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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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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
Discussion Forum
IL Navy Moms
Started by FitBunny. Last reply by chcabr90 Jun 9, 2017. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Hello Illinois N4MS Memorial Day is vastly approahing, are they any Moms interested in meeting again?
Started by MAMA_C. Last reply by MidwestMomNancy Jul 15, 2016. 16 Replies 0 Likes
Can someone point me i nthe direction of the facebook group?
Started by navymommia. Last reply by Pat L. in IL Jul 29, 2015. 5 Replies 0 Likes
Hi! New to group
Started by Kyle'sMom (Karen). Last reply by navymommia Jul 15, 2015. 32 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by OklahomaMama on July 29, 2013 at 5:16pm
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I think either day is fine. As long as I have notice. A packing party sounds like a good idea, I have never done one!
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Comment by carols_kitchen on July 29, 2013 at 4:57pm
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Going to send out a message. I'm already booked for a couple of fundraisers, so Sept 10th or 17th would work for lunch for me. I'll send out a "feeler" to see what others think. Carol
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Comment by medic mom on July 29, 2013 at 2:14pm
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Depending on when in September I might be able to get down there and see new and familiar faces. My corpsman comes back to Illinois in 26 more days and will be home for a bit before going back to Pendleton. Just let me know and I will try to make it.
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So do we want Olive Garden again?
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I think that sounds great!
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Comment by SandySea on July 29, 2013 at 1:42pm
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Welcome to the new IL moms and Hello to everyone else. (Notice I did not say "old moms!) My son and I survived his first deployment. He came back to the states on the Fourth of July which I thought was neat.
OklahomaMama--I live near Fairview Heights, so we are not far apart. I am thinking that the Southern IL bunch is overdue for a lunch date. What do you all think? September perhaps???
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Comment by Pat L. in IL on July 29, 2013 at 1:10pm
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AJ's-Mom, My sailor is an EM Nuke and he is on a sub! If you get a chance, be sure to visit Charleston/Goose Creek. Really nice!
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Oh, Pat L, we could do quite a good state meeting, couldn't we? We have the people who like to pay it forward, with packing parties and sewing pillowcases. We love to go out and eat. You help with the Thanksgiving meal up by Chicago for our boot camp newbies. hmmm.......
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Comment by AJ's-Mom on July 29, 2013 at 8:39am
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Thanks for the welcome! My son's A school is in Charleston, SC. He's going to nuke school so he'll be there for a while. Thankfully he likes it there! He's considering subs but hasn't committed yet.
I would love to go to a statewide meet and greet!
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