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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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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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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 medic mom on December 1, 2011 at 10:43am: Angie that sounds great. I can do that. Pencil me in.

Comment by Laurie on December 1, 2011 at 10:38am: I got his information yesterday from his recruiter so I a sent out letters and am planning on sending phone cards in the mail also.

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on December 1, 2011 at 10:26am: I was also wondering if anybody is available Dec 10 at 11:30 for a meet and greet in Springfield.... we could meet at the Panera Bread by the mall on Veterans Pkwy....I can't believe that I have that saturday off!! YEAH!!

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on December 1, 2011 at 10:21am: HI gals!

Just wanted to say to all our new members.....

Comment by J/J Mom on December 1, 2011 at 10:06am: ProudNavyMom Ship 09 Div 015 -- :[ we probably didn't know each other. i'm 4 years older than you & went to Richwoods. Small world, tho!!

Comment by heather's mom ship 12 div 029 on December 1, 2011 at 9:02am: This site is absolutely wonderful, I spend hours reading and it somehow makes me feel more connected with my daughter, I wish I had known about it when she left for BC on Nov. 1, and I found it by accident. I am from Rockford, and planning on attending Sarge's meet and greet on 1/5/12. Would love to hear from anyone who will be there at that time. Also was wondering if we should get a hotel for the whole weekend, definitely planning on it for Thur. night since we want to attend the meet and greet and we have to be there so early Fri. morning for graduation.

Comment by ProudNavyMom on November 30, 2011 at 11:32pm: Jn/Jf Mom - I lived there from the 4th grade through 12th grade. I moved away to Texas out of high school to attend college here. That was in 1983. I've lived in Houston ever since but I go back to Peoria quite often to visit my family that is all still there. I attended Woodruff High School - graduated 1983.

Comment by Laura on November 30, 2011 at 11:24pm: When I went to the Meet & Greet, I walked around with a couple of signs that said, "Looking for..(the N4M name)".

It worked great since I didn't know anyones real name or what they looked like!

It was really nice to meet the moms face to face.

Comment by J/J Mom on November 30, 2011 at 7:06pm: ProudNavyMom Ship 09 Div 015 --

When did you live in Peoria? i grew up there. Wonder if we are long lost friends, or at least acquaintances ?!? Friend me if you are interested in finding out.

Comment by lauren on November 30, 2011 at 12:50pm: Welcome to all your new family members....It is so exciting to hear about you all getting to meet at PIR .....Wish they would have had this site 8 yrs ago, but we survived without it and have made life long friends here...@Pentwater, I say what is wrong with push-ups. When my son was in BC for the Army I found out that he gave him a hard time, because I would decorate the envelopes of his letters so they would make him do 10 push-ups for every letter he got. Well when I found this out. I gave everyone I knew his address and asked them to write and decorate the envelope. He thanked me later, he might have weighted less than almost everyone ( girls included ) but he was about as strong as all of them .....lol....

Everyone just remember every division is different. So can call, some can't call. Just trust that they are doing what is best for our children. After all it is all about them right. Huggs to you all ....