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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.

FIRST TIME HERE?

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.

Format Downloads:

Graduation Info
PDF – 2.7 MB
PNG – 2.3 MB
JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

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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: Apr 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 LadyDi on March 24, 2015 at 8:44pm: My son & his girlfriend have a nice place on Lakeshore Drive in Hampton. They have an easy release clause in case they transferred before the lease is up.

Comment by Melinda on March 24, 2015 at 8:39pm: My sailor is looking also.

Comment by Cat123 on March 24, 2015 at 8:21pm: My son is going to be at Naval Base in Norfolk. Don't know anything about the better & safer areas and good apartments. Any suggestions are welcome.

Comment by oneproudmamma on March 24, 2015 at 5:36pm: Thank you ladies!! We are excited to welcome not only the first grand baby, but the first great grand baby in the family. We would have liked for the kids to wait a bit longer, but God had other plans. :)

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on March 24, 2015 at 11:38am: Hi all - Happy Tuesday!

June - congrats to you on becoming a grandmamma! My hubby sooooo wants to be a grandpapa lol! (I'll admit, I'd like it too, but don't see it happening anytime soon.)

Comment by oneproudmamma on March 24, 2015 at 11:19am: I don't post often, but I do read your comments. I just want to give an update on my sailor. She is happily married for just over a year and is expecting my first grand baby. She is a bit bumbed she had to miss her first deployment, but is excited to extend their little family. She came home for a short visit in February with her husband and we were able to do a baby shower for her. Her husband is also a sailor.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on March 21, 2015 at 10:57pm: Welcome batmom90! You're in the right place. This group covers the Hampton Roads area, which includes Norfolk (largest base in the world), Newport News, Joint Expeditionary Base (JEB) Little Creek, Oceana/Dam Neck, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Williamsburg and Yorktown. Interesting fact: Hampton Roads is home to over 20% of the entire US Navy!

Comment by TwoForTheNavy on March 20, 2015 at 9:28pm: HI John and Yvonne. I have sent you a private message regarding your Sunday get togethers for the sailors. Please let me know if you get it. My daughter would like to know about it. She is an officer stationed in Norfolk.

Comment by LadyDi on March 20, 2015 at 1:24pm: Thanks everyone for your great ideas and suggestions for when my sailor goes underway. I appreciate it!