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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Who wants to make an Illinois N4M site with me? Calling all Illinois Sailor families.
Members: 402
Latest Activity: Apr 7, 2021
Discussion Forum
IL Navy Moms
Started by FitBunny. Last reply by chcabr90 Jun 9, 2017. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Hello Illinois N4MS Memorial Day is vastly approahing, are they any Moms interested in meeting again?
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Can someone point me i nthe direction of the facebook group?
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Hi! New to group
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Comment by jmazzsmom on December 21, 2010 at 1:45am
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okay looking for moms who have SR in division 073 with PIR 2/11/11
still so new to all this but love the site.
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Comment by Dodie on December 19, 2010 at 10:59pm
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Mary, I'm originally from Godfrey...live in Carlinville now:)
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Comment by carols_kitchen on December 19, 2010 at 7:30pm
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Linda--the good thing about fast attacks is they usually have shorter times out at sea. I hope that holds true.
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Welcome to ZIGGLO19. Now, is your sailor in boot camp or is he in A school at Great Lakes? Keep in touch. We've all got a shoulder to lean upon.
Mary--how close to St L? I'm in Troy. where do you meet with the Blue Star Moms?
Dodie--hope your son does better than ours did at home. He was meticulous about his uniform--but everything else was in a pile on the floor when he was home--lol!
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Carol, we'll have to get together soon. My nuke flew in today for holiday leave. He will be classing up w/A School as an EM after the holidays. Funny thing I noticed...he never really cared how he dressed/looked before leaving for boot camp in Oct. Tonight he was constantly brushing lint off of his dress blues and adjusting his uniform/kerchief...lol. Now for the real test...I'll have to wait & see if he makes his bed:)
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Comment by T-Lynn on December 18, 2010 at 10:23pm
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So good to hear when a lady is treated like a Queen.
Happy Belated Birhtday
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Dodie -- It only could have been better if we had lunch together :)
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Carol, It sounds like you're having a great day:)
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Welcome to Lexsmom(ship 09 Div 067) :) glad to have you with us!
Thanks Pat & T-Lynne--the hubby asked me today if I wanted to go with him to pick up his sister or have some "me" time. He sent me off to Kohl's all by myself to find a new sweater for my birthday! Wow. It was great. (And, 2 gals at Kohl's saw my Pampered Chef tote and asked for catalogues!)
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Carol :
You have the right and sometimes the NEED to whine. And maybe it isn't whining - maybe we all should think of it as an Release Value. Some inner feelings getting out before one accidently has an emotional explosiopn. Agree with Pat - we listen. Isn't that what we need too. Just someone to hear. Besides we all have Super Glue to put the ears back on :) Havea good day
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