This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
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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.
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:
**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.
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ok yea thats how it is with my fiancee I just wasnt sure if that was where your husband was stationed or not thank you very much for all your help.
Does anyone know - during A school and beyond, will my husband be using a car as much as normal, or will we really only need one car between the two of us? Our apartment is six miles from base.
LaurelAnne- My husband and I shared a car, but I didn't work. It is a lot more convenient to have two cars because otherwise you'll always have to take him to school (my husband had to be there at 5am every morning) and you never know when they get out (my husband got out anywhere from 4:30p-6p everyday) It is a bit of driving around if you share one. Also, if you plan to have a job also I'd suggest having two. But it can be done with one, my husband and I were in Great Lakes 15 days shy of a year. Oh also another thing to think about, is how will you get both of them up there? You'll probably have to drive one and get the other towed or shipped.
Paprincess- Good cities are Lake Bluff, Gurnee, and Zion bad are Waukegan and North Chicago. The closest one to the base is Lake Bluff, my husband and I lived in an apt there called Forrest Pointe and is was very safe.
My husband is starting A school middle of January, and I plan on moving there if/when possible. Does anyone know how the Navy decides if they will pay for your move? Does it depend on how long he is stationed there or how long you actually live there with them? What I mean is, if he is there Jan-Sept, but I don't move until June, will the Navy still pay for the move?
Thanks!
Suzanne
I don't want to give you any bad info Suzanne and your hubby won't be able to get alot of info until he graduates and moves to the other side of the base.
The good news is you were married before he went to boot camp so you are on his "page 2" which will give you benefits and he will get accompanied orders so the Navy will pay for your move but I do believe he has to have six months left at a school/command to incurr those moving costs. I may be wrong about this and when he goes thru indoc after graduation and can put in a Live Ashore package he will get the most current information. Are you waiting to finish school and that's why you are waiting till June to move?
Hi ladies! My hubby has PIR 02/18/12... how long should I plan on waiting before being able to move to Great Lakes? Is there any chance of base housing or should we just plan on off base? I need to make arrangements with my job and my home here and have no idea of a time line. Any suggestions on safe areas to live close to base? Good hospitals?
Also, I bought our plane tickets for graduation and am planning on staying in Great Lakes for two weeks (I wanted to be there for his birthday, need to do some legwork for endorsing my nursing license in IL, and thought I could look into the housing situation.) I'm pretty sure he can't stay overnight with us in the Navy Lodge, but will he be able to spend time with us in the evenings and weekends? Otherwise, it'll be a lonely couple of weeks in "sunny" Illinois. :)
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