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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

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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

Members: 1314
Latest Activity: Dec 6

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 Proudkmom on June 21, 2012 at 11:19pm: kk-thanks so much. We are so looking forward to seeing our son. Glad you had a good trip. Was there anything special you did in that area that you would recommend?

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on June 19, 2012 at 9:12pm: If anyone in this group lives within driving distance to New Port Richey FL (surrounding areas include Holiday, St Petersburg, Clearwater etc I will be there on vacation and I am going to have a get-together for all of my navy Mom friends who would like to join us on Wednesday afternoon/evening. I will have goodies/food and we can all sit around (or in if you prefer) the pool and just have a fun time getting to know each other and talking about our recruits and Sailors. If anyone is in that area and would like to join us please send me an email and let me know. My hubby will be away on a fishing trip and we were gonna do it Monday because he wants to be there but that is our 1st wedding anniversary <3 So, I would love to have you join me and others and you will get to meet my Sailor as well :-) The date is Wednesday June 27th. If you would like to meet but that afternoon or evening isn't good for you let me know and we will set up a another time while I am there :-) I am so excited to meet some of my navy Mom friends!!! My email is uniquememorymakers@yahoo.com

Comment by Proudkmom on June 19, 2012 at 7:21pm: Thanks Marcy. That is good to know. We have never been there before. We are really looking forward to seeing our son. He hasn't been home since Christmas so we are excited.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on June 19, 2012 at 7:06pm: The Navy Lodge is close to the Norfolk base, but there are hotels closer to Little Creek, so he may prefer one or the other. By the way, the Little Creek base has its own beach, very nice! Also its own movie theater and NEX, though not like the big one at Norfolk :)

Comment by Proudkmom on June 19, 2012 at 6:49pm: kk-that does look like a nice place. We are planning to Norfolk/Little Creek to visit our son in about a month. Maybe we should check into staying there. We have been looking for something close by.

Comment by Margee' on June 17, 2012 at 6:44pm: I have a son aboard the USS Enterprise. Red Ripper-Aimd- CPO. A couple of Moms were asking if any one on this ship?

Comment by diannep on June 17, 2012 at 6:08pm: navymom: My son was assigned to his ship in May 2010 and his orders were to remain with that ship until Nov 2013--when his enlistment was completed. He went to bootcamp Nov 2009.

Comment by navymom2011 on June 16, 2012 at 9:12pm: Thanks Marine Navy Mom, yes, I have joined the IWO group

Comment by navymom2011 on June 16, 2012 at 10:02am: Thank you Diannep!

Comment by diannep on June 16, 2012 at 10:00am: Yes, navymom. He should be assigned to that ship for the duration of his enlistment contract. If the ship moves within his enlistment contract period, he would go with it.