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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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Hi! New to group
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Comment by carols_kitchen on November 18, 2009 at 9:53pm
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Welcome Jessica and Kellster! Glad to have you with us.
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Comment by T-Lynn on November 18, 2009 at 9:35pm
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H Ladies,
Mom will have surgery this coming November 24th. She has such a good atitude.
Trying to get caught up on all the gossip. TAlk with u later Have agood evening TLynn
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Comment by Pat L. in IL on November 18, 2009 at 8:02am
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Julie, They get a pretty long phone call. Don't expect it until later in the morning though. After Battle Stations there is the capping ceremony and it is a while before they can start making calls. We got our call at 1PM.
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Hi Everyone, Have to share the good news. Jeff passed Power School comps today. Headed for Goose Creek Thursday for his graduation on Friday. OORAH!!
Julie, Best wishes for your daughter to knock 'em dead during Battle Stations. You are gonna love the phone call tomorrow!! Essentials for PIR: camera and lots of Kleenex. While you are at PIR at GL, we will be doing the same thing in South Carolina.
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:0 to you all!
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T-Lynn
We are all pulling for you. This is a very emotional time and full of stress, no matter how much support you have. We love you!
Carol
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Will do Carol. Not adding here, but i will be off for a few days. Mom's doctor here had a chat amoung themsleves and they got her an appointment with a surgeon speicalist. She sees him this Wednesday - Madison Wisconsin. If he says ok -they will start getting her ready to admitted that day. Then on Thursday adn Friday - two other relatives have surgeries too. 3s - this family does everything in 3s! So I'm going to be busy - but I'll have some great gossip when I get back . Have a great weeken - Thanksgiving. Hugs TLynn
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Asking for prayers in Texas again. This is posted on the Prayer Wall.
Our Dallas/Ft Worth Marine Corps Families group was notified Friday 13 Nov of the death of Lance Corporal Shawn Hefner, son of Patrick and Robin Hefner of Hico...who found out the same day.
This precious young man was supposed to be coming back to the United States on 19 Nov after a tour in Afghanistan then starting post-deployment leave on 11 Dec through the 4 Jan...this is not the way in which he was supposed to come home. The whole group is in shock as his parents and we were planning a celebratory homecoming for this week...and not a funeral.
Please remember this family as they fly back from Dover Delaware to Waco Texas with their son today. The funeral will be some time this coming week.
Let us not forget the mission...let us remember the fallen and the imprisoned...Let us pray for Peace....
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Pat--don't forget to get a picture with Janis. Have a great visit and enjoy your time together! Give your sailor a hug from me.
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Sorry = just had a laspe in gossip. It happens. Will try harder :)
Have a pleasent evening Tlynn
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