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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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JPG – 3.4 MB
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: 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 polli k on March 27, 2011 at 12:47pm: I must have had the odd sailor. When my daughter was in and on the Kearsarge she said that the deployments were the best and most exciting time of her life... where she could actually feel she was part of a gobal dorce for good. She truly loved it all even the scary parts.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on March 26, 2011 at 9:58pm: Anyone who lives in the VA Beach/Norfolk area. There is a group of us planning on meeting one day for lunch (shooting for Thursday) the last week of April. I will be there that week for spring break. We would love to meet as many other moms/families etc as possible for lunch one day. If you have a sailor or recruit in that area and they could possibly join us that would be awesome. If you are in that area and would like to join us please let me know. Send me a private message with your name and number. We will keep the time and place in private messages as well. Thanks, Lora

Comment by ckmom on March 26, 2011 at 6:01pm: My son is on the USS Bataan, I just keep praying to keep them safe and a safe return.

Comment by dms on March 26, 2011 at 12:00pm: my daughter is on the USS Kearsarge now involved in the NATO Odyssey dawn mission

enforcing the no fly zone

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on March 25, 2011 at 10:40pm: with the short trip i don't have a problem with not hearing from her alot it's just weird because i'm used to getting messages several times a day, i have her 2 1/2 year old.

Comment by Janae' *My Love is HOME :)* on March 25, 2011 at 9:52pm: Duhhuh, yea it's always hard for the "krankers" to email when underway. I used to hate it.

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on March 25, 2011 at 5:35pm: janae

my daughter is abh. the biggest reason she hates it is she doesn't get to see her son much. she was living in elizabeth city (about an hour away in NC) and by the time she got off and got home he was in bed asleep, he's 2 1/2. she's still kranking but doing something different, not sure what. finally got a 2 sentance email.

carol

Comment by Janae' *My Love is HOME :)* on March 25, 2011 at 5:09pm: FI Gator, The car does not have to be in his name. My fiance' went through this when he first got to his A school... The car was in his mother's name and he just had to have a notarized letter saying that his mother was giving him permission to drive her car.

Comment by Sue(Daniel's Mom) on March 25, 2011 at 3:04pm: Hello Norfolk Folks !! I just found this site and I am so excited to be able to communicate with other family and friends of sailors stationed at Norfolk. I guess I am a little slow at finding things here N4M. My son has been at Norfolk since last August and I can tell you there has been many a time I could have used some help with questions and now I have a place to go ask questions. Navy for Moms has been a real blessing to me since my son left for BC last February. N4M helped me so much during that time and since. I hope by being a part of Norfolk Sailors I will be able to help some of you in return for all the help that has been give to me. Thanks and I look forward to reading your posts.

Comment by Charlotte Anne on March 25, 2011 at 11:49am: My son will be leaving soon and will be stationed on the command ship Mt.Witney.

Any infor. for me?????