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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
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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 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Navy.com Para Familias
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Where to Go in Chicago!
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For anyone coming to to visit your Sailor in Great Lakes, one of the biggest questions everyone has is: Where do you recommend we go for (fill in the blank)?
I was born in raised in Chicago and the suburbs and for those of you who don't know, I work at the base (10 years as of May) but please know I am not here in a professional work capacity, I am here as a volunteer helping to make sure everyone has the correct information. I have been on this site under various names for 10 years since May 2008. (Various names because a few times someone has ticked me off on here and said, "Screw this site! Only to return a few days later. Oh, hush. I haven't quit in quite a few years now.)
Thus, I have a lot of knowledge of Chicagoland (which describes Chicago and all its suburbs) as do other fine ladies on this site who also live in the area.
Some ladies might live in the suburbs and frequent the city more than I do, even though I actually live in the city, and can offer suggestions that I'm not even aware of. Some may have vast knowledge of the communities surround the base; I have some but this idea here is to have a spot where locals can contribute.
I wish for this to be a group where you can come to get suggestions from locals on restaurants, events, commuting tips, shopping, and especially all ethnicity offerings for area restaurants.
This is a work in progress and I will continue building on it every day and welcome all to contribute if they also have been here and recommend something in a particular category.
Location: Chicago!
Members: 52
Latest Activity: Aug 15, 2023
Discussion Forum
After PIR Itinerary
Started by BoogiesMom. Last reply by BoogiesMom Jul 26, 2018. 6 Replies 2 Likes
My Son's PIR is 8/10/18, and because he won't be leaving for A School right away, we get all weekend with him. Friday after PIR will likely be Pizza and naps in the Hotel Room, but for Saturday and…Continue
Tourist Attractions
Started by Hikergirl. Last reply by SunflowerLynn Jul 23, 2018. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Hi, we are looking for cool things the kids would want to do ththats not going to cost us 50-100 a person. Any advice? Continue
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Comment by DesiD on March 26, 2019 at 11:05am
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We are thinking/planning to ride the train (Blue Line) from O'Hare to downtown to see Navy Pier and Millenium Park, since my daughter has to see The Bean. Do you think it safe and worthwhile to get a $10 CTA fun pass for the train and buses? Is it easy to get around downtown, and specifically between Millenium Park and Navy Pier? Is Navy Pier worth seeing this time of year (end of March)? All advice welcome!
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Comment by Cuchulain on January 21, 2019 at 8:43pm
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Looking for a good Italian restaurant nearby for my son's PIR 02.01.19. Any suggestions?
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Comment by Phoenixmom on December 5, 2018 at 2:06pm
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We ate here and a few other places but loved this one.
Restaurant Menu | 847-360-7460 | Captain Porky's | Wadsworth, IL ...
best pizza pie.
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WE WILL BE ARRIVING ON WEDNESDAY FOR 1/11 PIR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON GREAT PLACES TO EAT IN THE AREA AND MUST SEE AND DO THINGS WE WILL BE IN THE AREA UNTIL SUNDAY
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Hooyahsuzy where is the best coffee house in Chicago? Mine is requesting coffee with almond milk and wants to go straight to a coffee shop :-) And please don't say starbucks :-)
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Comment by AZNavyMom00 on July 21, 2018 at 10:16pm
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Hooyahsuzy - Many thanks for putting all this together, so many great tips. I grew up outside of Chicago but in 2000 moved to Arizona, so there’s a lot we don’t know about so much anymore.
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I know when we went to my Sons PIR I thought it was beautiful the plants looked so fake they were real, so green. Had to get use to the driving and roads but it wasn't to bad. And I have to say we did take a tour in Chicago and we went downtown rode around the University, so many nice neighborhoods. We had to look for the building that had gargoyles, it was a daughter thing. Lol. I cannot imagine the cold nor would I be able to handle it. Us desert rats have thin blood. Lol. But great job on this. Kudos to you!
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Hi Hooyahsuzy, this is a great site. Thank you for putting this together ma,y will get good use of all the info. I will have to announce it on BCM. Thank you.
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