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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 JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on July 28, 2011 at 11:01pm: I posted the vote link on every military related facebook group I am in... hoping this will help!

Comment by Pat L. in IL on July 28, 2011 at 10:49am: Sue, Looking forward to seeing you!!!!!

Comment by Pat L. in IL on July 28, 2011 at 9:36am: Thank you Sue! I have to get busy voting too!! BIG storm here last night, just got power back. Apparently the neighborhoods just east of us are a mess!!

Comment by Pat L. in IL on July 27, 2011 at 11:38pm: Any moms in the Chicago area: On Sept. 17, the Villa Park VFW is having their 2nd annual Welcome Home and Thank You Veterans Event. One of their goals is to supply information to the public on how to get involved and show support to our troops. Molly's Adopt A Sailor will have a table at the event. They are expecting between 2000 to 5000 people to attend. The hours are 9AM to 4PM. Could anyone in the area commit to a few hours or the whole day? LMK, Pat

Comment by carols_kitchen on July 27, 2011 at 1:11pm: Welcome to our new members. I've just gotten back from a whole week's vacation! Will take me a while to catch up.

Comment by JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on July 26, 2011 at 5:00pm: So I had an amazing weekend visiting my sailor(: there were some minor travel related snags but seeing him made everything better(:

3.5 hours of delays on my way there, my carryon bag (everything I brought) was gate checked. The airline lost it. I didn't get it until about 2am saturday so I had to buy a swim suit at the beach Friday (yay for $60 bikini UGH) but anyway, the beach was SO MUCH FUN(: The water was the perfect temperature and the waves were the right size to jump into without worrying about going under. We played in the water for hours! Before dinner he took me for a nice walk along the beach at sunset(: Then we went to a little restaurant on the beach overlooking the water with his friends, it was fun and the food was great. Then he had to go back so we let the cab drop me off at my hotel.

Saturday he got to my hotel at about 830am and we just hung out until noon. We went to the mall and saw the movie "Captain America" with friends, it was actually pretty good. We also went to the big NEX and mini NEX, then ended the day with like 2 hours of bowling. It was also really fun(: My friend from my PIR group got there saturday morning so after we had to drop off the guys we stayed up all night and hung out and went to get them at 5am on Sunday. We spent all of sunday just hanging out at the hotel together watching TV like we used to(: It was a great weekend and I will be back in 24 days! Let the countdown begin!

Coming home I was about 2 hrs late do to delays and a computer board breaking which led to me being home at the gate but literally stuck in the plane for about 40min. Now I am home though and wishing I never had to leave south Carolina!

Comment by Kathleen10 on July 26, 2011 at 11:51am: Good morning Ladies,

I am so glad to hear there are so many of us in my surrounding area.

Comment by J/J Mom on July 26, 2011 at 9:36am: Welcome Kathleen & psmom3 So good to have you join us!!

Like Lauren, i'm about an hour north of B/N. I can't make it to the concert, but i definitely hope i can make it to the next meet & greet down your way.

JessicaB -- how was your weekend??? I'm so excited for you that you got to visit your sailor :]

Hugs, peace & joy to all. Have a great day :]

Comment by medic mom on July 26, 2011 at 8:12am: Welcome Kathleen. Peoria here. Son in bc right now. Good to see ypu here.

Comment by lauren on July 26, 2011 at 8:10am: Kathleen WELCOME ...you have some wonderful moms there in B/N.

I'm about a hour north. and coming down on the 30th for that concert for the Wounded Warriors. Look above in the discussion for it there will be mom info I believe...huggs