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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.

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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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**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:

RTC Graduation

**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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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

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Comment by AJ's-Mom on August 19, 2014 at 8:52pm: My son will be getting his first orders soon. I want to make sure we have our ducks in a row so to speak. Is there a place I should look for what to do? Otherwise my big question is about his car. It is currently registered in South Carolina. If we have him change his registration to Illinois we could easily make sure the new tags are purchased -- but what about getting the tags on the car? Do your sailors maintain Illinois plates or change to whatever state they reside in? I know this probably sounds silly, but really I'm lost.

Comment by Leach73 on July 22, 2014 at 9:24am: Sure is a small world!

I hope to meet you ladies someday soon!

Pat - I did receive your PM and I will reply to you. Sorry but I log on here at work and for some reason whenever I try to reply back to a PM and hit send, it just doesn't send. So, I will have to do it from home. Usually on the weekends I don't log on because I am always out and about doing stuff and then I haven't figured out how to navigate this site from my phone.

Linda - Pat tells me you also live in Carol Stream! Hi neighbor. Please send me a friend request and I will happily accept.

Just to give you all a sense of where I am on my Navy Mom journey...My daughter left for boot camp in February of this year and PIRd on April 18th. She went in as Undes. and is now in Norfolk on the USS Porter. Her experience so far, from what she tells me, has been ok and is trying to stay positive and motivated. She has met some great people along the way and from all over the US. My husband and I drove to Norfolk over the Memorial day weekend to take a car to her. She is so thankful for that because this way on her free time she can go out and explore the city. She is my oldest of 3 children. My boys are 17 and 9. No doubt that we are super proud of her...miss her dearly and she misses us too.

God bless our Sailors!

Comment by Doreen-ProudNavyMom on July 21, 2014 at 12:11pm: Small world! I actually lived on Birchbark Trail near Fair Oaks in 1984 when the houses were first being built.

Comment by Leach73 on July 21, 2014 at 8:43am: Hello ladies! Thanks for all of the replies! So glad to know that there are other Navy moms close to me...especially Pat L. in IL. I also live near County Farm and Birchbark!!!! wow!!! I will send you a friend request!!!

I did not know about the event at Cantigny :( Had I known, for sure I would have gone!

Hi Anchormom - I've heard of Oswego but never been in that town.

Hi Doreen - I've been around South Elgin so I know it isn't too far.

So, how often do you all get together? I'd love to get involved!

Thanks so much!! I'm so glad that I found this group!

Comment by Anchormom23 on July 20, 2014 at 11:33am: Hello Leach 73 - I'm in Oswego....welcome.

Comment by MAMA_C on July 19, 2014 at 6:22pm: I am sure I hate missing the BBQing because it's just around the corner from me. I just got in from a college road trip for my other child. But next time keep me posted.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on July 18, 2014 at 7:22pm: Leach73, Hey, I live in Carol Stream!!! Near County Farm and Birchbark!! Welcome!! There is also another Carol Stream mom named Linda. Oh, wow, we're gonna have to get together and get you involved with "Molly's"!!!!!

Hey, you aren't possibly going to the "Rockin' for the Troops" concert at Cantigny tomorrow, are you??

Comment by Doreen-ProudNavyMom on July 18, 2014 at 6:42pm: Leach73-I live in South Elgin which is about 20 minutes away. My son is a GM on a ship out of San Diego.

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Comment by carols_kitchen on July 18, 2014 at 5:43pm: Tomorrow is the kick-off of our second annual BBQ for the Troops program! Join the USO of Illinois and The Chicago Auto Show in partnership with local Chicagoland Car Dealerships to support local military and military programming. Visit www.drivechicago.com to see a list of dealers who are BBQing this weekend and drop by for food, fun, music and more! #BBQ4Troops. And don't forget to upload your BBQing pictures to the Chicago Auto Show Facebook page to win BBQ themed prizes!