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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 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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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: 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 1Bodyprof on January 2, 2015 at 11:45am: Forever proud, LOL!!!!!
Need more of those funnies!

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on January 1, 2015 at 10:22pm: Oh my Forever proud I totally could see my Nuke twin doing that. Totally funny.

Comment by Forever proud on January 1, 2015 at 9:29pm: HuffysMom he has been stationed there since May but has only actually spent about two months there. He joined his ship mid-deployment as soon as he got out of A school, and the ship just returned at the end of October. Now it will go to dry dock, so he will have to learn the route to get there, too.
I was there for Thanksgiving and we tried several times to get to the Portsmouth shipyard, but failed miserably every time. GPS does not work so well when tunnels, bridges and water are involved. It kept telling us to turn left into the brick wall of a tunnel.
I have a funny for everyone - my kid lives in one of those PPV complexes that have the key card entry system. He was running a hot bath and was undressed to his underwear when the phone rang. He stepped out into the building hallway as he was talking and the door shut behind him. No roommate home. So yes - he had to run across the complex in 35 degrees in nothing but his skivvies and go into the office to have them let him back in. And of course while this was happening, the bath was still running and overflowed all over! Only my son!
Happy New Year to all!

Comment by HuffyMom23 on January 1, 2015 at 8:38pm: Forever proud - my son has been in Norfolk for almost a year now. We ended up driving to Hurricane, WV Sunday and stayed alnight. Then we all got up Monday morning and went our separate ways. Our drive was longer so he got home about 2 hours before us.

He got back in time to get a haircut, a few groceries and directions on where he was suppose to go for work on Tuesday. He said it took him 4 trips to get his truck unloaded. My mother fixed him up a care basket. She made him a fleece blanket and pillow to keep in his truck. She also packed all kinds of goodies. I had 2 brothers that were in the Navy when I was growing up, so she knows all about those care packages. She has really missed my son and hated to see him leave.

How long has your son been in Norfolk?

Happy New Year to everyone!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on December 31, 2014 at 4:25pm: rysmom - yes, this group covers the entire area in and around Norfolk including Newport News and the bases in Virginia Beach (Little Creek, Dam Neck, and Oceana).

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on December 31, 2014 at 2:05am: The links and contact information here may help too - CNIC Norfolk Housing Services

Comment by Amanda&LC+2 on December 30, 2014 at 8:38pm: I'm not sure on the dependent thing because we were already married before he joined. But there are some apartments that do 3 month leases. If they can't get in right away I would do that.

Comment by TLC72 on December 30, 2014 at 8:02pm: How long will it take to get her dependent processing done so they can apply for housing? We were going to move them out right after the wedding, but if they can possibly get into housing right away, maybe they can find something temporary. I sure don't want them to have to put first and last down on an apartment if they don't need to, then have to find away to move into housing right away. What temporary options are there? Even somewhere like Navy lodge will get expensive after very long.

Comment by Amanda&LC+2 on December 30, 2014 at 5:57pm: Tell him to go to Lincoln military housing online and look.

Comment by Amanda&LC+2 on December 30, 2014 at 5:56pm: @tracy I think the wait just depends. My husband went to military housing to apply and we got a house right away. I would tell him to apply and if they don't have any openings then to look for apartments.