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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?
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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 sandi8 on June 22, 2013 at 9:15pm
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Great picture! I love the sign!
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Comment by carols_kitchen on June 22, 2013 at 11:26am
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I think that deserves a group hug! Contrats, DODIE!!!! Yippeee.
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Comment by Dodie on June 22, 2013 at 10:59am
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My son and DIL at his homecoming last week in Hawaii. They're expecting twins in August.
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Comment by Kimme on June 20, 2013 at 10:54am
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Kaymarie,
I'm in Geneva. I sent you a friend request. My son has been in for about a year and a half.
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Comment by kaymarie on June 20, 2013 at 9:37am
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Thank you so much PatLin IL!! I appreciate that!
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Comment by Pat L. in IL on June 19, 2013 at 10:16pm
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kaymarie, We have quite an active Navy mom group here in the Carol Stream, Wheaton, Downer's Grove area. Would love to have join us when we together sometime!
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Comment by Doreen-ProudNavyMom on June 19, 2013 at 7:45pm
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Medic Mom - I am so thrilled for you. The first twin daughter is moving to school on Aug 21. The second twin is moving in on Aug 28. My sailor (in San Diego) should be coming home on Aug 29. So we won't have the empty nest until mid September. This will help the transition go much smoother for me. Let's hope he puts in his chit soon and gets his approval so I can book his plane ticket.
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Comment by medic mom on June 19, 2013 at 5:47pm
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Yeah Carol for the thank you note. Had fun packing that day. Enjoyed all the time we had.
This momma is doing a very happy dance today. God woke me up at 4:30am for a wonderful chat with my son who is overseas. He was asking me to help book his flight home from California at the end of August. My son will be home at the end of August. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was shocked. He was too funny about it. He was all matter of fact. Like this happens all the time. LOL I was smiling from ear to ear knowing that he will be home soon.
Hope you all have a wonderful rest of your day.
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Carol,
That is great that they sent a note and they liked all the supplies we sent.
Doreen
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Woo Hoo! We got a thank you today from CLR-2
Short, but don't expect any more than that knowing what they are doing.
"Thank you very much for sending our platoon a care package. We enjoyed everything and are very grateful for your support."
This was a packing party in Illinois in Springfield.
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