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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 T-Lynn on January 27, 2010 at 1:36pm: Ginger, awesome pictures. What a wonderful sight to see first thing getting on N4Ms.
Thank you for shairng. Hope you collected alot of hugs :)

Comment by Pat L. in IL on January 26, 2010 at 7:44pm: Ginger, Thanks for sharing the great pictures. Where is he doing prototype, GC or BS??

Comment by Blakes mom on January 26, 2010 at 9:39am: JoAnna, sorry it took so long. Farmington is about an hour from Bloomington. Nice to meet you. Blake is Ship11 Div 113.

Comment by mamaWella on January 22, 2010 at 11:28pm: Hi ladies - so where about in IL are you from (I understand we aren't supposed to be too specific)? I feel for you, Blakes Mom. I still get really sad when I haven't heard from my son in a long time - he went in right after school, so he's still my baby boy!

Comment by Blakes mom on January 22, 2010 at 11:13pm: I would be glad to be involved with Illinois N4M group. I am new and a little lost. My son just left 1/12 and will raduate 3/5. Nice to meet people with the same situations...Loved ones in tthe Navy.

Comment by mamaWella on January 22, 2010 at 10:04pm: Hi Carols_Kitchen - I just joined your IL-N4M group. I'm new to N4Ms altho my son has been in 2.5 yrs now - CVN. He's in communications & it kills me that he isn't very communicative! I get more details thru his fiance - nice girl who lives in the neighborhood. btw- I'm 10min from Woodfield; 45min from Grt Lakes. Nice to meet ya! :)

Comment by T-Lynn on January 20, 2010 at 1:33pm: Ditto - great trip and waiting to see pictures!

Comment by T-Lynn on January 18, 2010 at 8:12pm: I am doing good - I get to bend your ears :)
And things will be get better here - got a good gut feeling. Just have to keep my emotions down. So I take of that by eating dark chocoalte - cookies - cake - donuts. Now I have a craving for cheese notchoes dip and chips. See I'm handling it - and my ear can't wait to hear from you :) But you get better first. And I simple said what I know others want to do too! I said I want to - didn;t say I would - he might like to much.