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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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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 Jacob94mom on January 29, 2015 at 3:29pm: Needing your wisdoms Anti M. My son graduates A school (ET) 2/20. He chose his next duty station on Tuesday. CVN 75 in Norfolk. He says however, he could go someplace else for C school first. Is this true or will he more then likely go to Norfolk for C school as well? Also, any clue as to when he will find this out?

Comment by Anti M on January 29, 2015 at 3:04pm: Apprentice Technical Training. About 9 weeks, it is an electronic prep school. Many ratings require it, so class up should be quick, although hard to tell with so many needing to finish it.

I was an ET, so was my husband, my acquired kid is one too. My nephew is a nuke on a sub. My Dad was Navy, three wars. My grandfathers were Navy and Marine in WWI. Yes, one!

Comment by mindyeus on January 29, 2015 at 12:30pm: Thank you Anti M!! He wasn't complaining at all, but I was curious since we really don't have any military people in our family that are still living :-)! What does ATT stand for?

Comment by Anti M on January 29, 2015 at 10:26am: Holds are a normal part of school, especially the longer ones. First he goes through ATT, the hold for that should not be too bad. Then he waits for ET A school, that may take a bit longer. They are always given a long estimate. He's going to be given work to do, he's paid fed and housed, so it could be worse. Tell him to hang in there.

Comment by mindyeus on January 29, 2015 at 9:55am: Hello everyone! My son graduated BC last Friday and now in GL A school. However, he is on hold status until enough ppl are available for his class...he will be an ET. Has anyone else experienced this? From the sounds of it, he will be on hold status for approx. 5 months!! Seems like a long time!!

Comment by ReneePChef on January 28, 2015 at 6:56pm: Drece: my son also received his orders last week and won't leave GL until Mid March. They told him pick a job on base so he is now working at the gym checking in sailors etc. So, your son will get some kind of job to do until then most likely.

Comment by Drece on January 28, 2015 at 6:30pm: Question: My son got his orders, but I don't really understand the lapses in time. What are they to do when they are detached from one activity, and the next one will not begin for 2 or 3 weeks?

Comment by MsT on January 27, 2015 at 3:08pm: If you are a member of Amazon Prime, you can use Amazon Pantry which delivers groceries and dry goods for a fixed shipping cost. I have used Amazon to ship items to my son at Great Lakes and so far he has received it by the arrival date.

Comment by JamariWilliamsMOM on January 27, 2015 at 2:28pm: Any one know if there is a grocery store that will deliver packages to the kids? I know he can go to the NEX, but I wanted to send him something fresh/local from us. THANKS! Love of Country Leads!

Comment by Bobbie on January 26, 2015 at 9:39pm: Thanks, Anti M. I think he's most concerned that he won't have the chance for the Japan orders again when he's healed. That was his first choice for orders since he joined DEP two years ago.