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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.

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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.

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Graduation Info
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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.

Weather - Norfolk

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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 Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on August 5, 2014 at 6:26pm: Also in re bag chairs, yes you could do that. The pier gate where you wait is right by the parking lot; and It can be quite a while before your sailor finally comes off the ship and through the gate.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on August 5, 2014 at 6:16pm: Some quick thoughts -

Janelle, yes you need a car! Navy Lodge is great if your sailor can check you in. Good rates, nice rooms, safe too. It gets booked up and PCSing sailors get priority, so reserve early if that's your choice. Info about it and nearby hotels: Navy Lodge info

Tracy - Homecomings are the best! Be sure you're on your Ombudsman and Family Readiness Group lists, they will get you prepared in time, including what you'll need to get on base (you'll need their info plus photo ID). You can contact them now with your questions, they won't mind! No limit on number of people. You don't actually get to go onto the pier itself, but wait outside the gate that leads to the pier. There may be a VIP tent, music, and of course a crowd! You can order "free" military welcome home banners from buildasign.com (I say "free" b/c you pay for postage, and it goes way up the closer you get to the date you want it, so don't procrastinate!). Or make your own poster, lots do and the DIY ones are so cool, plus you can tell your sailor to look out for hot pink or yellow or whatever.

This Cox 11 story of USS Iwo Jima's homecoming in Dec 2012 gives a great feel for a homecoming, and of course comes with a Navy-mom tissue alert :)

Comment by TLC72 on August 5, 2014 at 5:51pm: I know it's still a ways away, but now that we're past the halfway point of deployment, I'm getting excited about the homecoming of my son's ship. I'm wondering from anyone who has been through one recently how the day will go and how it all works. How do we get on base? Is there some sort of gate pass or list of names? Can we take bag chairs onto the pier? Is there a limit to the number of people each sailor can have? Etc, etc, etc...These are just questions running through my head when I think about it.

Comment by abuon18 on August 5, 2014 at 5:44pm: Jannelle, if your Sailor does not have a car, yes you will want to rent a car. Public transportation is not very reliable around here! Does your Sailor live on the ship or in the barracks, or off base?

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on August 5, 2014 at 7:46am: Pat L. in IL commented on shell's group "Molly's Adopt A Sailor" on Navy For Moms

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ATTENTION MAMAS! Have a son or daughter deployed? I have an opening for our October adoption. Have them go to mollysadoptasailor.com and fill out the "Request Support" form.

REMEMBER, we support ALL branches of the military!

Comment by Laura on August 5, 2014 at 2:23am: If you like coffee then Bad Ass Coffee is a must!

They are at 619 18th Street in Virginia Beach and serve the best Hawaiian coffee around! I attached a link to their Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/badasscoffee.virginiabeach

Comment by ChambosMom on August 4, 2014 at 9:23pm: Tracy- Mine is on the Bataan and in the same area as your son's ship.

Comment by abuon18 on August 4, 2014 at 3:00pm: Leach73- If you are on the ombudsman or FRG email list, they send out an email flyer letting you know about upcoming family events. If you're not, let your Sailor know you're interested so he/she can keep an ear out & give you the details. They usually know before the info gets emailed out anyway. The last 2 family events my husband's ship has had he told me about before the FRG sent out the emails!

Comment by TLC72 on August 4, 2014 at 2:40pm: ChambosMom- He's on the Bush, on deployment right now.

Comment by Leach73 on August 4, 2014 at 2:18pm: DebbieB - look at the Discussion up above from Marcy. Good info!!

Anyone - how can we go about finding out when a Family Fun Day is for our Sailor's ship?