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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
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"Navy Lodge Norfolk" - Information, rates and photos
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Barracks?
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Comment Wall
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Comment by Leach73 on September 9, 2014 at 9:36am
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Hi Melinda. My daughter is on the Porter and yes I agree with you, it seems like there aren't that many Porter families in this group. Are you a member of the Destroyer Moms group? There they have a list of the Destroyer ships that have groups but there isn't one for the Porter.
Nice meeting you. I got a short text from my Sailor this morning just to say Hi and she loves us!! So nice to "see" her voice!!
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Comment by melinda on September 8, 2014 at 11:45am
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My son is on the Porter , its hard to find others who have sailors aboard that ship
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Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on September 8, 2014 at 12:32am
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That is a frightening video. sometimes a helo lands on destroyers also.
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Comment by Forever proud on September 7, 2014 at 11:02pm
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Thanks for the info Singingbird. Alot to think about!
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marcy that is one scary video. My son is on a ship that is part of the group the Mesa Verde is in. thank God they are trained so well and have support so close by.
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Singingbird - my son is on his first deployment. He never even got to spend time i n
Norfolk after A school before they sent him to his ship. He is under the impression that he has to be an E5 before he can live off base. Is this true? Does anyone know?
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Comment by Ellenelle on September 7, 2014 at 4:06pm
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Soccermom2, she's gotta wait for a deployment. When that happens a ton of places will become available.
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Comment by HuffyMom23 on September 7, 2014 at 3:58pm
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Soccermom2 - that is a bummer that your daughter is that far down the line to get a room. My son went out there last January, about the middle of the month. He was in a shipyard sleeping on a barge for a bit, but must have hit it lucky.
I am pretty sure he had a room on base by March. I know other guys in his division were waiting longer then he did. So I honestly think he just got lucky. We waited until he got a room on base before we mailed him extra clothes and that. I wish her luck in getting a room sooner!
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Comment by Soccermom2 on September 6, 2014 at 11:37pm
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How long does it take for a Sailor to get a room? My daughter has been there for a few months and is still sleeping on a ship and everything she owns is in her car. She is #1461 on the waiting list for a room & why does it take weeks for her to get her mail? I sent her a package 3 weeks ago and she still has not received it.
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Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on September 3, 2014 at 1:16am
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CO-TwinSalorsMom, the Mesa Verde is an amphibious transport dock that transports Marines to and from land by air or landing craft, and can carry up to 800 Marines in addition to her regular crew. My son has had the "helo egress" training (aka "helo dunk") designed to prevent what happened in a similar event in '99 in which 7 died, 11 survived. This is video of the '99 helo crash, terrifying.
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