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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.

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Latest Activity: Apr 7, 2021

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Comment by Anchor Mom5 on February 21, 2011 at 1:01pm: I live in central illinois around the Peoria area!

Comment by kimcon55 on February 21, 2011 at 1:01pm: Hello! Just wondering if anyone is from the southern part of Illinois? I am 1 hour north of Kentucky (but still in Illinois)!

Comment by carols_kitchen on February 21, 2011 at 12:53pm: Welcome to Sue, aka yeomom

AnchorMom, we are praying for your sailor's deployment.

Linda, are not Pat and all our Navy Girlfriends the best?!

Comment by yeomom on February 21, 2011 at 12:37pm: Hi, this is yeomom, aka Sue. My sailor graduated from GL on 2/11/11. What an amazing ceremony! I couldn't stop crying! Even though we are only about a 40 minute drive from GL, we still didn't get to spend enough time with our son. He left for Meridian, MS on the 15th. He will be working towards becoming a yeoman. Is anyone out there in the same boat? Haha.

Comment by Anchor Mom5 on February 21, 2011 at 12:01pm: Sorry have not been on in a while! My sailor's first deployment is happening real soon and have been so nervous!

Comment by T-Lynn on February 20, 2011 at 3:08pm: Havea great weekend Carol :)

Hey - we have RAIN up here ! It is February. ! Usually my Southern Relatives are calling me at this time - bragging on their Spring weather - flowers coming up and green grass. The call becuase they know I am digging thorugh snow still

Guess what I am going to do shortly? Oh am I grinning from ear to ear.

Need to get - a phone call from the kids and they are coming over soon. Want to have dinner with us and a game night. Plus - they are bringing the kitten. Mom and kitten are best buds.

Comment by carols_kitchen on February 20, 2011 at 12:54pm: Welcome angiesmom!

Comment by carols_kitchen on February 20, 2011 at 12:43pm: We've had cedar waxwings all year round.

EODs are always in my prayers.

We, too, are worried about spring flooding here by the Mississippi River and St Louis MO/IL flat lands.

Church series has been amazing these past 3 weeks! We have 4 youth coming to stay with us this coming weekend, so the house will be filled with young men and their voices again!

Comment by T-Lynn on February 19, 2011 at 11:32am: Good Morning :)

A Spring Garden. I would love one of those. But the backyard is still recovering from that floods back in 2006 and 2007. We cannot get the ph factor right . I thought about planting a few veggies in big pots. Has that worked out for any one?

Hi new Moms :)

An entire flock of Robins? How lucky. i got up today with a surprize visitor -

A Wax Wing. It is bright and sunny - but cool to cold at times - Depends on that wind. But these SPring birds are arriving - Spring is here :)

Agree - you might need two boxes of kleenes and make sure you get the FIRST hug ! That is Navy Mom Rules !!!!

Had a purpirze late last night - a phone call from Japan. Sailor was doing his laundry - so that means call home. He talked with his father first. I heard so much laughing. then it was my turn - naturally we talked about his laudnry and then he shared that he ahd been aprpoved for a new rate - EODs. As a Mom I just gritted my teeth - smiled and told him how nice he was able to get a job he wants. I then changed subjects to - the kite he sent me - the flute - picutures of him dress as the Emperor - that Shark wants an umbrella now to go with her kimono and that his older brother has decided to become a part time Tuperware dealer. Now there was silence - followed by chucking. At least the phone call ended happy.

Still no message from my GF who had the surgery.. I have a feeling all is well, I am so so curious. I think I should wait until Monday to call again

Well, need to run some have to errands and some fun ones too I will be 56 on Wednesday and I am celebrating all week ! Hugs friends

PS If there are mis spelled words or words mising - sorry I did not proof read Off to errnads !