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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

Latest Activity

SpiritWolfDi liked B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet)'s discussion Beginning October 5, 2023 Recruit graduations will be Thursday rather than Friday

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Navy Speak

Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)

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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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: May 12

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 dwaynesmom on December 12, 2016 at 6:30pm: My son is returning from his 1st deployment on the Ike, his assigned ship. What is the process and how likely is it that he can get single sailor housing when he returns? He is an E-3. Can he apply now or does he have to wait until they return? Thanks.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on December 12, 2016 at 2:43pm: Celeb Chef Jacoby Ponder, the former Navy CS who has been a Food Network contestant twice, has put out a call to all single Sailors for "Speed Dating Chef Edition" that he is hosting on January 7th at Stratford University in Virginia Beach! Chef Ponder was a runner-up on Chopped and won Cutthroat Kitchen. Looks like fun! :)

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on December 12, 2016 at 2:15pm: mom2dcba - this company Fleet Sheets for bedsheets. Also see if he wants a set of NavyRackPack curtains - they are darkening curtains for his rack that help with sleep, also have storage pockets, and they embroider the last name for free! A lot of Sailors love them, mine included. Pat Neleski is the owner and she is awesome, call her at 855-722-5722 if you have any questions, I've known her for several years now, tell her I said Hi! :) My son also used a thin Tempurpedic-type mattress topper on the ship.

Comment by mom2dcba on December 9, 2016 at 4:28pm: My son will be on the Truman beginning in January. He has asked for sheets for Christmas. There are several websites that claim to have 'exactly' what the sailors need. Is there one site that is better than the others? Any suggestions for other things to get him to use on the ship? How much storage space will he have? Thank you for your help!

Comment by Jeannine on December 8, 2016 at 8:18pm: Thanks for the info.

Comment by John and Yvonne on December 8, 2016 at 12:47pm: Moms,

If your son or daughter is stationed here and can't go home for Christmas, we would be happy to invite them over to our home for Christmas Day Dinner! If they don't have transportation, we can provide that too. :) We also have sailors over on the weekends to give them a place to hang out away from the base. We feed them, play board games, watch movies, go to special events in the area....Let us know if that sounds good to you or your sailor. We can pm you our cell number. Also check out our page on this site to know more about us.

Yvonne and John

Comment by John and Yvonne on December 8, 2016 at 12:43pm: We want to stay with this group!

Comment by MeLinda on December 6, 2016 at 7:52pm: I am still here, usually don't have time to reply but do read all the posts.

Comment by My baby boy is now a man on December 6, 2016 at 12:22am: Please keep me active. My son should be home for the first time in over a year. It's going to be an awesome Christmas for the family.

Comment by miss deb on December 5, 2016 at 10:53pm: Please keep me active. I don't post often but enjoy following this group. My son too will be in Norfolk for another year.
Miss Deb