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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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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

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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 Annette GM3 Mom on March 27, 2012 at 8:46pm: indymom... that's what my sons contract says also. His PIR is 5/11

Comment by indymom on March 26, 2012 at 4:52pm: how long is GM A school,,my sons contract says 27 weeks? is that true

Comment by Annette GM3 Mom on March 23, 2012 at 6:19am: Thank you I just want to make sure that they didn't get more than the weekend typically. I was guessing with it right across the road that's what he would get.

Comment by Genbrit-GM GL on March 22, 2012 at 10:20pm: Annette, My son had to transfer to the A school side after graduation which took a few hours. I think we met him at about 3pm on the Friday. He got the rest of Friday, Saturday & Sunday. We picked him up pretty early each day, Saturday he called us at 6:30m to pick him up, ha!! ha!! and dropped him off at about 9 to 9.30pm each night. Sometimes I believe they may have duty one of the days but we were lucky.

Comment by Annette GM3 Mom on March 22, 2012 at 8:47pm: is there like an average time that GM's get leave for between BC and A school? I am trying to make plans and don't want to cut myself short if I don't have to.

Comment by Annette GM3 Mom on March 16, 2012 at 11:42pm: my son shipped to BC Tuesday 3-13... rate GM :) he seems pretty excited about it all. Just hope he stays that way

Comment by Mary on March 12, 2012 at 11:52am: My daughter is on hold, but excited to start A zchool as a GM.

Comment by kim ann on March 4, 2012 at 10:43pm: Congrats ladies on your sons, and coming in to the fold...GM is a great rate, and one they will love! Encourage your sons to doing well in A school, definately helps with their dream sheets...top of the class then down gets more options of where they go from GL. Good Luck and fair seas to your sons....

Comment by dawnl Ship 03 DIV 018 on March 4, 2012 at 4:59pm: Genbrit, my son is leaving the first of september. he's pretty excited. i hope my son takes after your son.....he does well in school when something interests him! i want him to do well!!

Comment by Genbrit-GM GL on March 3, 2012 at 3:34pm: Welcome dawnl - my son graduates from GM A school on Friday. He is really enjoying the school - which is great as he never really enjoyed studying before!!! Pics I have of him show him paying great attention, being serious and yet look as though he is enjoying it, ha!! ha!! Think it has something to do with learning the workings of the weapons. Does your son have a date for bootcamp yet???