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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

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**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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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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Norfolk Sailors - Family & Friends

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For families and friends of Sailors who are stationed at Norfolk; for either Sea Duty or Shore Duty Sailors. Just make sure to keep OPSEC issues in mind and not disclose ship movements in advance.

Weather - Norfolk

Members: 1314
Latest Activity: May 12

RED CROSS CONTACT INFO:

In the event of an emergency within the sailor’s family, where you feel the sailor must be notified and considered for Emergency Leave, you must notify the American Red Cross through the national headquarters in Washington, DC (1-877-272-7337) or via their website www.redcross.org.

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Comment by John and Yvonne on July 1, 2014 at 7:35pm: AOnavymomTN and juliw,

plea se check out our website to see the activities we do with the sailors who come over on the weekends. (if you go to our page on navy4moms our website address is there. Enjoy your visit here and give us a call if you have time. I can give you our cell number if you pm us.

Yvonne

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 1, 2014 at 7:17pm: There is! I started it in 2010, it has lots of good suggestions by members. http://navyformoms.com/group/norfolksailorsfamilyfriends/forum/topi...

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on July 1, 2014 at 6:54pm: Also anytime anyone has a neat place to add on they can.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on July 1, 2014 at 6:54pm: maybe there should be a discussion about places to visit and eat and stay when visiting Norfolk. there is one like that for the Nuke school in Goose Creek, SC. Then when you are headed that way you can look for things there and not have to ask.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on July 1, 2014 at 6:11pm: My sailor recommends,,,Y-nots and a place called Taste.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 1, 2014 at 5:04pm: Some of the places I like on a visit - In Norfolk, Charlie's American Cafe is a classic hole in the wall for breakfast and lunch, Tom Hanks even ate there while they were filming "Captain Phillips." Press 626 is a cool cafe and wine bar in an old house. Fair Grounds for coffee, also in an old house. Doumar's Drive In for a barbecue sandwich and a shake - a landmark that's been there forever, and they come to the car :) On the Portsmouth side, Still is amazing for tapas and cocktails, tucked away and down a few steps like a speakeasy :) I always try to go there on a visit.

Comment by AOnavymomTN on July 1, 2014 at 4:42pm: Thank you all for giving me great information! If ya'll think of anything else, please pass it on. :)

Comment by juliw on July 1, 2014 at 4:13pm: Hi everyone! I've been following this post for a few days and just wanted to share with AOnavymomTN that I'm going to Norfolk this weekend also! How exciting! This is my first visit as well so it will most definitely be a learning experience. Marcy - you have tons of great information! Thank you for sharing! Anybody have a great hole-in-the-wall place to eat that they'd like to share?

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 1, 2014 at 4:08pm: If he's off duty he can wear civilian clothes. Sponsors run the gamut, which makes me crazy. My son's a sponsor and really enjoys the responsibility. Keep an eye on the weather for the weekend and the storm that's developing - http://www.wvec.com/weather - but looks like you'll be ok. The base bus tour is really interesting, for both you and your son: https://www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrma/installations/ns_norfolk/ab...

Comment by AOnavymomTN on July 1, 2014 at 3:51pm: Marcy, one more question (I promise), this weekend, when we go on base, to go on his ship, does my son need to wear his uniform? Or civi's? I would ask him to ask his sponsor, but like I said, she's not very responsive to these types of questions.