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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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Navy Speak

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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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.

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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 navywife17 on May 28, 2011 at 7:11pm: Donna B- hey my hubby and I stayed at the super 8 last august, it is not in the best neighborhood and the rooms werent the cleanest. only reason we stayed was cause everything else was booked due to the ships coming home. But yes, look around cause most of newport news is not the place to be specially at night. You can ask your son to check you in to a navy lodge they book 60 days in advance and are great with prices, just a heads up that if there are any homecomings they will be full.

Comment by diannep on May 28, 2011 at 1:19pm: interesting article in our paper this week:

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/24/2233048/spending-cuts-will-fo...

Comment by rareis13 on May 28, 2011 at 9:42am: The hotels around New Town Road are good. The hotels around Town Center are also good. There maybe some hotels on VA Beach Blvd too. I can't remember. Since we've been staying iwth my son, I don't pay close attention to the hotel locations when we are up there. My brother has stayed on VA Beach a couple of times when visiting his son. Newport News is about 23 miles north of Norfolk. I've stayed in the hotel at the conference center that was nice. The Norfolk and Virginia Beach areas run together. The street signs change color. One area is blue and the other area is green.

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on May 26, 2011 at 9:42pm: yea, with just the registration and insurance he will not be able to get stickers. when my daughter had my car they wouldn't let her get stickers

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on May 26, 2011 at 12:13pm: Was just going to say the same thing :) It's on one of the base websites. Easy to type up & take to your bank for notarization; and probably smart to keep in the glovebox.

Comment by navywife17 on May 26, 2011 at 8:59am: also if its registered in VA make sure he has the state inspection pink slip to they ask for it.

Comment by navywife17 on May 26, 2011 at 8:53am: Tricia- As long as he has the registration up to date and insurance on it he should be good. He can go in and ask what else he would need to do or just get a temp pass for it, thats what we did when we had our rental.

Comment by navywife17 on May 25, 2011 at 8:24pm: How long did it take for you guys got in?

Comment by navywife17 on May 25, 2011 at 12:35am: Hey MTsWife- which one are you guys going to be living in?

Comment by Jess_0411 on May 21, 2011 at 1:30am: Me me me! My husband and I are 24 and just got married April 2nd. I'm working on making new girlfriends here in Norfolk. I was in a sorority all through college and I have gotten so used to that support system from having girlfriends that I now have no clue what to do with myself! But we just had a bunch of new sailors over tonight and I got to cook some dinner (smotherd enchiladas. Yum!) and hang out. But it was all boys and I was SO bored! So for real, pass me any info and I will make the calls/texts. Promise (: