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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:
Events
**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:
**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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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.
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.
Discussion Forum
Norfolk Navy Lodge info, base tours, plus what to see and do in the area
Started by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom. Last reply by Shanny Aug 12, 2022. 28 Replies 0 Likes
"Navy Lodge Norfolk" - Information, rates and photos
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Barracks?
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Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on November 13, 2014 at 7:15pm
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Yvonne. School is intense so far 6 hour lectures all week on food safely. BIG exam tomorrow. If I pass I have Serve Safe Manager certified. I have learned to not be a night owl and to go to bed by 10 at the latest as I get up at 5am. New house getting more homy everyday. Slowly finding stuff I need among the see on boxes. Weather VERY cold this week and snowy. -7* this am. Way to early for that kind of cold.
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Comment by Coach Shelia on November 13, 2014 at 2:14pm
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Hello everyone! I pray everyone gets to see their Sailors! I understand how you're feeling if your Sailor is deployed now. The holidays last year were our first without him, and our first deployment. We missed him, but I went over the top with sending him Thanksgiving and Christmas deployment care packages! LOL So proud of how he's grown up! We just want to spend time with him and count our Blessings! Take care everyone!
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Comment by John and Yvonne on November 13, 2014 at 2:11pm
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Tracy,
If you are going to be here this weekend, does that mean your sailor won't have anywhere to go on Thanksgiving Day itself? Or does he by any chance have duty? If he has no place to go on the day itself, we would be happy to invite him to our house. We open our home on the weekends and invite the sailors to come over to eat and play board games and just have a place to hang out. We also invite anyone who has nowhere to go for the holidays to come join us here too. If you think he would be interested in coming let us know and we can pm you our cell number
Yvonne
P.S. You can go to our page on this site and find out more about us,
Have a safe trip and enjoy your weekend with your son. :)
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Comment by TLC72 on November 13, 2014 at 1:54pm
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Oh I forgot, there are 9 of us that will be there this weekend. In fact, pulling out as soon as I shut down the computer.
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We don't necessarily need a thanksgiving meal, just wanted some kind of pass-around meal instead of ordering from menus. Thanks for checking for me though. He may just have to wait until he's home for Christmas.
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Tracy, I tried looking online for you for restaurants serving Thanksgiving meals, but they were hard to find, or very expensive! One that I found was McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant serving Roasted Turkey, Cornbread stuffing, apple squash casserole , mashed potatoes and more. Price: Adults- $24.99; Ch-9.99
I'll try looking some more for you and let you know what I find. :
How many are in your family including your sailor?
Yvonne Wagner)
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Comment by Michelle on November 13, 2014 at 12:23pm
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Virginia Hotel Reservations $10/night Dec. 23rd-26th for military families.
OPERATION JINGLE PROGRAM
All Hampton Roads area active duty service members are invited to participate in the annual Operation Jingle, sponsored by the Hotel Association and Convention and Visitors Bureaus from Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
The annual holiday program provides complimentary hotel accommodations to the visiting families of locally stationed service members who are unable to go home for the holidays. Operation Jingle provides a three-night stay in local hotels from 23 – 26 December. To qualify, service members must live aboard ships or reside in one of the local barracks or single sailor PPV housing. Commands must verify that the rooms will be used for families traveling to and from the Hampton Roads area to spend the holidays with their service member. Room availability is limited. Rooms will be reserved on a first come-first-served basis.
To participate, commands must designate a representative as the command’s single point of contact to coordinate the delivery of applications and confirmation information with the Norfolk Navy Marine Corps Relief Society. The only charge for the room is a non-refundable reservation fee of $10.00 per room, per night. The entire reservation fee will be donated to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS). Reservation fees ensure that all rooms are used. Hotels require 24 hour cancellation in the event rooms cannot be used.
Deadline for submission is 18 December. Commands may request registration forms from Loretta Russell, Norfolk Navy Marine Corps Relief Society by calling 757.322.1175 or e-mail at Loretta.russell@nmcrs.org.
All incidental expenses incurred during the hotel stay, to include phone calls, laundry services, movies, room service and other meals are the responsibility of the service member reserving the room. Command representatives of underway commands/units unable to meet the December 18 deadline should contact Ms. Russell for more details.
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HELP! We're going to be in town this weekend and my family is wanting to have a sit down family style meal for our sailor since he hasn't had one of those in awhile. Does anyone know of a restaurant in the area that serves family style meals? We were going to order a turkey dinner from Kroger to take back to the hotel, but from what I understand, it's cold and you have to heat it up. Any suggestions?
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Comment by Nancy on November 12, 2014 at 5:31pm
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Thanks abuon18! My husband is also stationed at NOB. I will definitely look around on Facebook.
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Comment by abuon18 on November 12, 2014 at 4:31pm
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Nancy, I'm a Navy wife and my husband and I have no kids! He's stationed at NOB. I've been a member of this site for quite awhile and I've found the wives' groups aren't as active. I have found a lot more success on Facebook in connecting with other spouses and making friends. Actually there is even a group specifically for those of us without kids,if that's what you're interested in.
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