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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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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 June 8, 2010 at 9:40am: Savannah was doing the human flag thing, too, says she is nice and pink (didin't use sun screen), but has a killer watch tan.

Comment by Kay(Daughter is a gunners mate) on June 7, 2010 at 8:27pm: I bet they were picking them together. She joked that there was going to be a "secret op" to go buy some weed killer! So he just started GM school? Taryn was pretty sure she would start this week and now she hasn't. I don't think she has been away from home long enough to really appreciate coming home for a visit, so maybe there is a reason for the delay:) I really think the Navy in general has been really good for her. She has really blossomed. .

Comment by Kay(Daughter is a gunners mate) on June 7, 2010 at 6:50pm: My daughter is still complaining about the hold time. She finished ATT school last Monday. Now she is learning to make a human flag. Before ATT school, she did a lot of weeding, etc. She just wants to get going on her chosen career. No leave until they are done with school or know for sure when they will start. It kind of leaves them in limbo. I'm glad I read all the good info here before she finished boot camp. Of course she thought I was crazy when I told her it may be a year before she was done with school. I hope she gets to start soon.

Comment by beatrizm (Ship04 Div192) on June 7, 2010 at 11:38am: Hello, all, my daughter just finished boot camp, PIR was May 21, and is now on hold waiting to get to A school for GM. Any suggestions, explanations, etc. of what they are going through at this stage would be helpful, since I am really new to this. She was told the wait for A school could be up to a year. Does that sound right?

Comment by Joanie Tyler's Mom(133 Bees) on June 3, 2010 at 4:48pm: Tyler passed the exam is now GM3....He's doing good in the desert...can't wait for the next 7 1/2 weeks to pass so he can be back in the USA!
Robyn: Congrats to Michael on GM3 also. Way to go!

Comment by Kay(Daughter is a gunners mate) on June 3, 2010 at 1:37pm: I believe Taryn starts GM school this week:) Yay!!! ATT school is done. I'm excited to see what her future brings.

Comment by Kay(Daughter is a gunners mate) on May 8, 2010 at 12:47pm: I love reading the stories and up dates on here. It is more information than I get from my daughter:) She graduated boot camp on February 2nd and she is now in AT school? She said she is learning things that have "nothing" to do with being a GM, but that is what she said about college too. No date yet on when she starts her official school. I know for awhile she was picking dandelions every day to give them something to do before school started. She is having the time of her life and that is exciting for me. When I texted her this morning, they were at a hotel and headed to 6 Flags for the day. She would have been sitting here watching TV all day if she hadn't joined. Life is good for my sailor daughter:) and her Mom!

Comment by murphy on May 5, 2010 at 7:13am: Hello everyone I just wanted to say hello and can't wait to talk to you fellow mom's of our fine sailors.

Comment by Joanie Tyler's Mom(133 Bees) on April 28, 2010 at 2:36pm: Thanks Becky(Jake'sMamma). Good luck to your son during bootcamp. Enjoy the wild ride!

Comment by Joanie Tyler's Mom(133 Bees) on April 27, 2010 at 5:52pm: Tyler is en route to the desert for a few months. It's been great to have him so close to home for the last 3 months. Can't wait for him to get back.