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Navy For Moms

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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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

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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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Graduation Info
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Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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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: 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.

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Comment by dms on April 3, 2011 at 10:09am: that would of been nice to know months ago ill save this info on the photo book for my sailors next deployment and i can pass it on to the Bataan

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on March 31, 2011 at 2:07pm: Just learned of this, looks like a good thing for our sailors!

Friends and family can create a free Rocketlife 20-page (60 photo), cargo-pocket size personal photo book and the USO ships it to any APO, FPO or MPO address, all for free!
http://www.uso.org/uso_rocketlife_photo_books.aspx
or go directly to http://uso.rocketlifeproduction.com

Comment by Fl..GATOR on March 29, 2011 at 10:17pm: Oh yea!! My whole family are gator fans!!!

Comment by polli k on March 29, 2011 at 6:54pm: My son in law is part of the 26th MEU out of LeJuene I hope that he is not going to be gone but if he is I knowwe can all handle it. We already go through him being in Afganistan for 10 mos. This time if he has to go guess I will have two more people at my house as I told my daughter that she and the 17 month old grandson to come home to Mamma! Will have to wait and see what happens.

Comment by ckmom on March 29, 2011 at 1:05pm: Lehigh, My son is on his way to relieve the Kearsarge, it will be interesting to hear about the stories. You will have to keep me posted.

Comment by Janae' *My Love is HOME :)* on March 28, 2011 at 12:40pm: FI.. Gator, you are so very welcome. I am always glad to help.

Comment by polli k on March 28, 2011 at 12:05pm: Well the deployment that my daughter liked was to Central & So. America after a natural disaster. She even loved being in Columbia where they did their work under armed guard. Of courseshe was part of ship's security at the time and alway did like the guns..Even arirsoft.. Probably why she loved being an AO

Comment by Fl..GATOR on March 28, 2011 at 6:22am: Thanks Janae, hats good to kow we have that option!

Comment by dms on March 27, 2011 at 1:43pm: my sailor likes it now and wants to re-enlist but did not like it in washington because of all the paperwork

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on March 27, 2011 at 1:28pm: Same here Polli - mine would go back in a heartbeat. He felt so good to be helping others, even though sleeping in a rack for months isn't quite the Hilton :)