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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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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: 1316
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 diannep on April 26, 2010 at 8:20pm: Edna, wasn't he assigned a sponsor before he got there? I would think that is the person who could help him. My son is going up there in a couple of weeks and I know he was assigned a sponsor.

Comment by diannep on April 26, 2010 at 4:39pm: Thanks, Marci. How long has he been a YN?

Comment by diannep on April 26, 2010 at 10:59am: Hi, Ladies. I am new to this group. My son will be leaving A School base this week, home for leave, and then reporting to Norfolk assigned to the USS TR, which I know is in dry dock there. Is anyone on here connected to the USS TR? Not much activity on their ship site. Just curious to know what he will be doing, where he will be living, etc. Will he live in Newport News while the ship is in dry dock? What is the Norfolk base like? Just looking for any info. He is a YN. Thanks for any help!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on April 23, 2010 at 6:01pm: MA - Master at Arms; law enforcement and security, basically.

Comment by arlene40 on April 23, 2010 at 3:30pm: I have a Grand-daughter that is on the James E Williams Fighter Ship. I soon will also have a Grand-son that has already received his orders to Norfolk and assigned to the same ship... Wow, does this happen very often... Two of my grandchildren on one ship...

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on April 21, 2010 at 3:07pm: From the Navy Times: "The Navy plans to send seven ships to New York’s annual Fleet Week next month, it announced Tuesday: a big-deck gator, a cruiser, a destroyer and four smaller patrol coastal ships.
From Naval Station Norfolk, Va., the Navy will dispatch the amphibious assault ship Iwo Jima, destroyer James E. Williams and PCs Tempest, Hurricane, Monsoon and Squall." http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/04/navy_fleetweek_042010w/

Does anyone here have a sailor on the Iwo Jima?

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on April 18, 2010 at 12:56pm: That is also very true between Portsmouth and Norfolk! There's a drawbridge, too, to consider.
I nearly missed a flight recently b/c of an accident at the tunnel entrance.

Comment by John and Yvonne on April 17, 2010 at 6:06pm: mel,

In your post about moving to Norfolk there is one really big thing to learn. There is a tunnel going under the bay here between Hampton and Norfolk. It acts like a huge wall between the penninsula and the south side. The traffic is often gridlocked at that tunnel. So plan carefully when you pick a place to live. The commute isn't too bad between Hampton and Norfolk but the tunnel makes it horrible.

Comment by Lori on April 14, 2010 at 12:02pm: Hi everyone,
Well it's been awhile and I'm thinking about coming to Norfolk to see my son. I looking for a good place to stay.

Comment by John and Yvonne on April 12, 2010 at 12:57pm: Let me add my voice to the others in welcoming you to the group. These groups can get addictive! :) blessings, John (notamamma)