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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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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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Navy.com Para Familias

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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

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.

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Comment by NavyMom2013 on July 16, 2013 at 1:10am: CatMom509 - land duty? She will see a lot of guys coming and going (the love of my lady is the sea) remember that song?

I saw a woman at the movie theater today with a Proud Navy Mom t-shirt and found out her son PIRd the week before mine! Small world.

Comment by CatMom509 on July 16, 2013 at 1:00am: angies,

Korea sounds interesting! How did she like it? I have a Sailor daughter graduating Pensacola IT school in August and her verbal orders are for Norfolk land duty.

Comment by JackieD on July 16, 2013 at 12:39am: Welcome Alex's Mom. I'm in California also, Discovery Bay. My son is on a ship in Norfolk. He's been in since Feb 2012 and a lot of this is still very new to me too. But this is a great group, very active and informative.

Comment by angies on July 16, 2013 at 12:19am: Alex's mom- my daughter is HM-14. Got back from Korea on Saturday. PM me if you want.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 15, 2013 at 11:09pm: Welcome! Not I - I had to google it to figure it out :) Pretty cool! http://www.hm14.navy.mil

Comment by Alex's Mom on July 15, 2013 at 11:01pm: New to being a Navy Mom! My son is now stationed in Norfolk and now starting his new life. I'm in California, and missing him! Is there other Mom's that have sailors attached to HM14?

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 15, 2013 at 9:41pm: For qualifying veterans and service members, Jos A Bank and the Gary Sinese Foundation have teamed up to provide a free two-piece suit - called the "Uniform for Success" program. Seems they don't carry women's clothing though :( Still, a good thing! Good through Nov 11 2013 (Veteran's Day).

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on July 15, 2013 at 2:34pm: Joyce, have you tried these groups? http://www.navyformoms.com/group/aircrew and http://www.navyformoms.com/group/navalaviation

Thankfully, my son doesn't drink, but many of his friends do - another reason I'm glad he has his own car. It's not just about DUIs for the Navy, either, they recognize that one can be alcohol-impaired hours after drinking, which can create operational and safety risks.

Earlier this year, the Navy started use of alcohol detection devices when sailors report for duty (they prefer ADD to "Breathalyzer") - Navy Times: Fleetwide breath tests start now. This related FAQ about the new policy from the Navy Bureau of Medicine & Surgery has a good description of number of drinks and resulting blood alcohol content over time.

The Navy's threshold for a positive blood-alcohol test is 0.02 percent and a sailor could be referred to the command's drug and alcohol program's adviser.  Anything below that is considered a negative test. Sailors above 0.04 are "presumed to be not ready to safely perform duties. The sailor will be "retained on board the command in a safe and secure environment until the ADD-indicated reading is not detectable" and referred to an advisor.

For comparison, the FAA prohibits pilots from operating an aircraft if he or she has a blood-alcohol content of .04 percent or higher.

Comment by Joyce-Scott'sProud Mom on July 15, 2013 at 9:29am: Good morning all, what a tragedy my prayers are with each of the families. Some how we as society need to speak even louder about how drinking is portrayed and how we accept it as just something everyone does. Just the other day I commented to some friends how you can use your baseball ticket to get a free beer at a certain restaurant after the game and how a restaurant is offering BOGO entrée if each buys an adult beverage. And living here in FL and being a seasonal town some even offer 1/2 price drinks all day to get people to come in and eat. Enough said I will get off my box now.

Does anyone know of a website or discussion site where I can learn the lingo of the halo squadrons? I am at such a lost when I talk with our son who is now with this group coming off of the USS Enterprise. He loves what he is doing but I am so confused. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks, enjoy your day!

Comment by CatMom509 on July 14, 2013 at 8:20pm: My heart goes out to the families of the Sailors and civilian involved. Praying for God's comfort for them all~~