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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
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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: on Sunday
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 by TJCsMom on April 8, 2014 at 6:01pm
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B-Ready, it's so sad to read your description of the barracks there. It makes me want to move up there and spend my time comforting them all. And Tonya M, I couldn't agree with you more!
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B-Ready, I am praying with you, for him, his family and friends during this most difficult time. It breaks my heart to think that our young Sailors may feel that this is their only option. I wish we could help them understand that this is not the end of the world and that they can overcome! Praying for ALL who are struggling today...that they can know that they are loved and cared for...that they are important and they matter...and that everything will be alright, if they just keep pushing through. God Bless!
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Hi all...been out of the loop for a little while and I've been reading to catch up. Oh, B-Ready, I'm so sorry to hear that Steven is struggling again. Please know that he has never left my prayers. I hope today finds him and you doing better. Your strength amazes me. I'm sure he has a good bit of it deep down inside...he will find it...that is my prayer. ((hugs))
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Comment by pamdolen on April 5, 2014 at 10:24am
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Recruit man has a facebook group that just writes to sailors at boot camp and ones that have issues at boot camp! Put recruit man on the search engine on Facebook page under groups and you should get to it!! He can always use help!!
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Comment by NavyMom2013 on April 5, 2014 at 6:39am
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B-Ready,
Text Steven so he knows we are covering him (and you guys) with prayers. Fell asleep late this morning on my knees and face on the ground in deep prayer to God to give Steven hope for a happy future just as I would with my own children. All of them ARE our children. Lord hear our prayers: 4:30 am and I can't come up with words for my feelings so help me pray as I again come to you with concern for a struggling soldier. They put their lives on the front to protect us so we continue having a long future, but they struggle to see theirs next week. Put in Steven's path those who will speak into his life words of wisdom, hope, and peace so he can make decisions that glorify You. Amen
Sleep well, Steven. We love you yet don't really know you. That is the love of God we send to you daily.
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B-Ready so sorry to hear of the continued struggles. Steven is in out prayers.
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Comment by DARmom on April 4, 2014 at 7:20pm
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B-Ready - So sorry to read that Steven is struggling. I can't imagine how difficult this must be for you and your husband. You all continue to be in our hearts and prayers.
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B-Ready,
Keep posting. The more posts, the plethora of prayers going your way.
I am sure the doctors are working well with him. I do know tha "100% pure, therapeutic-grade peppermint" essential oil kills or drives away stuff that doesn't belong. Overnight it got ride of 90% of my squash bugs that coated all the leaves of my plants. It MUST be diluted due to his rash and it may NOT contain pesticides from the plants and synthetics to extract the oil. Always have a conversation with his doctors. Many are now understanding the value these oils have for health. Exekiel 47:12- 17 or 18. There is ONLY ONE company I trust for putting these oils on and in my body or my pets and family. PM privately if you want more information.
Lord, be with Steven day and night as he deals with the rash and itching that makes life difficult. When You help him overcome this, may he have a renewed trust in You and a spirit of serving to help other sailors with their issues. Amen
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Comment by donnab on April 4, 2014 at 2:35pm
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B-Ready, Steven is in my prayers daily, I will continue to pray for him.
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When my son was in BC I found a list of recruits that did not receive mail from home, The site had the name of the recruit, his address and his PIR date so that you would know that what you were sending they would get before graduation. I even got letters back thanking me for my support. I believe they may also have access to other branches as well - but I sent mine to the Navy BC where my son was - because from hearing of his experiences helped me in finding what to say. The names come from someone who sees who is not getting mail in their unit as well when I got a name from my son I could add the sailors info to the website. Send a note to "callsforrecruits" <callsforrecruits@yahoo.com>; and the Navy Dad that runs this group can lead you to BC support. This person also helps provide calling cards to all military branch personnel in BC (and some overseas) that don't have a calling card to call home when he/she has a chance (via donation). Even when the donation is small I was surprised to see the number of calling cards given out and what great joy it provided them. My son had a card but many of his friends didn't and it was an easy way for me to get the card codes to him and he could pass them out to his fellow recruits. But as I mentioned this Navy Dad also works the list of sailors without support in BC.
Trevors mom thanks for the link to adopt a sailor. I'll look into it.
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