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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

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Latest Activity: Jan 13

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 Sandy's_sailor son on March 5, 2012 at 1:38am: Anyone's Sailor on the USS Gonzalez?

Comment by arlene40 on February 29, 2012 at 4:19pm: Irene12, please make sure you are in a good area for my grandson was transferred there and they arrived the week a horrible storm hit and they had one day to find a house before mandatory evacuations were in place... so they leased a house there in Norfolk, that was the first of Sept. they left the city and returned a week later when their things arrived from San Diego and got moved in and on Thanksgiving packed the car and came home for thanksgiving and returned to find all their valuables and nice pieces of electronics, furniture all stolen from their home. Someone must have watched them packing up to leave out coming home etc. The place they discovered after getting moved in was in a very undesirable neighborhood etc. But had to purchase everything they needed again. Was able to get out of the lease and moved into a gated apartment complex in Virginia Beach. You really check close around where you are moving in Norfolk... it is my understanding that there is lots of crime areas there... of course there is in every city, you just have to check and make sure you are not moving into that area. But stationed in Norfolk, you really need a vehicle to get you around the area, base etc.

Comment by sailormom on February 28, 2012 at 11:33pm: Anyone from uss Cole?

Comment by Jeffsmom1380 on February 28, 2012 at 8:20pm: Saw my son over Washington's birthday weekend! His bachelor housing is nice! Soon getting married & moving hopefully to Suffolk. He is actually in Newport News working on his sub being built! I miss him already!

Comment by lorriemi navy mom x2 on February 28, 2012 at 12:04am: got to visit on 11feb short but great to see my sailor

Comment by Margee' on February 26, 2012 at 6:21pm: No Problem: it is very confusing, but he will get a ship as well & what he's training for on that ship. His work might be miles away form the ship-but he still has to answer to it and its needs.. Good Luck San Diego is beautiful.Margee'

Comment by Margee' on February 23, 2012 at 7:33pm: MOMOFBP: my son is detached From the Enterprise but thats still his ship. He goes out on deployments when they need him. He works at a hanger as a AIMD (fixing engines of planes & helecopters). Sometimes they fly them to & from the ship,last deployment he came home with the ship. It depends what he is training for that he is detached., but whatever ship is out there in San Diego that will be his ship.

Comment by ShortBecky on February 23, 2012 at 1:58pm: Lorraine, I am from Southern Illinois, Not too far from Ky. Have a good time it is nice out there.

Comment by lorraineld on February 23, 2012 at 6:35am: ShortBecky, Yes I think we should stay in touch. My daughter is on the Porter. Where are you from? I am from Ky. I am going over on Mar 7 to spend the last couple of days with them before they deploy.

Comment by ShortBecky on February 22, 2012 at 7:52am: lorraineld, There is a very nice group of Moms in the USS Enterprise group on here. They would welcome you too