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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

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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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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.

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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 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.

Comment by momoftwosons on February 6, 2013 at 8:40pm: I'm praying I'm wrong but what understand they will be on longer deployments :(

Let's pray that they pass a decent budget for all our sailors. It's bad enough that Panetta wants a military pay cut - hell they're getting less of an increase than welfare recipients. 1% instead of the 1.7% this is an outrage and slap in the face to all our heros - sorry, I get to emotional - just venting.

Comment by Lauriekay1 on February 6, 2013 at 8:35pm: With just one carrier in the 5th fleet due to budget cuts perhaps deployments will be a bit shorter, even with the decommissioning that is happening.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on February 6, 2013 at 8:23pm: Ok off to read now; thanks again Theresa. It's so important for us all to keep up with developments.

Regarding that slogan - this is perhaps my favorite Navy spot of them all - the Navy really stands for, and does, so much good in this world.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on February 6, 2013 at 6:09pm: Geez Theresa thanks - NOT! - for getting me reading Navy Times today - not much good news :( "The Pentagon will formally recommend that troops next year should receive a 1 percent increase in basic pay, which would be the smallest pay bump in the 40-year history of the all-volunteer force."

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on February 6, 2013 at 5:29pm: The article says that "the John C. Stennis CSG, which deployed in late August, has been the only carrier force in the region since December, when the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group had to return home for repairs.

The Ike CSG is still slated to deploy again later this month and will relieve Stennis. The Ike does not need to complete workups and will allow the Navy to keep one carrier in 5th Fleet when and if the cuts take hold."

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2013/02/navy-truman-delay-persian-gul...

Comment by Trevor's mom on February 6, 2013 at 5:26pm: Wow, wonder if those that are already deployed will stay out as long a first thought.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on February 6, 2013 at 5:25pm: Theresa, did you see the Navy Times article saying that the slogan "A global force for good" is unpopular? I happen to love that slogan.