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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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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.

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Latest Activity: Oct 15

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 Melissa (Tucson) on December 22, 2008 at 4:52pm: Darla, you haven't hijacked anything! That's what we're all here for. Where is your son?

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on December 22, 2008 at 4:44pm: Okay, what are you up to know Teri???? lol

Who's son are we talking about and where is he?

Our Sailors are told to take at least $600 with them when they fly out of Norfolk, just in case they get "stuck" somewhere like Boo is. He will be reimbursed (some day). But they need to have a lot of cash on them just in case things don't go as planned. The problem right now is the Navy tends to "slow" down during Christmas.....

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on December 22, 2008 at 3:31pm: FYI If you're waiting for a call from your Sailor who is overseas....the fiber optic cable that runs under the Atlantic has been cut. It's on the news today. Until the crews find out where the cut is, all phone service to the Mediterrain and Gulf (including Bahrain) is out. Once they find the cut it will take a couple of days to fix it.

Comment by John and Yvonne on December 16, 2008 at 1:12pm: Hi!

I just wanted to wish all of you moms with sailors in school in Virginia a very Merry Christmas. Being on NavyforMoms had been a learning experience for me. In all of my years associated with the Navy, I've never known, let alone appreciated how you all feel when your sons or daughters join the service. Reading the comments many of the moms have made on here I have a whole new understanding of your feelings, sometimes painful ones, especially during this time of year. This has been really enlightening for me. It's added a whole new dimension to my prayers life. Believe me when I say I will be praying for you all with much deeper understanding!

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on December 9, 2008 at 10:11pm: Does anybody out there know of a family how to find one that can "adopt" my Sailor son in Norfolk for Christmas? He is on the Eisenhower carrier and is home now but will be leave to head back to VA the 19th. Thanks for your help!

Comment by Navymom24055 on December 3, 2008 at 8:29pm: Hi. My name is Karen..I live in Va..My son is in Norfolk...He is on a Destroyer. USS ARLEIGH BURKE...
God Bless Our Sailors....

Comment by BEVERLY (kyles mom) on November 28, 2008 at 10:43pm: hope everyone had a great thanksgiving and now counting down the day until our sailors come home for christmas

Comment by John and Yvonne on November 20, 2008 at 11:56am: Good morning,

Yes, an enlisted man or woman must always salute an officer - regardless of the branch of service he or she belongs to. It get hard because a young enlisted person doesn't always recognize the rank insignia on the uniform of another branch. What makes it doubly hers, is that some of the branches of service now put the rank insignia on the uniform in places not easily seen. Nancy's comment about "erring" on the side of rendering more courtesy than not enough is right on the mark! If your son or daughter salutes and didn't need to all it will bring is a giggle. If they don't salute it can bring a severe reprimand.

All of this gets even more complicated when our kids are in situations where foreign militaries are involved. Because, some of their rank insignias are really different! Yet they are still expected to render proper courtesies.

Comment by John and Yvonne on November 18, 2008 at 1:56pm: Yvonne and I had a new sailor from the Carl Vinson here Sunday afternoon for dinner and fellowship.

Comment by John and Yvonne on November 13, 2008 at 6:38pm: Yes, Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek is here in Virginia Beach (actually Norfolk, but right on the city line). It's about 15 minutes away from the Norfolk Naval Station. (And about five minutes from our house).