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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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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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 J/J Mom on January 28, 2014 at 11:49am: Oh, Sanmor, i wish i could come down & meet you for lunch! Unfortunately our son has a ballgame. Next time??

Comment by Sanmor on January 27, 2014 at 9:33pm: I have a couple of errands to run in Peoria this Saturday Feb1, anyone up for a little lunch at maybe panera bread or somewhere??

Comment by lauren on January 21, 2014 at 2:44am: Carol. Moms can go for 12 hrs

Comment by carols_kitchen on January 20, 2014 at 12:57pm: Tiger cruise on a submarine? Well, hubby would qualify. But no females on sailor's sub yet.

Comment by Laura on January 19, 2014 at 3:58am: My hubby and younger son did the tiger cruise when my sailor was on the USS Enterprise. I would have needed a female sponsor on the ship to be able to go on the tiger cruise.

No problem though, I wasn't planning on going. I like showering everyday in something bigger than a locker and sleeping in a bed bigger than a lateral file cabinet drawer!

My younger son couldn't decide between Air Force or Navy but after the tiger cruise he chose Air Force. He said no way could he live on the ship for more than 3 days. He has a new respect for my older sailor son!

Hubby said the ship put on a mini air show when they were underway and it was unbelievably fantastic. I'm sure it was but I will still be waiting on the pier!

Comment by TLC72 on January 17, 2014 at 12:52am: My husband is planning to do the tiger cruise. Our other son and myself will hopefully be on the pier to watch the ship come in. That's our plan anyway. However, I've send two separate emails containing newsletter sign-up info, but have never heard back on that.

Comment by KathyWQ on January 16, 2014 at 7:15pm: Me and my husband want to do the tiger cruise. I am looking forward to getting more information.

Comment by Sanmor on January 16, 2014 at 5:42pm: No one doing the tiger cruise??? I hope to be able to do it, but my son might be made to call for orders, but his command is trying to keep him for the whole deployment

Comment by Laura on January 16, 2014 at 2:19am: We might have to start our own club!

My son is on the Bush as well. He will be home for a few days at the end of the month! He is IS.

We might have to plan one heck of a road trip for the homecoming!

Comment by KathyWQ on January 16, 2014 at 12:47am: My son is an ABE on the Bush. Comes home in a couple of weeks before he sets off. Glad I get to see him one more time.