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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 Laura on November 1, 2011 at 10:59pm: Welcome to the group! Where do you live in Texas?

Comment by rlbly on November 1, 2011 at 10:39pm: I am really enjoying the communication with my sailor. Life is so much easier when I can talk to my son. I know it will change when he goes out on deployment later but, I will enjoy this while I can. It makes me so happy to hear how happy he is in Groton. Making new freinds and getting ready for A school.

Comment by ProudNavyMom on November 1, 2011 at 10:38pm: Thanks rlbly!

Comment by rlbly on November 1, 2011 at 10:35pm: Welcome Proud, Good to have you here.

Comment by ProudNavyMom on November 1, 2011 at 10:17pm: Hi Ladies. I'm new to this group.. Just found it while searching in the groups. I've been on N4M's for about a month now.

My son left for boot camp on Oct 6th and is now just about at the halfway mark and will PIR on 12/02/2011. The first couple of weeks were very hard, but I received the first letters from him last Thursday (he sent 3 in one envelope!) and my first call from him yesterday. I got to talk to him for a whole 17 minutes!!!

I am married now for 7 years to a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer and I have two sons, 19 (in boot camp) and 16 (a sophomore in HS and in Naval JROTC). I also have two step daughters - one is married to a Air Force Boom Operator (living on McQuire AFB in NJ) and they have two beautiful daughters, age 1 and 3, and the other step daughter is single, graduating in December with her Masters degree. My husband, youngest son and myself live in Texas. However I was born and raised in Illinois (born in Aurora, grew up in Peoria) and my mothers and siblings still live in Peoria.

I'm looking forward to contributing in this group and hopefully making new friends along the way.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on October 28, 2011 at 10:29pm: @Laura, Yes, we had a very nice conversation! Thank you for recruiting her!! haha! She will be a great addition to Molly's!

Comment by rlbly on October 28, 2011 at 7:03pm: We had a beautiful day with our new sailor. He had to go back early for watch duty but that is the life of a sailor. I cannot put into words the pride in my heart when I saw my boy on the drill hall floor. He was the most handsome site in the world. One more chance to visit at 00:30 am at the airport Saturday. Then the long wait until his nest leave. We loved meeting all the Navy 4 moms moms at the meet and greet at ramada. it was great to put faces with online handles. God Bless all the Navy families with new sailors this weekend. God Speed on your trip home.

Comment by Laura on October 27, 2011 at 12:27am: Pat - Thank you connecting with my co-worker Mary.

She said that she had a great conversation with you the other night. She is so excited to be a part of the Molly's group and to have a role in making the lives of our military better.

Comment by allie42989 (ship07/div036) on October 26, 2011 at 3:45pm: @Linda K - Thanks! :)

@K2011 - Best wishes! I'm having a hard enough time with my boyfriend just moving from small town Southern Illinois to Chicago for boot camp! :(

Comment by K2011 on October 26, 2011 at 6:19am: Good Morning Ladies! My daughter left last night on a her 1st deployment!!!!!!! She will be meeting up soon with the USS Carney. Feels like bootcmp all over again but she is 1000 and 1000 of miles away!