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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

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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.

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Follow this link for 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 Kay(Daughter is a gunners mate) on April 13, 2010 at 3:06pm: I think she is going stir crazy already. She wants to get to a ship that she knows that she will be at for awhile. I think the unknown is what is hard. There are a lot of 920 sailors there with her at Great Lakes so at least she has friends to do things with. Seriously I read through this whole site and it seems some of them don't get done for almost a year. I think Taryn said her orders said that she had a graduation date of October 5th? We will see:)

Comment by Kay(Daughter is a gunners mate) on April 13, 2010 at 1:35am: Wow...2 months waiting to start school? My daughter had PIR on 4/02 and she is already getting restless to get started. So the ATT school is first? How long does that take, or is that the one that is computer taught and you just go at your own pace?
Afghanistan? Wow....May God Bless and take care of all of our Sailors!

Comment by Vivian and Glen H. on April 1, 2010 at 7:11pm: Kayzfam - congratulations on PIR and being able to be there. We too went out a couple days early (it was over New Years weekend in 09) and just relaxed, "did Chicago" and hung out. It was a fantastic weekend after the emotional roller coaster of boot camp. Enjoy.

Comment by Kay(Daughter is a gunners mate) on March 31, 2010 at 7:49pm: We are at the Ramada Waukegan now and so excited for Friday. The hotel is interesting:) I read through from page 1 like suggested on here and it seems they do the school differently now so sailors get out of Great Lakes sooner? I think for my daughter, anything but bootcamp is good with her! They still get paychecks and that makes her happy. I can't believe I am 10 minutes from base and my daughter and we can't see or talk to her until Friday:(
I can't wait to brag about PIR. Taryn is carrying our WA state flag so it will be really easy to spot her. So close and yet so far. We brought her cell phone for the weekend. I feel like calling it just to hear the familiar ring.

Comment by J from O on March 31, 2010 at 12:29pm: Our son was in GL two days shy of a year. It was too long for him but... He is happy now so this too shall pass is the name of the game.

Comment by Vivian and Glen H. on March 29, 2010 at 6:39pm: The waiting during indoc, SCC. ATT and GM Aschool can be tough. They end up waiting for weeks for the next stage to begin. But eventually that's over and they get assigned to a unit and get to do what they trained to do. Our son was in GL for 10 months from the beginning of boot camp to the date when he shipped out to Norfolk.

Comment by Bill S. on March 24, 2010 at 12:00pm: kayzfam
follow this link and read all the posts and every question you have probably has been asked and answered. It is part of N4M and is GM specific. Hope this helps. Bill
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/askthesdc/forum/topics/gunners-mat...

Comment by Kay(Daughter is a gunners mate) on March 24, 2010 at 11:13am: My daughter should be headed to Gunners Mate A school at Great Lakes on 4/03. Since we have had 1 call, 4 weeks ago, I don't know if the grad and go after graduation allows her to spend the weekend with us? Anyone??? It's also her 22nd birthday the 4th, so I sure hope so! Letters are mostly spent talking about being sick and the run killing her:)