeje...not really. our twin girls 6 years old are in Kindergarden at St Francis de Sales in LZ . we can meet for a cup of coffee or tea....=) and yes I would be worry too about a son driving alone for that many hours.. Well i hope he change his mind.

keep in touch

Comment by SandySea on March 5, 2012 at 11:59am: Good morning IL navy family! Hooray for sailor visits! My son is finishing boot camp (PIR 3/16) and then on to Pensacola. We hope to visit here in May or June. I can't wait to see him again at PIR, even if only for a few hours. Hoping to meet some of you in person some day, but until then thanks for all your support on this wild ride.

Comment by ShortBecky on March 5, 2012 at 9:18am: Laura, I am anxious also. Our son flew back yesterday. He was home for about 10 days. It is very hard to let them go. It will be along 7 months.

Comment by Laura on March 5, 2012 at 2:42am: LeysaNavymom - As it gets closer to the Gary Sinese concert date I am sure that car pool groups will form. I live in your neck of the woods, Lake Zurich.

As my son's deployment on the USS Enterprise gets closer I am getting anxious. Not because he is going, but because he thinks he could make the 11 hours drive to visit his fiance, then another 6 hour drive to visit us before he leaves. Oh yeah, did I mention that he is planning on doing all the driving alone?!

All I could think of is him encountering snow storms, car breakdowns, and homicidal mad slashers on his drive home alone. I will pay for his flight but the boy is stubborn. I hope he chooses to fly before I have a heart attack!

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on March 4, 2012 at 10:58pm: I bought the dvd movie Lt. Dan Band: For the Common Good at Wal-mart a couple months ago. It's excellent! It's an entertainment documentary. Worth getting!

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on March 4, 2012 at 9:41pm: Kimme...what a great surprise...love it when my sailors have done that to me when they were stationed in GL for A-school!

Carol..wonderful news!! Glad they made it safe and sound!

Pat that sounds like fun!! Set up an event and send out to all of us....It will help me to be remined! LeysaNavymom......yes the key to Corpsman A- school is to study, study and then study some more! here is a picture of Gary Sinise and a link to his band site: http://www.ltdanband.com/

Comment by LeysaNavymom on March 4, 2012 at 3:18pm: oh i see....yes concert sounds good...we will see what we can do it we had a chance to go...i am not sure yet.

medic mom...i met i will keep in touch here thru this website since we all get lots of info. then i guess John wants to go green from what i understand from him. well he neeeds to study hard and see if he has the opportunity to get the job he wants.

thank you all for the good info!

Comment by lauren on March 4, 2012 at 2:32pm: The concert is a WONDERFUL time...........and Pat our heads won't be in the trash cans this year.......lol WOOHOO........I'm going super early and set us up this year what you think !!!!

Comment by Pat L. in IL on March 4, 2012 at 2:07pm: Leysa, Gary Sinise is from the Chicago area. He was Lt. Dan in the movie "Forrest Gump" and is in CSI New York. He does A LOT of work for the military. I'll bet you would recognize him if you saw a picture. "Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band" put on a FABULOUS concert!