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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

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

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

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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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Norfolk Sailors - Family & Friends

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 Sue(Daniel's Mom) on August 24, 2011 at 6:58pm
Prayers are going up for those who have to stay in Norfolk.  Right now I don't know if my son is one who will have to stay or not.  He will let us know by tomorrow if he will be staying or leaving to a safer place.  GOD be with everyone.
Comment by Francesca on August 24, 2011 at 2:13pm
Lynne, I feel your dissapointment. I was supposed to leave Friday to head to Norfolk to see my husband and that is not looking promising at all....This stinks!
Comment by navy25 on August 24, 2011 at 12:15pm
To Grasshopper & all MA's and rest of Navy Families in Virginia area Stay Safe and be thinking and praying for all you and hopefully the Hurricane will stay away from your area.Keep us posted if possible
Comment by Grasshopper on August 24, 2011 at 11:53am

Lynne...so sorry you had to cancel your plans!!  As well as the rest of you that had plans to go to Norfolk this weekend!  I know how very disppointed you must be.

I would like to ask for prayers for the MA's that will have to pack bags and stay on base if Irene shows her ugly face.  While the ships will go out to sea and others get evacuated, our MA's are required to stay behind on base to protect the base.  My son is one of these MA's and of course I worry about him.  As others get to leave for higher ground, he has to ride it out.  Please remember him and his comrades as they will ride it out if it comes to be!!  THANKS!!!

Comment by Philip on August 24, 2011 at 10:10am
Daughter in law just moved into Merrimack apartments and the hurricane news is scaring her. I wondered if there were any others on this site living in those apartments? I'm trying to find a little support for her.
Comment by Jess_0411 on August 24, 2011 at 9:05am
According to my husband, they will make an official decision this afternoon on if they should stay or go. If they decide to sortie, they will do so tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed that they decide to stay!
Comment by navy25 on August 24, 2011 at 12:46am
Sorry for you ladies you wont be able to visit Norfolk to visit your Sailors Best be Safe
Comment by navy25 on August 23, 2011 at 5:06pm
Everyone Take Care with the Hurricane coming as well Praying it misses our area Keep us posted.
Comment by navy25 on August 23, 2011 at 5:02pm
Hy Ladies is everyone allright with the Earthquake we felt it here in New Jersey any news on the Navy Base is everyone ok
Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on August 23, 2011 at 4:12pm
Just reading more about Hurricane Irene, too - one of my favorite places is Ocracoke, apparently residents are to be off-island by Thursday.  They're predicting flooding up to New England.  Thanks for keeping us posted on what's going on!
 

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