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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.

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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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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 ILNavyMom2010 on June 5, 2011 at 9:01am: JessicaB - I just now noticed that your boyfriend is in bootcamp! How happy for you to get that phone call. :)

Comment by JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on June 4, 2011 at 6:14pm: Thanks(: Yeah it was great, now I want another!! Hopefully I will get at least more letters soon.

Comment by ILNavyMom2010 on June 4, 2011 at 3:24pm: Linda K. - Would your son happen to be on the GHWB?

Comment by JessicaB-Sailor's Sweetheart<3 on June 1, 2011 at 12:11am: I got my first call from my boyfriend today! It was wonderful(:

I'm so happy(: hearing his voice telling me he loves me was the best thing in the world<3 I'm at a waterpark so he had actually been trying to call me for ten mins and I felt like he was going to call so I ran to my room and my phone was ringing. I am the happiest girl in the world and so lucky to have such an amazing man that loves me. He says after he finishes school we will talk about getting married because he wants to spend the rest of his life with me but he wants to be able to give me everything I've always wanted, so he wants to be sure the timing is right. How cute is he<3 I'm so happy!!! the call really does make everything better.

Comment by lauren on May 27, 2011 at 9:24pm: HAPPY DANCE !!!!!

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on May 27, 2011 at 8:18pm: Here's the scoop about Navy Week in the QC. I sat in on a conference call yesterday with various Navy, Army, and community people. Not much of the plans pertain to us, but we do have a part. I talked to a recruiter today, so here's the plan: with Lauren's help of tent, tables, and chairs AND her connection to Molly's Adopt a Sailor and Special Hugs, we are going to set up at the air show on June 18-19. I have a Navy Family banner to hang. There are five baseball games during Navy week that the Navy will be involved with, but the recruiter told me that usually a lot of kids come over looking for free stuff. He said to use our energies at the one event with Saturday being the primary day and biggest crowd. I will get more info to pass on. If you'd like to help, I'll ask for tickets.

Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on May 27, 2011 at 8:08pm: Thanks ShortBecky, good to know that your son likes it there. I think my son will enjoy it.

Comment by carols_kitchen on May 27, 2011 at 4:35pm: Pattyann-- a PM is a private message through the mailbox here. I'ts part of your inbox to the top right if you have not used it. We don't put personal info on the public pages.