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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:
Events
**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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- 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
Discussion Forum
leave after A/C school-- orders are confusing
Started by MANDY. Last reply by Anti M Aug 16, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
What happens after ASchool?
Started by SailorMom18. Last reply by Phoenixmom Feb 13, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
BECC Info?
Started by adubz33. Last reply by SuBHuni34 Nov 29, 2018. 9 Replies 0 Likes
Comment Wall
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Comment by davesmom on September 1, 2011 at 7:29pm
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GSM A school at Great Lakes
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Comment by ruralnavymom on September 1, 2011 at 6:43pm
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My son is going to be starting A school in Great Lakes. Gasoline Turbine Mechanics. Is that at GL or Chicago?
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Comment by Kathy-3/235 on September 1, 2011 at 5:23pm
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Thank you Sandy's sailor son.
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Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on September 1, 2011 at 1:16pm
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Kathy,
In civilian terms a Chit is basically a signed permission slip. Sailors have to get one in order to go on leave and for host of other things.
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lj422-What is a chit?
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Comment by lj1422 (Josh's mom) on August 31, 2011 at 11:03pm
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Karen, it is on base..not exactly sure what it is called but someone should be able to tell them where it is. I know they need to get an itenerary before they turn in for there chit. I will try to get ahold of my son and ask him where it is on base. I remember him saying he had to walk all over the base to get the chit signed by everyone that needed to sign it.
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Comment by mattsmom/kts424 on August 31, 2011 at 10:01pm
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Hi guys, Hope all is well with all of you. I'm interested in finding out about C school in San Diego. Apparently Matt will be there for three months. Is currently ET and Asaid something about a new C school in IT??? Can anyone shed some light on this cryptic info? Happy Labor Day to All. Kathy
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lj422-thank you for the advice. Is Navy Travel a place on base or is there a phone number he should call?
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Comment by Anita n Ohio on August 31, 2011 at 9:13am
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Thanks again, Barb! I'm trying to get as much insight as I can :-)
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Comment by ProudGMBarb on August 30, 2011 at 10:55pm
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anita...you may have already joined...but there is an "undes" forum here that you probably will want to be part of and get all the undes scoop!
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