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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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.

Weather - Norfolk

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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 Northwoodsmom on January 23, 2024 at 5:35pm: Chipmunk mine is out to sea somewhere. Haven't heard from him yet and he didn't send his address so I wait.

Comment by Chipmunk on January 23, 2024 at 1:14pm: Good Morning !! How is the Norfolk crew doing? I know our sailors are warmer than I am! Maybe not be much but a little bit warmer.

Comment by Chipmunk on November 3, 2023 at 11:36am: TIME Change reminder!!!

Happening this weekend! We FALL back!!

Comment by Chipmunk on October 31, 2023 at 11:09am: B'sNukeMom has posted this information -

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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on October 26, 2023 at 2:27pm

Comment by Gigi on October 26, 2023 at 9:58am: Thank you Chipmunk- will send you a private message

Comment by Chipmunk on October 26, 2023 at 9:06am: Gigi - This is the link to the FB ombudsman group page - (4) USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER (IKE) FAMILY OMBUDSMAN GROUP | Facebook - It appears that they do have 5 ombudsman but I don't know if they have a different one for various departments or not.

I don't recall if I shared this information privately with you or not - but here is their official website - CVN 69 (navy.mil) - Hmm, it looks like the link on that page is not working but I had the other one propagate.

Here is the public FB page - (4) Facebook and there is some contact information on that one - but not ombudsman.

Did your sailor give you their ship email address? This is the primary thing you need to get vetted with the ombudsman.

Comment by Chipmunk on October 26, 2023 at 8:54am: Gigi - I don't know that there is a separate ombudsman for the Nuke (reactor department) division. Generally, there is just one or two ombudsmen for the entire ship. Do you have the contact information for that ombudsman?

Comment by Gigi on October 25, 2023 at 5:14pm: Thank you Chipmunk :) Love and prayers to all on board and their families

Can anyone hook me up on the Ombudsman of Ike for the Nuke sailors/division? Thank you in advance