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:
Events
**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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
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Gas Turbine Systems Technician- Mechanical (GSM)
GSMs operate, repair and perform organizational and intermediate maintenance on mechanical components of gas turbine engines, main propulsion machinery including gears, shafts, and controllable pitch propellers; and assigned auxiliary equipment and propulsion control systems.
The duties performed by GSMs include:
•maintaining and repairing gas turbine engines and auxiliary equipment;
•working with blueprints, schematics, and charts;
•performing administrative procedures related to gas turbine propulsion system operation and maintenance;
•performing work area inspections;
•testing lubricating oil and distillate fuels for contamination, neutralization, and precipitation;
•operating standard test equipment;
•stopping engines and checking proper performance;
•replacing and adjusting operating tolerance of contacts, microswitches, relay switches, pressure switches and temperature switches;
operating electric plant control and main propulsion equipment;
•operating pumps, turning gear, air compressors, oil purification system, low pressure air dehydrators and engineering control systems;
•performing preventive maintenance on ship's fuel system and air system;
•maintaining sea water service system, waste drain system, oil purification system and manually operated valves;
•using hoisting and lifting devices and maintaining special tools;
maintaining and operating ship's service gas turbine generators and support systems;
•maintaining and controlling ship's service steam water chemistry;
•maintaining the controllable pitch propeller system.
Working Environment
Gas turbine systems technicians usually work in engine rooms or shops that may be hot and noisy aboard many types of modern ships. At shore, they may work at major repair or training facilities. Work is physical and analytical (trouble-shooting) for electronic components.
A-School (Job School) Information
Great Lakes, IL -- 8 weeks
ASVAB Score Requirement: VE + AR + MK + AS = 195 or VE + AR + MK + AO = 200
Security Clearance Requirement: None
Other Requirements
Must have normal color perception
Sub-Specialties Available for This Rating: Navy Enlisted Classification Codes for GS
Current Manning Levels for This Rating: CREO Listing
Note: Advancement ( promotion ) opportunity and career progression are directly linked to a rating's manning level (i.e., personnel in undermanned ratings have greater promotion opportunity than those in overmanned ratings).
Sea/Shore Rotation for This Rating
•First Sea Tour: 60 months
•First Shore Tour: 36 months
•Second Sea Tour: 60 months
•Second Shore Tour: 36 months
•Third Sea Tour: 48 months
•Third Shore Tour: 36 months
•Fourth Sea Tour: 48 months
•Forth Shore Tour: 36 months
Note: Sea tours and shore tours for sailors that have completed four sea tours will be 36 months at sea followed by 36 months ashore until retirement.
This is a sea-intensive community. Manning conditions at sea may require the need to request sea tour extension or shore tour curtailments to ensure all sea duty billets are filled.
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