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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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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.

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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.

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Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 26, 2012 at 1:43pm: Claudia, you must really love him! :) Well at least in the 264 tunnel everyone's traveling the same way, it's the others where trucks are passing you going the other direction that can seem a little dicey :) How cool for you to move there, I love the area!

I was just in Norfolk, and there's another day's drive that's great - take the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel ($12 toll) north - it's 2 hours to Chincoteague Island of "Misty of Chincoteague" fame and has a great beach. Another 2 hours north and you're at Annapolis, MD! From the picturesque Town Dock you can walk right into the U.S. Naval Academy, tour the museum and gift shop, and have lunch downstairs at Dahlgren Hall (sandwiches, pizza, salads).

You can stop halfway across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and walk out onto the pier, a great place to see our Navy ships head to sea when they deploy from Norfolk. THere's a restaurant, too. Just north of the bridge on the left is a turnoff to the little town of Cape Charles, nice beach on the bay.

Comment by claudia on July 26, 2012 at 1:21pm: moving to norfolk next month to be near my son...can't believe we re doin this...i really hate tunnels..lol

Comment by TraceJ on July 26, 2012 at 12:28pm: Hey all! Excited to be going to visit our Sailor in Norfolk tomorrow! First time visiting him on a base. Last time seeing him before he leaves for Japan in a few weeks.

Comment by BEVERLY (kyles mom) on July 26, 2012 at 8:33am: hello ladies. There is a young family that needs help. From my understanding the father had to have emergency back surgery and they have 3 kids and no family in Norfolk. The mother needs help with getting food and child care. if there is anyone that can help PLEASE let me know. Thanks and God Bless

Comment by Stephanie on July 25, 2012 at 8:05pm: Oh okay, thanks very much Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom! This is all new to me, my boyfriend's first long deployment!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 25, 2012 at 7:46pm: Hi and welcome Stephanie! Yes, you need to be accompanied by someone with a military ID to get on the Norfolk base. For homecomings, arrangements are made for family members, contact your Ombudsman and they'll explain.

Comment by Stephanie on July 25, 2012 at 6:51pm: Hi everyone, I'm new to this group and have never been to Norfolk before. My boyfriend is currently deployed on the USS Eisenhower and I want to be there when he comes back, which will be awhile, but I would like to know ahead of time if I would need a military I.D. to get onto the Norfolk base? I know some bases only need I.D.'s, doesn't necessarily need to be a military I.D. Thank you!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 25, 2012 at 6:32pm: PS when you drive north on 95 to DC it's so easy to sight-see - you cross the 14th St bridge over the Potomac and land right at the museums on the Mall - Smithsonian, Natural History, American HIstory, Air and Space, National Gallery of Art; and the Washington Monument and the Capital; and the White House is nearby. The only challenge can be parking :)

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 25, 2012 at 6:29pm: DC is worth the drive and it's a straight shot at least; watch for and use the HOV lanes if available during your drive time. If you want to stay overnight reasonably, try Springfield or Woodbridge on I-95 about 20 miles south of DC and outside the heaviest traffic. In Norfolk, the Navy Lodge doesn't have a pool, but you're close to Virginia Beach, and there's lots to see and do in Norfolk - Nauticus and the USS Wisconsin, the Zoo, the Aquarium. If your sailor can get you on base, Little Creek has a nice beach too. Stop at Doumar's in Norfolk on Monticello for BBQ and ice cream - a true drive-in and a landmark!

Comment by bahkmom09/86 on July 25, 2012 at 8:22am: Another area to check out is Fredericksburg, VA....it is halfway between Richmond and DC. There is a very nice historical area with shopping and resturants and historical sites. We live very near Fredericksburg and have worked in DC...that is how I am VERY familiar with the traffic in the area! :)