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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

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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

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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 T-Lynn on February 2, 2011 at 5:25pm: I remember that storm. That was my oldest first Christmas.

Here too alot of snow - high drifts and our street not plowed yet. And we have been out shoveling and snow blowing ours adn neighbors. Even dug out two cars. I am tired. and sore. Not going back out unless neighbors need an hand.

When my sailor was at GL - it snowed alot and he volunteered to shovel. He loves being out in it this stuff.

Sharing some pictures Stay safe and warm.

Comment by Jo1 on February 2, 2011 at 2:32pm: I live in Northern Illinois and we got about 17 inches. Our driveway had 3-4 foot drifts. My husband was one of the crazies who went to work this morning but he has a big Ford four-wheel drive pickup so he didn't have a problem. Our side roads hadn't been plowed yet when he left for work. I went out to take pictures this morning and jumped off our back step and landed in snow up to my hip. I'm not sure if any of you remember the blizzard of 1979 but we had two storms back to back with this much snow and we had four feet of snow in our backyard as high as our fence.

Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on February 2, 2011 at 1:56pm: I feel so blessed. I had 2-3 feet of snow in my drive this morning. A neighbor came with a big snow blower and cleared my drive and then he would not take any money for it just some gas for his blower. He said "this is what neighbors do". God bless him.

Comment by carols_kitchen on February 2, 2011 at 10:28am: Welcome to zellab29

Comment by Pat L. in IL on February 2, 2011 at 9:56am: Laura, I'll bet those recruits are going to be shoveling up a storm though!!

Comment by Laura on February 2, 2011 at 3:22am: Doesn't happen often but they are planning on shutting down Great Lakes on Wednesday. No visitors allowed on base. No triaining. Hubby was told to take his computer home with him Tuesday & work from home Wednesday.

Comment by T-Lynn on February 1, 2011 at 4:54pm: HI

Wind is getting stronger adn stronger. Jsut blowing everthing. The snow coming down is still dry, but now startign to stick. Hubby's gut told him to come home early from work Schools and business are closing too.

Not sure of how much will get - weather man keeps changing his predictions.

Wish all to be safe - warm

Comment by carols_kitchen on February 1, 2011 at 8:08am: Welcome to mgoodri.

Slick? Heck, even my dogs had a hard time navigating to go out this morning.

Comment by carols_kitchen on January 30, 2011 at 8:34am: Happy Birthday Karen C ! One of the first Navy Moms I met 2 1/2 years ago...

Comment by carols_kitchen on January 29, 2011 at 11:37am: Super Kelly. I may even have a youth church group coming over from there. Let me see what she says--they have to see if they can make it a youth ministry project.