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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:
Events
**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
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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.
Members: 1314
Latest Activity: May 12
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
Started by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom. Last reply by Shanny Aug 12, 2022. 28 Replies 0 Likes
"Navy Lodge Norfolk" - Information, rates and photos
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Barracks?
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Comment by dms on April 22, 2011 at 11:00am
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if we miss this one there is a good chance we can go on the next one, might be a few years from now. just really excited to see our daughter for a couple of weeks. we have been going to see more places and on more flights in the last 3 years visiting our sailor than we have in the past 15 yrs chicago, washington and now virginia
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we are still waiting for our sailor to find out which leave ist or 2nd so we cannot plan anything we are on the list for the tc ugggg waiting
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Comment by NecornhuskerMom on April 21, 2011 at 9:27pm
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I think that the Tiger cruise would have been awesome but we can't get there on time for that!!! Maybe next time.
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Not yet.... That is on my to do list ..... I am trying to stay focused so that I can work....
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Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on April 21, 2011 at 3:42pm
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Yes, I hope Mother Nature takes pity on us and gives us wonderful weather. I have never been to the east coast.
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i am hoping for nice weather
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dms--I totally agree with you... where the USS Kearsarge goes the USS Ponce follows... We will be coming for homecoming!!! We are so excited!
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USS Kearsarge full steam ahead !
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Comment by SubWife2011 on April 18, 2011 at 1:56pm
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Nikki, the best area for schools around here is going to be in York County. It will be a bit of a commute, but they are the best schools. I grew up here and went to Hampton City schools for elementary, then my parents took me out of hampton and paid tuition for me to attend school in York County. If you live in York County you wouldn't have to pay tuition, the only reason we had to pay it was because we still lived in Hampton. I would not live in Norfolk (really bad area), there is really only a couple good neighborhoods in Newport News, a few good ones in Hampton, Chesapeake is a good area (not sure about the schools on that side of the water though), VA Beach is decent. If you choose York County, I would suggest finding a place in Grafton School Zone. Your son would probably go to Grafton High school and your daughter would go to either Dare, Coventry, Grafton Bethel or Seaford Elementary. The good neighborhoods in the county are Tabb Lakes, Coventry, Brandywine. Those are the decently priced homes. If you want more expensive there are the Greenlands on Hampton Hwy. Hope that helps!
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