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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
...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
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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:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
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Ladies of VA
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I am living in VA with my sailor and would love to meet some friends in the area! I am a proud Navy wife. My hubby is stationed in Norfolk and we call Chesapeake home! Don't be afraid to introduce yourself!
Location: Norfolk VA
Members: 145
Latest Activity: Aug 30, 2017
Demographics
Statehood: June 25, 1788, the 10th state
Capital: Richmond
Total Area: 35th among states, 109,624 sq km (42,326 sq mi)
Water Area: 7,068 sq km (2,729 sq mi)
Highest Point: Mount Roger, 1,746 m (5,729 ft)
Total Population: 12th among states
2000 census - 7,196,750
2005 estimate - 7,567,465
Population Density in 2000: 66 people per sq km (170 per sq mi)
Distribution in 1990: 69% Urban, 31% Rural
Economy:
Gross State Product - $197.8 billion (1996)
Personal income per Capita - $26,172 (1997)
Largest cities in 2000:
Virginia Beach: 425,257
Norfolk: 234,403
Richmond: 199,184
Discussion Forum
Driver's license, car titles, etc
Started by LisaMB. Last reply by meagan5220 Aug 7, 2013. 7 Replies 0 Likes
How to make friends in a new place
Started by Cjohnsonusc. Last reply by rachz413 Jul 20, 2013. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Moving to va...near little creek, need help on housing, moving, and NEED FRIENDS lol...
Started by Yeisley. Last reply by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom Jul 30, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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Comment by ilovenick on March 17, 2010 at 11:24am
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Thank you everyone for all your suggestions with housing :)!! I am looking forward to our move there.. & finding a nice place of our own! We should all need to get together & meet :)! It would be very nice since we all know what each other is going through & we are all going to be living in the same area!!
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Hi everyone :) My fiance & I are about to be stationed in VA end of July, early Aug. I was wondering if anyone has some suggestions for good neighborhoods to live or nice apartments. He is actually going to be based at Oceania & I'm going to go to school in Norfolk so we were looking for somewhere in between..any ideas?
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Comment by aiRplane * on October 13, 2009 at 1:09am
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ya theres a food court at little creek a subway...rice king...and a McDonalds :) Sorry i saw someone asked a question.
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welcome to va beach..... :)
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You just have to really check the area out i know we looked at an apartment in norfolk it was beautiful but stuck in a badddd area.....Hamptons are good....Parts of Virginia Beach.....We lived in va beach 5mins from the beach and the drive was about 45mins to an hour depending on traffic... and now we live in the "new downtown va beach area " and its close to everything and the drives about 30mins to the base......If u look up any places and have names of roads id help you out cuz my husband knows it alot better than me.
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some of the apartments in Norfolk arent in such good areas.....john rather the commute to NOB . . and when he reported there alot of people at the command live in surrounding areas everyone has said its worth the drive which we agree.. :)
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some of the apartments in Norfolk arent in such good areas.....john rather the commute to NOB . . and when he reported there alot of people at the command live in surrounding areas everyone has said its worth the drive which we agree.. :)
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Yea we had deposit down on an apartment in Norfolk but we went down there at night and a few other times just wasnt a good idea so since we are used to VA beach we opted to stay here.....good luck on getting ur place :)
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Well thats good :) Ive seen some of the On base houing when we drove down there i know theres pro's and con's just like anything else... We never got a chance to really check it out :(
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Wish i could help but i know nothing about that.
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