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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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GM Moms

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Group for Moms of Gunners Mates in A School or on Duty

Members: 212
Latest Activity: Feb 14, 2020

I thought it would be great to get a group together of people who have a Gunners Mate in training or one on duty. I hope we can all give each other a little insight as to what is in store for our Navy Men and Women!!

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Comment by momm2five (GM MOM) on September 3, 2013 at 10:50pm: Hello everyone!

Not quite a GM mom yet. My son leaves one month from today for basic. He will be a GM after that. Looking forward to getting to know you all!

Comment by ChristinaMarie (Ship 14/Div 298) on July 11, 2013 at 3:34pm: I am new here and my son has not left for GL yet, but he leaves July 29 and then will go to GM school there as well. Just looking for any info/advice on what to expect in this new "world" I am about to enter as a Navy Mom...

Comment by denise on May 24, 2013 at 8:22pm: BZ Ruth!

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on May 23, 2013 at 5:31am: Mine made GM1! (Petty Officer 1) He's worked hard and been in for nine years to finally make it.

Comment by denise on May 23, 2013 at 1:24am: My daughter made Petty Officer!

Comment by Annette GM3 Mom on March 13, 2013 at 11:49am: Hello all... it's been a while since I have been on here. Today is the anniversary of my son swearing in and going to GL. A lot has happened since then. At least I have traveled which is new for me. We went to San Diego in February for his graduation from "C" school. We were crazy and drov ehis truck to him from Florida. Nothing like a cross country drive. He is still excited about his job and what he does. He is on a CG stationed in San Diego. They just got out of the yard after having some work done. He is disappointed however that he has not been out to sea yet... after a year. Hopefully they will soon.

Comment by Gunnie430 on January 24, 2013 at 12:56am: To Dawn:

Yes this does happen from time to time. The reason being is that sometimes the classes get so full that they have to sometimes put people on hold. When this happens he/she will then sometime be put somewhere else on base as for kind of a hold job until they can get a class opening up for new people. For the GM's its not really that common but for the FC's they get put on hold all the time. Sometimes the jobs they will be doing is call facilities where they help out around the base cleaning up or shoveling snow. Just tell him/her to stay out of trouble cause when most people end up going on hold they tend to get into trouble because they have so much free time on their hands.

Comment by denise on January 24, 2013 at 12:43am: 3 months is a long time! Maybe meggs in this group can give some info. She is/was on of the instructors

Comment by Doreen-ProudNavyMom on January 12, 2013 at 4:55pm: Gunnei420 - Thanks for answering my questions!

Comment by Gunnie430 on January 10, 2013 at 10:05pm: Something else he might be able to do is get like 4 guys together that are living on the ship and get a 4 bedroom apartment. I know he wont be recieveing any housing allowance since you have to be at least an E-5 or married but if they do that then it is a lot better then staying on the ship. I dont know how much rent is out there for a 4 bedroom but some of the guys here did that and they only ended up paying $200 a month and then again splitting the utilities straight down the middle.