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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
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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.
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- Graduation Info
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- 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
Started by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom. Last reply by Chipmunk Sep 30, 2019. 16 Replies 1 Like
Barracks?
Started by SJWit. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Sep 17, 2019. 9 Replies 2 Likes
Comment Wall
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Comment by Teri on November 6, 2014 at 3:41pm
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That's a good idea, but he banks with Navy Federal and I didn't see any offering like that on their website. An economy car from Budget would cost him (or me) over $200.
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Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on November 6, 2014 at 3:03pm
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Hi Teri, one thought - if your son is under 25 and banks with USAA, he can rent a car from Avis, Budget, Enterprise or Hertz and have the "Young Driver 21-24 years old" surcharge waived. That's a savings from $20 to $30 per DAY. Log into USAA, go to Our Products -> Travel Discounts -> Car Rental -> choose company.
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Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on November 6, 2014 at 2:44pm
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some hotels have conference rooms. Maybe you could use one, they sometimes have a kitchen in them.
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My son is in Dam Neck, VA for C school and has 4 day weekend for Veteran's Day and also 4 days at Thanksgiving. We live in the DCA area which is about 3.5 hours away. Does anyone know of a way that he can find out if any other Sailor either in Dam Neck or Norfolk might be coming this way? He'd be happy to pay for the gas....
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Comment by abuon18 on November 6, 2014 at 9:35am
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You're welcome LadyDi! Those racks are tiny, so I'm sure he is happy to get home to his real bed tonighy!
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Comment by LadyDi on November 6, 2014 at 9:07am
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Thanks auboun18! He emailed me and said he was worried he'd fall out of his rack all night :-) It's nice to try and put a visual picture in my head
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LadyDi.... When the ships are in a maintance period in the shipyards they are not allowed to live on them so they have a barge set up attached to the ship. It is similar to what you're thinking. He still goes there for work every day, and every so often he has a 24 hour duty day where he has to remain on the ship and barge for 24 hours even though he lives off the ship, so he has to sleep on the barge that night.
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Morning all! I have a quick question, that you may or may not be able to answer. My son actually lives in an apartment off base - and his ship is being retrofitted I believe at the moment. However, last night he said he had to "sleep on the barge".... What is a barge? I keep thinking of those things you see being pushed down the Mississippi River by a tow boat :-)
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Comment by MDBgirl on November 5, 2014 at 10:29pm
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So - just my 2 cents - The Navy Lodge is pretty nice (I've stayed there twice and both times never had any issues) and if your sailor wants some good chinese food I'd suggest, "Royal Garden". Best curry chicken and fried rice! If anyone is interested, I can pass out the address.
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juliw not my sailor son! I am a terrible cook and he used to make dinner for the both of us! I think he'd rather eat anywhere than a home cooked meal LOL!
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