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

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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 Pat L. in IL on July 19, 2011 at 8:58pm: Oh Pam, when I got "the box", I washed everything except the sweatshirt and I would occasionally bury my face in it just to smell him. My sailor was just home on leave after being gone for almost a year. After he left, I didn't wash his sheets for about 10 days! Okay, so I'm strange, sue me!!!! LOL! LOL!

Comment by medic mom on July 19, 2011 at 8:53pm: Pam no I didn't smell his clothes. As soon as I opened the box the smell hit me. LOL It was good though. Our dog even tried running off with one of his socks. Gave me a great memory.

Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on July 19, 2011 at 8:48pm: Welcome psmom3, like Barb said we have all been there and we known how you feel. We are all here for you, you can express your feelings and we all understand.

medic mom 2 glad you got your box. Did you smell the clothes? I did, smelled just like my son, took me sometime before I could wash them.

Comment by medic mom on July 19, 2011 at 5:57pm: Well my box arrived today. Now waiting on the form letter. Just keeps hitting me on waves. Reality just keeps sinking in. I am proud of my sailor. Just miss him more than I ever thought I would.

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on July 19, 2011 at 2:45pm: psmom3!!

I sent you a friend request! I live in decatur too...well closer to Mt. Zion

Comment by psmom3 on July 19, 2011 at 8:40am: I am new to this group, and to the site period for that matter. The site is nice but there are so many groups to join, it is almost overwhelming! We are in central Illinois in Decatur and are awaiting the time for our son to go to boot camp. Sometimes I get on here and I cry just reading some of the posts from moms whose kids just left for camp. I am not looking forward to this day but feel that there is a family on here that can help me when the time comes. Thanks for listening as I am pretty sure I joined the right group!

Comment by lauren on July 17, 2011 at 11:14pm: nice Angie

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on July 15, 2011 at 10:26am: To all our new members!!

Comment by carols_kitchen on July 15, 2011 at 9:08am: Wow, I take a day off the Illinois page, and there's a lot of activity! Glad to see that we can chat and share information.

Comment by jeanandy89 on July 15, 2011 at 8:53am: Thanks everyone for the nice wishes. I would love to come to a get together when there is one. Thanks for the invite!!!!!