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

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:

RTC Graduation

**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.

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GM Moms

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!!

Discussion Forum

GM Sailors birthday

Started by Mamma073 Feb 14, 2020. 0 Replies

A school

Started by TravelMomma!. Last reply by Mamma073 Feb 14, 2020. 3 Replies

A school

Started by Carlsmom. Last reply by Carlsmom Sep 27, 2017. 6 Replies

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Comment by Elizabeth on February 1, 2016 at 8:45am
Hello everyone! I am new to this group, my fiancé just graduated boot camp on Friday and is starting his first day at A School today, he has indoctrination soon. I was just trying to estimate when he will be done with school, I know he said indoctrination is this week and then he starts ATT for 4 weeks, which means he may start A School Feb 29th. My question is, do the 4 weeks for ATT count as part of the 27 weeks in A School for GM? Thank you for any help!!
Comment by NavyMom2014 on November 13, 2015 at 7:05pm

Our GM is done with school (for now anyway) and shipped out on November 2nd on his first deployment!!

Comment by KTP (Kim) on November 13, 2015 at 4:31pm

my GM is in A School in GL and he just classed up, so glad the wait is over !

Comment by Huggybear on September 29, 2015 at 10:59am

Navymom0812, That is great my sailor never wore watches. Got him one after PIR an he is happy he has it. He wears it all the time. Enjoy your PIR weekend with him! It will be amazing. {NMH}

Comment by navymom0812 on September 28, 2015 at 1:38pm

I got my son a G Shock watch and it is water proof to 200 meters.  I think he will like it.  I can give it to him next week and I can't wait!  His PIR is 10/9 and he will stay in Great Lakes for GM school.  :)  

Comment by FlBroomie on September 2, 2015 at 7:56am

My son is a GM and he bought a G Shock also right after BC.He forgot he was wearing it and wore it in the pool. His was not water proof so no more watch . If he is used to carrying around a cell phone then make sure you get waterproof in what ever you buy

Comment by Huggybear on September 1, 2015 at 3:29pm

Navymommia, I got mine a G Shock watch. We bought it at the nex so he could pick it out. He didn't want one at first but realized that he can't carry his phone while in uniform. Needs to know what time it is when he has duty.

Comment by navymommia on September 1, 2015 at 9:52am
My sr is in bc. I am wanting to get him a watch for graduation before a school. Do gm wear them? If so which kind is best.
Comment by nurse and mom of a navy sailor on April 5, 2015 at 12:30am

My boy is set to graduate next friday the 10th. GM is what he is doing. So glad someone pointed me to this group

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on March 24, 2015 at 3:36pm

Ethan's Mom, there's a discussion above called "Gunners Mate...what is it?"  Even though it's almost seven years old, the information is still helpful.  My son has been a GM for close to ten years probably. In that time, he's been sent to Afghanistan twice, but that isn't likely to happen anymore.  Recently, he went to Africa for less than a week.  He's been sent for additional training in....you'll never guess.....Indiana!  Crane is one of the largest naval bases that few people know about.  In the middle of nowhere!  His career has had ups and downs, but every job has that whether civilian or military.  I think he continues to love the rate. 

 

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