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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
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IL Navy Moms
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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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Comment by Persoleyes on September 7, 2010 at 11:37am
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Got a call from my son in Manila. Only 3 minutes. Was great to hear his voice. He got my care package and was so grateful. Said he would call at next port. Still doing kitchen duty. He is on the US George Washington!!!
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Comment by T-Lynn on September 7, 2010 at 10:33am
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Good Morning :)
It is a lovely - Sunny - cool ( 61 degrees) , but very breezy day. Yep - I have the windows open. Do hope the same beautiful weather for you all too.
How was Navy Week?
How was your Labor Day ?
Any phone calls from you sailors?
Me - I cooked fun foods yesterday and relaxed with family. But no call from our sailor - guess he was working.
Have a good day
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Comment by micheles3 on September 7, 2010 at 8:05am
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Praying for the safety of our loved ones and their safe returns.
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Comment by ChitownPat on September 6, 2010 at 9:33am
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Prayers going out to all our military men and women facing natural and man-made disasters. Be safe!
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Will Happily prayer for calm waters and a beautiful sky for her :)
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Comment by Pat L. in IL on September 5, 2010 at 10:52pm
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Hi Everyone, Sally and I are planning a packing party for Chicago area moms on October 23. Please go to "Events" for the details. We hope to meet a lot of you, have some fun, and pack a lot of boxes for our October group.
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Just one box ? !
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T-Lynn, WOOHOO!!!! Between the good news, the bad news, all the excitement about Molly's, I have gone through a box of Kleenex this weekend.
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Update !!!!!!
Littlle Zeke is off teh oxygen. Test show no more seizures - and possible infections during utero might have cause the problems. But he is BETTER !!!! thank you
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Good Morning
More gossip on your way Captain Carol :)
1. no more news about Zeke, so I am hoping all is better. And thank you again
2. Any words from Sue ? Candle still burning Sue
3. Remember I shared that oldest son is a parttime Country Western DJ?
Well this weekend is a big festival here in Rockford. And naturally the radio stations present concerts. Nic HAD to work the first night concert - Dierk Bentley. ( His GF got backstage passes and met this gentleman). Then yesterday he had to be in a chariety basket ball game. Strapped in a wheel chair. The radio DJs and TV news anchors made up a team that played agains the Rockfor Porfessional Wheel Chair Team. They got their pants beaten off by guys doing wheelies around them. But the weather being cool to cold - well guess who caught a cold? Right my son. So now the cook out might be good ole chicken soup. Please tell me you all are having a good WELL time.
4. I promised pictures too of the new engaged couple and the rock. Well I found the camera! and I am going to corner them today and get a picture!
Ok - I gossiped you turn :) Hugs
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