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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 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:

RTC Graduation

**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.

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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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.

Weather - Norfolk

Members: 1314
Latest Activity: on Sunday

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 diannep on April 14, 2011 at 8:02am: 098daughersbf: My son is also with the USS T Roosevelt. He arrived last May. What is your sailor's rate? Welcome!

Cheryl: Welcome to the group!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on April 13, 2011 at 9:52am: Sorry Jenda, don't know what's best, personally. I did just find an interesting website: http://www.navalbasehotels.com. You choose your naval base, then each hotel listing has a description & gives distances to local places. Up to the consumer to book through them or get a better price elsewhere.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on April 13, 2011 at 9:17am: Cheryl, your son chose well. Ghent is a lovely area near the base and Old Dominion University. Great shopping & restaurants, too.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on April 13, 2011 at 9:13am: The Kearsarge has had a very long but admirable deployment; gratitude & congrats to one & all! That's going to be a heck of a homecoming party when they finally arrive back home :-)

Comment by dms on April 13, 2011 at 12:16am: my sailor is on the USS Kearsarge she is an M1A3 she guards prisoners and patrols the base,guard duty. I am glad they are getting some relaxation

Comment by polli k on April 12, 2011 at 5:14pm: Yes, there is legal help on the main base @ Norfolk

Comment by Cindy D on April 12, 2011 at 2:19pm: Does anyone know if the navy has any legal service available for the sailors?

Comment by dms on April 12, 2011 at 11:03am: my sailor wrote me this am back from liberty from the historic place you can get real italian food

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on April 11, 2011 at 7:28pm: I put all the Navy Lodge info plus photos in the Discussions area up top a few weeksago...it's #7 on p. 1.

Comment by Sue(Daniel's Mom) on April 11, 2011 at 7:24pm: My husband and I stayed at the Navy Lodge and it was very nice. The phone # I have is 1-800 Navy Inn. If you call they will need your sons/daughters name and rate. They will book the room in the Sailors name and he/she will have to be with you when you check in. We felt that the rate was reasonable $64 to $74 per night depending on what type room you get. The Navy Lodge is just down the road from the base. It only took our son about 5 minutes to get from the base to the lodge. Oh, mu husband was not able to view it on the Net either. So calling might be your best bet. Good Luck !!!