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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:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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.
Members: 1316
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.
Discussion Forum
Norfolk Navy Lodge info, base tours, plus what to see and do in the area
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"Navy Lodge Norfolk" - Information, rates and photos
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Barracks?
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Comment by DebbieinCA on November 1, 2011 at 1:35am
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Hi ladies,
Thank you for the welcomes. :)
I'm happy to hear no one is without heat with all this extreme weather. I hope the rest of the week is as kind.
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Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on November 1, 2011 at 1:13am
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Navy25. We have already had snow here in Colorado too. It snowed early this year for us too. We are expecting a snow storm this Wednesday. I hope it is not a lot because I have to get to be at work at 7:15 Thursday morning.
Drive safe in all that snow.
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Comment by navy25 on November 1, 2011 at 12:10am
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Sandys Sailor it was so strange going out on Halloween Day and walking over piles of snow to get to your car and get to work, warming up the car and cleaning off the snow. Way to Early for all this extra Work in the morning at 6am YUK!!! I hope this is not a sign of a Nasty Winter we had plenty of that end of 2010 throughout early 2011.Thanks for the warm wishes
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Navy25, I am sorry you are all freezing there in NJ. Snow is nice but not so much that there are power outages. My family are in Hillsborough NJ. I wonder how the weather is there?
I hope you are keeping warm.
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Duh I mean Schools were closed all over Jersey
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Thanks to Snow Schools were cosed today plus many many families still have no electricity or heat and it was kind of chilly last night we were under a State of Emergency alot of power lines down all over.Thank God I had no problems of those sorts.
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Comment by heartbeatsformysailor on October 31, 2011 at 12:30pm
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@DebbieinCA Welcome!!
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Hi Norfolk Sailors, family, & friends. Thank your for letting me into your group.
My son just got to the USS Truman last week and is trying to settle in. I plan to visit him over Thanksgiving week. I'd really appreciate any advice on what and where to see and eat.
He's living on the barge at the drydock area in Portsmouth now, so I booked a room at the Governor Dinwiddie hotel. Anyone familiar with it?
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Yeap we are still in shock in Jersey what a year we had an earthquake, Hurricane Irene and Now Halloween Snow last time that happenned in Oct. they are saying it was 1890
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Comment by ckmom on October 30, 2011 at 6:10pm
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navy25 This is way to early to think about snow! It is pretty!
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