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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

...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.

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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.

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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 September 18, 2010 at 8:12pm: The Game

Comment by T-Lynn on September 18, 2010 at 8:11pm: Son and shipmates going to a Japanese Baseball game

Comment by T-Lynn on September 18, 2010 at 8:11pm: Listen to this beautiful ladies - you will be fine be fine :)
And you can bend our ears when you need.
have to share some news. New mommy Liz posted some news about little Zeke. He did VERY well on his tests and it appears he might be off that seizure medication by mid October. 5 months shorter than the doctor expected !!!
And last butterfly hatched too. a Good Day ! Sweet Dreams friends

Comment by T-Lynn on September 17, 2010 at 7:10pm: That sounds fun :)

Comment by carols_kitchen on September 17, 2010 at 5:16pm: It's an Illinois shout out and welcome to Navymom1992(Div 4 821) !

And, abc, maybe you should have some of us at your wedding as your adopted aunts and mother-in-laws!

Comment by abc815 on September 16, 2010 at 3:28pm: hi there everyone! i know, there is alot to plan and unfortunately, not everyone in our families are supportive of the marriage. they don't understand how anyone can be in "love" when spending so much time apart. they are very old-fashioned that way. with phone calls all the time and several emails a day, it's not very hard...but the support would've been nice. :( i was able to see my sailor once in the last 6 months and that was when he flew me out to meet him in singapore! it was one of his port stops, so that was incredible!

to dan's mom; my fiance is from goose creek! and that is where we are hoping to settle down in 2012. i loooooved charleston! yes, it's very humid compared to chicago, but there is so much to do! i hope you've had a chance to go, it's such a beautiful town.

Comment by T-Lynn on September 16, 2010 at 2:06pm: Hi abc - congrats on your wedding and only 8 weeks to go !!!!!
Jump in - as Vicki stated - we love to share and listen

Comment by abc815 on September 16, 2010 at 12:59pm: hi there everyone! new to this group...i guess i'll start w/ a little bit about me and my situation? i was born and raised in the NW suburbs of chicago (arlington heights)...i moved to charleston, sc. for awhile where i met my wonderful sailor! he is an EM who has been in the navy for over 4 years now and is stationed in yokosuka, japan.

he is coming home this november to chicago and we are getting married while he is on leave. he will then go back to japan and i will join him after christmas. i think that pretty much sums it up! i only recently came back to the chicago area in preparation for my move to japan...so i am a 30-year-old living at home temporarily with her parents trying to save that extra money...

well anyhow, thanks for hearing me out! being back home is definitely a bit lonely as people have all gone their separate ways and are doing their own thing, but i am excited! less than 8 weeks!