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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

Events

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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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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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 Pat L. in IL on September 23, 2014 at 3:32pm: Leach73, Yes any time. It starts at 9AM and usually we break the booths down @4-5PM. FYI, if you have never seen the ceremony of the Remembrance Table, it is quite moving. That will be done @10-10:30. Bring the boys!!!

Comment by Leach73 on September 23, 2014 at 10:36am: Hello Pat L.
For the Sept. 27th event, can we come at any time to help and can kids help too? just wondering if I can bring my boys, ages 9 and 17.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on September 19, 2014 at 5:33pm: HEY MOMS! Could really use some help at the Villa Park VFW Welcome Home Veterans event on Sept. 27. Any time you could volunteer would be greatly appreciated.

39 E. St. Charles Rd, Villa Park, from 9AM to 9PM, you can park at Willowbrook High School and take the shuttle!

Comment by Leach73 on September 11, 2014 at 10:11am: Pat L. - i rec'd your message. So sorry i haven't replied, well i tried but it didn't send :( don't know what is wrong with the computer that when I click on Send, it just doesn't go. it only does that on the PMs, not here on this page.

I'm ok with Saturday if you still are. I will try responding from my computer at home. thanks! have a great day!

Hello to all of the Illinois moms!

Comment by Anchormom23 on September 6, 2014 at 3:05pm: I'm a DuPage alum! ...20 years in Naperville, now in Oswego. I'd love to join the group when you meet.

Comment by Ellen65 on September 6, 2014 at 2:04pm: http://songs4soldiersstl.org/
It's in Columbia IL, there's a G
FB page too, Songs4Sildiers, but I wasn't able to get a good link.

Comment by Donna on September 6, 2014 at 10:25am: Ellen65, What event is this? I tried the link you posted and it would not let me open it...

Comment by diane on September 6, 2014 at 8:27am: I'm in Wood Dale

Comment by Pat L. in IL on September 6, 2014 at 6:18am: MOM_(Future CS), Yes, off the top of my head......there are 3 of us in Carol Stream, Mary is in Wheaton, Becky is in Westmont, Michelle is in Downers Grove. There are also moms in Des Plaines, Lake Zurich, Bolingbrook, and the Joliet area. We frequently get together and would love to have you join us sometime! BTW, one of my sons lives in Bensenville!