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Navy For Moms

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

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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

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 WandaG on April 28, 2011 at 5:31pm: Thanks Cat!

Well, my daughter got a call today from her recruiter. Mon, May 2nd she will be going in to wrap up final enlistment paperwork and Wed, May 4th she will be returning to MEPS to select her rating and to swear in!!!! We are so pumped! Hooyah!!!

Comment by sboli1 on April 28, 2011 at 10:51am: Good Morning All, Hope this rainy day finds you well. The last few days have been great to be outside. My son (In DEP) is going on his 1st ocean swim friday he is sooooooo exicted. Geez is he pumped :)

Comment by sboli1 on April 28, 2011 at 10:44am: Hi Cat, Soooooo happy for you and your son. Call me at work when your free. Im here and moving alone.

Comment by Cat(Mom of an AO) on April 28, 2011 at 8:12am: Good Morning, Wow! I am so excited to see the NY group so active. I have been poping in since last year and it has been so slow.

My sailor (son) is home! I am one happy mama. It seems like the good ole days except now I am dealing with a grown man. He is still my goofball but it is so impressive to see he so independant and strong. Hi Sboli, Wanda, Mrs Tina, angie, joyce. Glad to hear all the good news about your deppers, and sailors.

My son will be here another week and then he is off to VA. He is an AO aviation ordenancemen. OK, gotta run- so much to do and dont want to miss anytime spent with my boy! Sue, I will call you in a bit. Its kinda early so I want to give you a chance to settle in at work.

Comment by sboli1 on April 26, 2011 at 12:04pm: Good Morning all - Hope everyone had a great Easter :) Well my son is working out like a beast he was so happy last nite he swam 1 min faster and did 6 more push ups/pull ups.

Cat, cant wait to hear about homecoming. Call me if you see this message.

Comment by WandaG on April 25, 2011 at 9:01pm: Thanks for the clarification Angie, Mrs Tina Pratt and Joyce :o)

Congratulations, Mrs Tina Pratt on your son's achievements!!! That is awesome:o)

Comment by joyce on April 25, 2011 at 6:15pm: aviation technician. He actually will be a calibaration tech. He will be calibrating instruments or machines( i think) for airplanes. He seems to like it so that is what counts.

Comment by Angie (Dan's Mom) on April 25, 2011 at 11:36am: Wanda there is a great explanation here http://www.navyformoms.com/group/ctratemoms/forum/topics/ct-rate-de...

However Im still trying to figure it out...its all top secret and my son says there is only so much he can tell me LOL