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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.

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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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NEW YORK NAVY-MOMS

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For Moms of Sailors from New York, to talk and support each other, and share the info that we have about the "Navy Way of Life". We're waiting to hear from You! Join Us!

Location: Rochester, NY
Members: 145
Latest Activity: Feb 1, 2024

Hi My name is Vicki and I'm looking for Moms of Sailors from New York State. My son Kevin just graduated bc on May 16 - and is now in A-School in Groton, CT. Where is your son now? What Div - What Ship? - What School? How's it going with your Sailor?

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Comment by joyce on July 23, 2012 at 6:33pm: AndreBMom: read as much as you can on this site. It really helped me when Chris left for boot camp. At that time you will join the boot camp moms of your sons division. Also make sure if you can to attend graduation in April. It is an overwelming experience and you want to see your sailor after all those weeks. Happy to answer any questions you have

Comment by spontino on July 21, 2012 at 12:43pm: Hi Sue from Baldwin, I am Sue also, I live out east much further on LI. My son leaves Sept 6, and this my second son to join. My middle son went last year on Sept 6th!! I have some experience so if you have any questions I might be able to answer, I would love to help. I remember how I felt last year at this time, but I am much more at ease this time!! Good luck to your son...

Comment by jam's mom (Patty) on July 21, 2012 at 12:05pm: welcome AndrewB/mom Im from webster ny. I have 2 boys in. Good luck to him!!! One is a Nuke going in a sub soon. The other is a AG going to Japan for 3 yrs(UGH)!! He leaves in a few days.

Comment by AndrewB/Mom on July 21, 2012 at 10:30am: Hi Moms! I am Sue from Baldwin New York- Are there any Long Island Moms out there? So glad to join-this is all new to me! My son just joined this week and will be going to boot camp in February. Love to bond with everyone and get and give support! I am freaking out just alittle BUT he made his own choice to do this and so I must let my son go-its so hard! But I have to do it!!

Comment by joyce on July 20, 2012 at 7:14pm: Allie 1928: my son and daughter -in-law are both stationed in Norfolk. they are coming up in the begining of Aug for her baby shower. We will be going down the end of the month to help bring all the gifts. she is due in Oct so we will go again then. Have not made the trip yet but my son has been up here. Takes about 8 hours to NYC. We are in Queens

Comment by Newsubmom on July 20, 2012 at 8:22am: Allie1928, We usually take the Eastern route to Norfolk as we have been stopped in the DC traffic for hours. We aren't going to Williamsburg though....it wouldn't make sense if you are going that way. The C. Bay Bridge is a beautiful way to enter Va Beach and Norfolk is just a few miles away. Don't forget to go to downtown Norfolk and see the battleship and get a tour of the base. It's a fun city. The boardwalk at Va beach is wonderful too! Our son has lived there for almost 2 years....we visit whenever we can. It's a long one day trip but doable!

Comment by sammy1990 on July 17, 2012 at 9:57am: ours is! and we have a townhouse in Williamsburg, VA, so we get to see him pretty often. love the area very much. drive can be done in one day, but oie...that DC portion can be tough! it will be hot in August...carry water with u at all times! Busch gardens gives him free passes for the family....be sure to go.

Comment by allie1928 on July 17, 2012 at 9:44am: Hello New York Moms...our sailor is now in Norfolk, VA wondering if any of your sailors are stationed there? We hope to go down in August and spend a week ...we enjoyed having our son home when he was on leave....it was great family time:)...He looked fantastic!

Comment by Minette on June 19, 2012 at 6:19pm: To all my New York friends:

A Navy friend and mom Karen, needs help for her son Erik, a Corpsman, who needs a place to stay from July 1 through August either in Brooklyn NY or near train lines B,Q,N,R,A,C,F,2,3,4,5 in other boroughs that will stop near the school he will need to attend in Brooklyn, NYC College of Technology located on 300 Jay Street.

Erik needs a private room with a bed and a desk (if available) and his budget is 800 a month.

I have sent out invitations to a group called "Erik Needs a Room" so that if you have any info you can post on that page.

If anyone on my list knows someone in NYC, can you ask around so we can get Erik a room for July and August? I know his mama and she is a really sweet lady and her son is a responsible nice young man ;)

Thanks for anything you can do for Erik. Will send more info privately if you need it. Here is the link:

http://www.facebook.com/events/403661813008943/

Comment by allie1928 on June 14, 2012 at 6:40am: Hi Jam's Mom...wow JAPAN! I was talking to my sailor and he said Japan is beautiful...He doesn't really care where he gets to go he just wants to come home for a few days...if possible. been away for 6 months. Our Sailor is doing well hope yours is too!