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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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Great Lakes A School Q&A

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The purpose of this group is to allow family of new sailors assigned to school at Training Support Center Great Lakes a chance to voice questions to a Student Division Commander

Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 2332
Latest Activity: Mar 12

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Comment by Anti M on July 27, 2014 at 9:27am: For Christmas, all the schools have "holiday stand down". This is two weeks where the students, even those in phase one of liberty, can take leave and fly home (on their own dime). If they have not earned enough leave, they can borrow forward (up to ten days total). While on leave, they do not need liberty buddies. This is the ONLY time in the Navy they are guaranteed to have Christmas leave.

Comment by kiley91 on July 27, 2014 at 7:17am: There is grad from A school, but they basically just get a certificate. Nothing big at all. As far as Xmas depends on where home is. Depending on his phase he has to have liberty buddies with him at all times. He could prob get a chit to go home but would need one or two lib buddies to go with him.

Comment by crystal on July 26, 2014 at 9:44pm: mom son leaves for MEPS on aug 18th and then following day he heads to IL for bootcamp. I am on a cruise the week of sept 28th and I am worried he will graduate while I am gone. How soon will I know what date he graduates When I am on the cruise it will be his 7th week in camp. So I am trying to figure out around when he will be graduating So I can make sure that I will be able to get off at my job

Comment by crystal on July 26, 2014 at 9:36pm: How soon do you find out when they will get to come home for Christmas for a few days?

Comment by crystal on July 26, 2014 at 9:35pm: Also do they have graduation from A- school?

Comment by crystal on July 26, 2014 at 9:33pm: Hello everyone does anyone know how soon we will find out when our sailor will graduate boot camp? How are we to know when to try to book the hotel and air fare? I am un clear about all of this and I am not sure who to ask. Thanks

Comment by Alicia In AZ on July 25, 2014 at 6:06pm: This may have already been asked … I know that they can take their cell phones, laptop, iPad, etc to GL A School, but my question is when do we give him the items? Right after PIR when he registers for A School? Or does he take them Sunday when he is dropped off? Hope this makes sense. Thanks!

Comment by ReneePChef on July 24, 2014 at 1:11pm: I heard someplace that my son (in A School) could request to work at the recruiters office while home on leave, then he wouldn't be using his vacation time, has anyone ever heard of that?

Comment by Anti M on July 22, 2014 at 2:59pm: Ic begins with ATT (advance technical training, like a prep school) which is 9 weeks, and then IC A school which is 13 weeks. Expect some delays and hold time while they wait to class up. Plus there is a week or so of "indoc" as they learn base policies. C schools vary so much I can't give you any estimate.

The IC success rate is pretty good. If he has trouble, he;ll go on mandatory study. The Navy wants them to succeed. And if he does not, well, he's still in the Navy, just doing something else.

https://www.cool.navy.mil/enlisted/rating_info_cards/ic.pdf

http://www.mysdcc.sdccd.edu/Locations/CSCS_Great_Lakes_IL_IC_School...

Comment by Tamara in Florida on July 22, 2014 at 11:49am: My son's PIR date is this Friday! He will be staying in GL for A school and C school. He's an IC. Any info in how long these schools are and how successful most ICs are would be appreciated. I'm a first time Navy mom so I'm pretty clueless.