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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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 carols_kitchen on July 13, 2013 at 8:47pm
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proudmama, did you see this group yet?
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Comment by proudmama on July 13, 2013 at 5:48pm
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Dan's mom- I'm glad that your son is meeting his goal of seeing the world. That sounds familiar in my home as well. Thanks for the welcome!
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Hi all~ my son is going to bc on 8/7. One of the mom's on the boot camp site recommended that I sign up for the Illinois N4M site-so here I am! I read a few of the recent pages and I live very close to some of the moms as I live in the northwestern suburbs (close to Schaumburg, carol stream etc.) Hoping to meet some other moms :)
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Comment by herbgarden(Ship12Div085) on July 9, 2013 at 8:56am
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BethD, Pat L has a group that meets. She said she would let me know the next time they do.
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Hi BethD! I am pretty new to this too, my sailor has been at her 1st duty station for about 2 months only. I have not been on this site very long.
Sally's packing party is in Des Plains, that's not too far from me.
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Comment by Cheryl Ship 07 Div 160 on July 5, 2013 at 7:15pm
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Hope everyone had a great 4th of July!!
@BethD, I live pretty close to you, Joliet :)
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Comment by BethD on July 5, 2013 at 12:32am
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Hi Ladies, thanks for the info! Herbgarden and Pat L.....I live in Bolingbrook, also Chicago suburbs.....do any of the mom's get together in the Chicago suburbs? I'd love to meet and talk with other mom's about this whole new Navy life! Thanks! Beth.
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Comment by AngiePNMx2 on July 4, 2013 at 10:35am
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Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on July 2, 2013 at 11:15pm
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sally, I will try to make the packing party since it is on a sunday, may stay over up there and going shopping on Monday. I will know better in aug if I can make it or not.
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She was home for Mothers day, :) , but missed her sisters high school graduation, which was 2 wks later :(
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