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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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 beatrizm (Ship04 Div192) on February 25, 2011 at 1:02pm: Ashlove, while in A school they must live on ships (barracks). Once they are assigned to a post, then you can look into housing.

Comment by CarlyRae (ship12div034) on February 24, 2011 at 6:30pm: My finacee is in GM Aschool right now in GL. He said they told him it would take between 58-66 business days to complete it. I counted it out and it'll be about mid may for him

Comment by CarlyRae (ship12div034) on January 31, 2011 at 8:19pm: Hi everyone!

can someone tell me about GM shore duty? my sailor said its usually with riverines, seabees, and ....?!

also, is anyones sailor married and stationed overseas? if so, are they E4? above? below?

getting married in two weeks and tryin to find out all i can!!

thanks!

Comment by sondra on January 28, 2011 at 10:22pm: Pam - my son is on the Wisconsin! He is so excited about finally starting his classes!

ashlove - I am not sure if they can live off base while in A school. If I had to guess I would say probably not. But that would just be a guess on my part. I don;t think they get that choice until they get their permanent orders.

Comment by ashlove2317-GM C SCH. SAN DIEGO on January 28, 2011 at 1:40pm: My husband's PIR is 3-11-11 and he is going to A school for GM. He moves to his new barracks the day of PIR. GM A school is 27 weeks long. We both keep getting different answers on whether he will be able to live off base with me and our son.
Does anybody have any experience with this that can help me? I just want to know what to expect.
Thank you for your help!

Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on January 23, 2011 at 3:33am: Sondra, happy for your son. What ship is your son on? My son is on the Decatur.

Comment by sondra on January 22, 2011 at 12:52am: Whoo Hoooo my son finally classed up today! Gunners school look out!!!! lol

Comment by beatrizm (Ship04 Div192) on January 6, 2011 at 5:21pm: My daughter has been assigned to an amphibious landing ship, the USS Tortuga, based out of Sasebo, Japan. Does anyone else here have a sailor at Sasebo or maybe even on the USS Tortuga?

Comment by sondra on January 5, 2011 at 10:58pm: Pam, my son is on hold waiting for his gunners A school to start and is also interested in the Riverines. I am like you from what I have read and what he has told me it will make a mother worry. Just going to be supportive and keep telling myself that I have to let him grow up and pray, lots of prayers. I too am proud of my son and will be behind him in whatever he choses to do with his life. What I know is that there are 2 types of Riverines. One group stays on a river all the time and the other goes ashore to protect the marines.

Comment by PAM (GM MOM) on January 5, 2011 at 10:33pm: My son is in A school right now at GL. He is talking about after GM school wanting to be a Riverine and feels he has a good chance at this. Does anyone know much about the Riverines? I went on line and what I saw worries me. I am very proud of him and will be very proud of anything he does in the Navy but, this is my baby.