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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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
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Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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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
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 Pat L. in IL on December 16, 2010 at 12:42pm
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Dearest Carol, You can whine to me any time!!! The good thing about female friends is that we listen to each other, probably can't fix it but WE LISTEN!! Love ya, sista!!!
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Comment by carols_kitchen on December 16, 2010 at 12:34pm
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Well, it's another snow day (actually nasty slick ice.) My pocketbook is groaning. At least we are safe and warm inside, but I crave a little time to myself ever since the hubby retired. I miss my couple of hours of "me time" before he came home. I can't really complain since it's coming up on 8 years since he was diagnosed with cancer that was successfully removed. But, can I whine just a little?
Take care everyone!
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Comment by ChitownPat on December 14, 2010 at 10:42pm
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He is so cute...what a miracle! Merry 1st Christmas Zeke!
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giggle--such a cutie
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Comment by T-Lynn on December 14, 2010 at 6:23pm
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I did it!! Thank you thank you. Here is Zeke at four months. Red headed - yippee and so healthy and so wanting some teeth!
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Thank you fellow Ship Moms. That is a term we use on the Japan Mom site. It means we are Moms to all the sailors and share the moment. I'll tell him - he did good and share your congrats.
You are right Pam - all those Navy terms sometimes just fly in one ear and straight through the other. Wait until you get a phone call and your son only speaks to you using all Navy Terms. Your brain actaully stops and all you can do is say: " Is that good or bad? " or " What fell of the fantail? I didn't know the ship had fans placed there." You sailor will havea ball doing this to you.
Temps are dropping friends - stay warm and safe please. I'll take you advice and see if I get some pictures up. Thank you
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Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on December 13, 2010 at 11:03pm
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T-Lynn congratulations to your son, what a wonderful Christmas surprise. You must be so proud of him. And don't feel bad about the cap thing I would have thought the samething.
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T-Lynn-Congrats to your sailor. What a great Christmas gift!
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Yes, it is the box "image."
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Forget - my son did call and shared for over 2 hours - nothing but happy events. Espeically about his ship's Christmas party. He won 2 out of the 5 raffles. One was a gift card of $25 and the other was for a 72 hours Leave Chit. He said he will use the leave chit for Spring Tour, but already used his $25 gift card for new uniforms. He was Capped at the party. It was late in the evening when he made the call here and I was not thinking right. I thought he had damaged a tooth and used the money for a cap. I was telling him how sorry I was for his tooth anad in his gentle way he said; " No Mom - I was promoted to E5 - that is being Capped" I was so happy for him, but even better - how proud of himself he is. You can hear it in his voice. His confidence you could feel.
Second - how do you place photos on now? I can see the new tool bar, but can't figure out which symbol I am to use.
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