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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.
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:
**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:
**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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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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.
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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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allie1928, my son has his own car on base. We just put him on our insurance and he's saving about $150 (he has two cars and we are driving one of them). He's only 23. When he gets deployed, I'll be going out there to drive it back home to Texas. He's still on our cell plan also. $50/mo on the family plan as opposed to $200 plus his buddies are paying with their own plans. They don't make that much, so we help out where we can. He still pays but he pays us.
allie1928, he can take the car but cannot store it on base if deployed w/o a power of attorney. He will have plenty of notice before then though so no worries! And the insurance is cheaper even after age 21 in your name!
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@Cmyhero - cross rating all depends on the current rate, demand, how much training they've already been given, etc. My son wanted to crossrate but they won't let him. He spent a year and a half training for his rate. Not many in his rate anyway so they want to keep who they've trained.
Thank you Penny & Marcy for the information. Much appreciated - I was stressing about the car thing - have enough stress don't need anymore.....Have a good day ladies....Thanks
I believe the notarized letter is all you need, plus registration and insurance - perhaps best to call the Pass and ID office to get the final word: 757-322-2978.
Hello.....I am trying to find out if my son can take his car on base in Norfolk Va if it is registered to his dad....Title is in my son's name but registered to my husband because insurance is much cheaper .....plan on getting his own insurance when he turns 21.....i read on here that all we need is a notarized letter giving him permission to drive the car...but not sure if that is true for Norfolk VA base or not?? any help would be appreciated we plan on driving the car down to him next week .....thanks
Are they're any wives here who's husbands are on the Normandy? We're new here and hoping to meet some new friends :)
Morning...we have stayed at Navy Lodge in Great Lakes & Pensacola and have reservations for Norfolk VA this month.....always been happy there not real fancy but its clean & affordable & kind staff! Always had a pleasant stay at Navy Lodge! Price is great - no taxes or surcharges of any kind.
Thank you all so much!
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