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Navy For Moms

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.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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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Graduation Info
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Navy.com Para Familias

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 Kay(Daughter is a gunners mate) on November 11, 2010 at 12:53am: The pictures were so cool! Thanks for sharing. My GM daughter is on the USS John Stennis:)

Comment by Hailey0990 on November 10, 2010 at 11:56pm: The USS Wayne E. Meyer pulled back into San Diego today. I just wanted to share my pictures with all. I was in the right spot at the right time. My fiance is on the USS Ronald Reagan, but here you go!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2050324&id=1300560333&...

Comment by sondra on October 8, 2010 at 7:12pm: Thanks Gary! I don't have any at the moment but I am sure I will very soon! lol My son just moved over to A school 2 days ago!

Comment by Joanie Tyler's Mom(133 Bees) on October 8, 2010 at 3:17pm: GaryT: Any experience with paying your own way to a temporary training school, then being reimbursed...see my comment below regarding Tyler please...Tyler says he has to pay his own way, then wait for reimbursement or use government credit card....do you know what government credit card entails?

Comment by Joanie Tyler's Mom(133 Bees) on October 8, 2010 at 3:39am: Katieliz: It''s some specialized training that is required for some GMs on deployable battalions. Tyler is attached to a Seabee Unit....His superior, GM1, is also going for this training. His recruiter, GM1, also had this training last year when he was attached to a Seal team. His workmates, also GMs, told him there usually is a reimbursement, but it would come appx 2-4 months later. One GM said he was never reimbursed for these expenses.

Comment by Freier4 on October 7, 2010 at 10:05pm: My son's GM training has been delayed, not sure what all the reasons are but my guess is that it'll start 11/1 once he's done with "ATT". Not sure what that is either, all these new acronyms to learn...

Comment by Joanie Tyler's Mom(133 Bees) on October 7, 2010 at 9:10pm: Tyler's headed to Crane, IL for small arms school in about a week...I know school is about 2 weeks long...anyone have any info on cheap place to stay or info on trip. He says he has to pay for gas, hotel and food himself.

Comment by sondra on October 6, 2010 at 6:52pm: Hello ladies! My son moved over to A school at Great Lakes today for GM! Already I have so many questions!! lol I hope he gets to have his phone soon so he can call! Hope to form great relationships and find many friends for this long ride!

Comment by beatrizm (Ship04 Div192) on October 4, 2010 at 4:02pm: Sunny, thank you so much for the link! I had looked on the Navy web site, but hadn't found anything. This really helps; sounds like what she told me, though she boiled it down to something along the lines of "we deploy with the Marines and we tell them where to park." hehehe