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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 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 carols_kitchen on June 3, 2010 at 6:11pm: Welcome Ifly5757
Yeah bodenhead!!!!
Proud Mom
We'll give your our shoulders to lean upon -- bootcamp is just so sudden!

Comment by ProudMom2 (ship10div254) on June 3, 2010 at 6:03pm: Thank you Pat L in IL and Karen C.! I'm sure that I will have all kinds of questions as my son's journey in the Navy progresses!

Comment by bodeanhead on June 3, 2010 at 4:15pm: I got a big surprise yesterday! My son, who's been out to sea for a couple of months, on the USS Tenn, is back! The phone rang, and when I looked at the caller ID, I was so happy and excited. He's back in VA now, having driven from Kings Bay, GA. And to make things even more exciting, he told me he's been promoted to E-5. WOWZERS! It seems like 2 days ago he was leaving for boot camp and yesterday he was graduating Nuke school. Time sure does go by fast.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on June 3, 2010 at 11:53am: ProudMom2, Well, welcome to the club!!! Best wishes to your recruit and to you too!!

Comment by ProudMom2 (ship10div254) on June 3, 2010 at 10:05am: My son is officially in Boot Camp! We attended his final swearing in ceremony at Cellular Field in Chicago last night! What a great night! I posted pics on my page if you'd like to view them...providing they have passed approval, that is! We also received his call late last night, informing us that he made it to GL okay. All is good! : ) We are so proud of him!

Comment by T-Lynn on June 2, 2010 at 12:57pm: Hope you took many pictures . That had to be so great for you son and his Grand pa - how awesome. Thank you for sharing.

Comment by ChitownPat on June 2, 2010 at 7:02am: Had my sailor home with me for Memorial Day. He and his dad made the long trip back from Charleston with all of his stuff. We walked in the parade with his grandpa, a WWII army vet as part of the honorflight group...very special!

Comment by T-Lynn on June 1, 2010 at 9:19pm: Hi and welcome new moms :)
Take a box of tissues with you for the swearing in - those pocket things are not enough.

Have to share something funny.
I was having computer problems. And as I was reading another site - my screen went dark and then the fan stopped working on the computer. Then it just died al together. I thought for sure - Trojan or being hi jacked again. Hubby was home and I went running to him and telling him my sad story of a dead computer. SO he stops what he is fixing and comes in to help me. He starts checking the connections - all wires are attached. Then he checks below or under the desk. There he finds the problem - somehow I had unplugged the major cord from the wall socket. Oh the look I got fro him. Not to mention my own conscience laughing at me. Hope I made you laugh.
Now I am off to do the dishes - hope I can do that !
Havea a good evening

Comment by ProudMom2 (ship10div254) on June 1, 2010 at 7:02pm: Thank you MissMySailor! I have so much to learn about the Navy and am really looking forward to reading eveyone's comments. I've learned so much here in just the past couple of days that I had joined.