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Navy For Moms

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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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 January 7, 2015 at 3:09pm: If he does not have dut, then yes. However, he cannot have overnight liberty until he is in phase three of liberty. Most earn that by the end of ATT, but it varies.

Comment by EmiRoseS on January 7, 2015 at 1:22pm: My boyfriend has to take Advanced Technical Training for a bit before he officially starts his Gunner's Mate A School. Will he get liberty on the weekends while in ATT?

Comment by Dana on January 3, 2015 at 9:43pm: When in A school do they get to use their cell phones? If so, how often. How about skype? Just wondering how often we will get to communicate.

Comment by Anti M on January 3, 2015 at 7:54am: There are a number of A schools, one for almost every rating. HM, Hospital Corpsman, did move to TX, but there are many technical A schools still located at Great Lakes. What rating (job) is your son contracted for?

Comment by ReneePChef on December 29, 2014 at 10:46am: What day are your sailors going back to A School after holidays? January 4th or 5th? My son is confusing me.

Comment by diane on December 26, 2014 at 10:18pm: Hi MstD85 SHIP 12 DIV 48, we drove our sailor to her barracks every time we brought her back. The sailor needs to sit up front and show his ID at the gate when driving onto the base. Everybody else needs to have their ID also, just give all that to whoever is driving while waiting in the line of cars. Have a great time on PIR weekend, it is the most wonderful ceremony you will ever see. We were blessed to have gotten to go to 2 of them, our son last year in October and just this past August our daughter.

Comment by MsT on December 26, 2014 at 8:09pm: My son graduates BC on 12/31/14, he will be going to A school at GL. If I have a military ID, will I still need to drop him off at the gate when I return him each evening of liberty or can I take him closer to his barracks?

Comment by Bobbie on December 17, 2014 at 9:26am: As always, you were correct, Anti M! Leave approval and verbal orders all in one day! He was on cloud 9 yesterday :)

Comment by Anti M on December 16, 2014 at 2:24pm: Pretty good for a yes. They are just processing a lot right now.

Comment by Bobbie on December 16, 2014 at 12:31pm: Just throwing this out there in case anyone knows. My son had something wrong with his leave chit so it was denied. They allowed him to resubmit it last week and was told that it would probably be approved. He still has not heard if it was approved or denied. Since it's only a couple of days away, what are the odds that it's going to come through?