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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

Events

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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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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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 Kerry on July 15, 2012 at 9:03am: I am trying to rent a place in Buckroe Beach, is that nice? It won't be so far.

Thanks Colleen, I will stay off 95.

Comment by Colleen in PA on July 15, 2012 at 7:46am: The navy lodge is great and they allow dogs. You do have to get your son to register you as non navy can't stay there and we have to have Nathan check us in, this was almost 2yrs ago when my daughter got back from deployment.

Comment by Colleen in PA on July 15, 2012 at 7:43am: We also avoid I 95 when we go down to visit. Traffic on that road is horrible. We take 695S to 97S to 3/301S to 17S then pick up 64S. I printed out the directions and put them in a plastic folder because the tomtom wants to put us on 95. It takes longer to program it to avoid certain roads, I usually do that while hubby is driving but he knows the way now!

Comment by Colleen in PA on July 15, 2012 at 7:34am: ProudNavyMom, the tunnel is on the main road into Norfolk (I 64) and traffic backs up at certain times of the day like rush hour, sat. mornings when people want to go to the beach, when there is an accident...

Comment by Colleen in PA on July 15, 2012 at 7:28am: Clamom, my daughter lives near Ghent. She, her fiance and my son share a house. It is a very nice area and about 15 min from base. Her fiance lived in an apartment in Ghent before they rented the house togo and she lived in the 2nd floor of a old victorian style house 2-3 miles from Ghent the first yr they were there. I helped her move to the house in Oct/Nov 2011 and my son got stationed there Dec. 2011 I believe they found the places on Craig's list. Lindsay arrived in Norfolk 2 yrs. She and Ian are officers and my son is enlisted

Comment by Colleen in PA on July 15, 2012 at 7:19am: CindyH, I went to BC3 too! I have an AAS in computer scienceand business mg't. It is definately a small small world at times!

Comment by Joann M on July 14, 2012 at 7:55pm: Hello I'm moving next month to va! So happy

Comment by Proud Navy Mom of Two Sailors on July 14, 2012 at 4:34pm: Hi ladies, I am from Camp Hill, PA and my son is in Norfolk. To CLAMOM: We just went to see him and we stayed at the Navy Lodge. VERY nice! I am not familiar with the tunnel? What us that?

Comment by Kerry on July 14, 2012 at 12:09pm: My friend takes us to Raystown Lake. Gorgeous.

Comment by Kerry on July 14, 2012 at 10:04am: York, PA! I have a good friend there and travel there quite a bit. My son is in Newport News and we are thinking of staying in Hampton when we visit to be closer. Anyone familiar with this area? It looks pretty. VA Beach looks kind of far from Newport News.