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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.

Members: 402
Latest Activity: Apr 7, 2021

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Comment by MissMySailor on November 27, 2010 at 9:21am: Hi Laura, First welcome!!! I did not even think to look at what the USO was going to be doing. Can you send or post the info and a link to their website???

Take care, Paula

Comment by Laura on November 27, 2010 at 2:45am: I am new to this group. Does the group plan or participate in any activities at the Great Lakes USO for Christmas?

Comment by T-Lynn on November 26, 2010 at 1:47pm: Hurray - he is coming home for you Sandy
AGain my cannot not and it will be the fourth Christmas in a row with my sailor. Bummed out a bit adn so is the pet turtle. She si not eating again. Just looks at his picture by her water dish.
Oh - Pat your turkey day sounded great fun. Any pictures to share?

VEry cold here - washign our flannel sheets . We need them now.
Today not shopping - too afraid of the crowds. So I am un-decorateing Thanksgiving adn re-decorating with Chrismas. Now lets see if I can get hubby to put up the Christmas lights - outside.

Oh - congrats too Sandy on him making it to E4

Comment by Pat L. in IL on November 25, 2010 at 10:44pm: OMG! OMG! We had such a great time at the VFW today!! Fed 196 recruits. They were so cute! Everyone passed around their cell phones (mine was used for 115 minutes) Tons of food and in the basement TV's, computers, laptops that were ALL in use. FUN! FUN! FUN!

Comment by Anchor Mom5 on November 24, 2010 at 9:20pm: Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Thank you to the family whomever you r that are making my sailor a hot meal for Thanksgiving and good company! Everyone be safe!

Comment by T-Lynn on November 24, 2010 at 3:32pm: Ok - so we are all thankful - FOOD ! Where is the Food ?
Little Zeke - going on 4 months and healthy

Comment by T-Lynn on November 24, 2010 at 3:31pm: HI
Day before Thanksgiving coking sides dishes and doing laundry
Prayer for those sailors making the trip home and I hope they get home safely
If they can't come home - like mine - that they get a good hot Thanksgiving meal and call home :)

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving

Comment by T-Lynn on November 22, 2010 at 8:44pm: Ok - Northen IL Moms - tornado touched down 10 miles NE of here. My home and family are ok - how is everyone else here?

Caladonia did get hit. Not sure how bad yet.

A Rockford school bus- the driver and 5 children are shaken up with minor injuries. The bus got caught in the storm - Tornado flipped bus off the road into a field. Luck was with them - the bus was tossed in the opposite direction of the pwer lines

Keep safe all.