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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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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 allie1928 on February 8, 2013 at 11:10am: Laurie....my son had to pay for a PO Box in town ....no mail at barracks and post offices on base didn't have any PO box rentals left. It took him a few weeks before I could send him any mail....i was frustrated. good luck allie

Comment by pschip on February 8, 2013 at 10:57am: Theresa Thank You I got him a ticket he is coming home to get his car and get other things that he needs.. But thank you for the offer. I think he will just live on the ship for now

Comment by laurie on February 8, 2013 at 10:29am: My son is now in Virginia and I am trying to figure out his address, the one he gave me doesn't seem like it is quite right..do I need to put a barracks name on the address? any moms with personal advice on this please give ideas.........

Comment by beachmom76 on February 8, 2013 at 8:39am: @GoldnG8r-you can go online to request the materials to ship packages.. Everything you need is on the website. Or, you can get the flat-rate boxes and the forms at the post office. The forms are white-ish, about 6" X 4" and have 3 or 4 duplicates attached (operating off memory here, I actually need to go get some today because my daughter just deployed last week!)

http://tinyurl.com/Post-Office-Supplies

Just look for the items that show $0.00 as the price. Under the forms tab to the left, you can find the customs forms.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on February 8, 2013 at 2:38am: The Navy and Marines think they came up with that motto - moms have been doing it since forever! :)

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on February 7, 2013 at 11:20pm: :)

Comment by pschip on February 7, 2013 at 11:15pm: Marcy Thank you it has been a 180 but getting thing done like turning on cell and getting his car. it will take me a few days But I will get it done .

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on February 7, 2013 at 8:30pm: Mrs. Sailor-S, glad to see the positive words! :) Here are two more groups you might like and who could use that info, Navy Wives of Portsmouth/Norfolk and Ladies of VA I'm giving your name to a gal who just married an Iwo Jima sailor and is moving to Norfolk in March with three kids, she can use some great advice.

My hat is off to the sailors and families of USS Truman for coping with this 180 change of plans. I like CAPT Roth's end to his letter :) Bless 'em all.

Comment by MrsSailor-S on February 7, 2013 at 2:06pm: I wanted to give wives some information on things to do in Norfolk. Basically when we moved here a few months ago, I was new to the whole "stay at home mom" thing, and was going crazy being in the house all day with the kids. I started taking them to the park at our housing community, and one of the other wives told me about the programs available. FREE! The one that I'm involved in, and has been such a help to us is the Armed Forces YMCA. Just google that, go to programs, and look at the activities for the location closest to you. They have work out classes, and also "mommy time" which is just basically time for yourself. They provide childcare so that you can have time to do your activities, and did I mention, it's FREE! My kids LOVE playing with the other kids, and the teachers are great! They hate leaving. There's something to do Monday-Friday, and it's helped me have time to myself and better deal with time away from my Sailor. Also, the military housing has events if you live in military housing, but I tend to find those events to be extremely crowded, and the people are just different-not too friendly.

Comment by Cindy D on February 6, 2013 at 8:46pm: Has anyone heard about re-enlisting? My son turned in all of his papers and is waiting for approval. He really wants to stay in. He is getting worried if he is going to be approved because of all of the cut backs and with his ship being decommissioned next month.