Welcome to
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.

FIRST TIME HERE?

FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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

Add an Event

**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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
PDF – 2.7 MB
PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

Latest Activity

Navy Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

N4M Merchandise

Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.

Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.

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

Badge

Loading…

Get Badge

Norfolk Sailors - Family & Friends

Information

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: Apr 15

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.

Discussion Forum

View All

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of Norfolk Sailors - Family & Friends to add comments!

Comment by allie1928 on July 31, 2012 at 8:30am: Thank you ...I will send my son the link so he can register. Have a good day.

Allie

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 30, 2012 at 4:23pm: Sandra, hopefully knowing she's being taken good care of at the hospital will alleviate some of the stress on your DIL. Keeping you all in my prayers.

Allie, yes there are discounts available for purchase by those with military ID from the base MWR office.

Comment by allie1928 on July 30, 2012 at 3:07pm: Sandra, your family is in my prayers. Hope all goes well with baby.

Question: Does anyone know if there are military discount tickets for Busch Gardens VA...we are going to Norfolk towards end of August to see our Sailor just curious....if we can save a llittle $

Comment by pschip on July 29, 2012 at 11:45pm: Sandra I will be saying a prayers for both . Hope she get feeling better soon and all is well with the baby. Kept us posted

Comment by Joyce-Scott'sProud Mom on July 29, 2012 at 8:20pm: Claudia, The views from the bridge will out weigh the tunnel just make sure you have your sunglasses it can be somewhat blinding coming out of the tunnel depending what time of year and time of day.
If you are looking for other places to travel in and around the area when you get settled then if you do get to Chincoteague Island and then go to Annapolis you might like to stop on your way in St Michaels Maryland it is just a quaint town with shops, small museum, waterfront with some great places to eat. It is right off of Rte. 50. Another nice place to visit for a weekend would be to drive down to the Outer Banks, NC (Nags Head, etc.) Late spring or early fall after the summer people leave and before everything closes up for the winter. Most definitely you want to take a few days for DC to see things there and spend some time in Georgetown, a section of DC with night life and plenty of restaurants. You may want to consider if staying in the DC area for a few nights to look for a place off the Beltway even areas up in Bethesda, where the prices of rooms will be somewhat less than DC and you need to watch where you are there are some very rough areas of DC. Down around the Mall area is fine, Georgetown and I am sure others can tell you where you will be fine. It is a big move be prepared for a LOT of TRAFFIC once you get into Virginia and the DC area. It never stops!

I am not sure where you are moving from but it is an eye-opener for most especially if you are not use to driving in a major city or on expressways, highways. But you will get use to it. Just keep on moving then most will not honk and if you stay in the slower lane you will be fine. I use to live in the Phila. area and traveled a lot up and down 95 to DC and South Carolina before moving first to Charleston SC and then on down to Punta Gorda FL.Good luck you will be fine!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 29, 2012 at 2:29pm: Ugh is right, you just want to go stick 'em in the car and take them to the doctor, right?? "Duhhuh" had the best idea, the ER at NMCP is usually not very busy (knock on wood) and would be great care. If NMCP is where she'll be delivering, their L&D dept is great :)

Comment by Trevor's mom on July 29, 2012 at 2:28pm: Hi all, my son reports to Norfolk on Aug. 22 and will be on the USS Gonzalez. He received an email from his sponsor on board. Very exciting, I am driving to Norfolk from Dallas with him.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 29, 2012 at 12:42pm: gonavymom, that's so cool!! Can't wait to hear more about your trip :)

Welcome Proud Mom to our group! Lots of fun and good info here.

Sandra, there are lots of urgent care places in the area but also agree that Naval Medical Center Portsmouth's ER is a good idea.

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on July 28, 2012 at 11:49pm: portsmouth naval has an er

Comment by Joyce-Scott'sProud Mom on July 28, 2012 at 5:25pm: Hi there, our son is on Sea Duty out of Norfolk. Looking forward to being part of the group here. I reside in Punta Gorda FL. but hope to make a trip up when he returns so it will be nice to see what everyone recommends for the area in things to do. To AM Mom hope they feel better and are able to find a place to get checked out.