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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

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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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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

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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 Melissa (Tucson) on January 14, 2009 at 1:48am: JC: Lots of elk here in AZ. Most think it's all desert, but we have lots of very high mountain ranges (12,000 ft). Lots of skiing in the winter....I'm 30 miles away from a 10,000 ski resort. My brother hunts for everything. Deer, elk, javalina, qaile, dove, rabbit. Sometimes in the spring the bears come down out of the mountains. That's always interesting.

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on January 13, 2009 at 10:35pm: I was out all day, busy with my other life--the one going on outside of N4M, and I find out we're taking a roadtrip and I'm bring an ingredient for margaritas! I really am taking a road trip. We're leaving on the 23rd for Norfolk. Our son needs help moving all his stuff out of storage to Great Lakes. I am wondering what he has that's so valuable that he needs to rent a u-haul for his pickup AND have his mom and dad bring the van. Since he's been deployed for a year, I don't remember exactly what was in his apartment in Norfolk. I also suspect that it's cheaper to not move stuff and buy new! However, I'm not going to argue because it's a wonderful excuse to be in Norfolk and Virginia Beach again! Unfortunately, our trip will be too early to meet all of you! I could be a rest stop in Illinois on I-80 and I-74 though.

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on January 13, 2009 at 6:43pm: I'm the DD! Love to drive and navigate.
Can't wait for the upcoming Tiger Cruise. I'll be driving through Texas, Arkansas and Georgia in late March/early April.
Just got home from running some errands, had to turn the A/C on in the car. I keep looking on my doorstep and no one's there......

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on January 13, 2009 at 1:23pm: Hey, it's just me and the hubby. He's retired and has no hobbies. PLEASE come and visit. Come and stay. We have 3 empty bedrooms....
Bob is getting the grill fired up right now. You all know how to cook right? My Sailor was the cook. Bob only does the grill...... :)
And the AZ Navy Moms are having a potluck on Jan. 24th! You wouldn't want to miss THAT would you? Recruiters, DEPPERS, Parents, Navy Moms.....FUN!

Comment by Melissa (Tucson) on January 13, 2009 at 12:34pm: 70's and sunshine for the next 10 days.....

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on January 13, 2009 at 10:35am: Hi, Sherri, check out the GM Moms group. You'll get lots of answers there about schooling and having a GM in the family. My GM son is staying with John and Yvonne--have your daughter connect with them. Your daughter could get first hand info from my son.

Comment by John and Yvonne on January 13, 2009 at 10:18am: Hi Sherri,

Welcome to the group. We have a lot of fun talking, laughing, and sharing together here. Yvonne and I don't "technically" have any kids in the Navy, but we have a home away from home in Virginia Beach and minister to sailors from this area in our home. If your daughter and her husband want a good home cooked meal or a place to fellowship we'd love to have them participate in our activities.

Comment by John and Yvonne on January 12, 2009 at 6:43pm: Oh, I almost forgot, not that the Civil War may interest you ladies that much, but the Monior and the Merrimack "Ironclads" had their big battle here in Chesapeake Bay.

John

Comment by John and Yvonne on January 12, 2009 at 6:22pm: The biggest attraction here is the history.

If you're into Civil War history this is where it happened! Fort Monroe which is about 5 minutes away from Norfolk Naval Station has a museum where President Lincoln met with Grant during the last years of the war to plan strategy. It is also where Jefferson Davis was imprisoned after the war.

Depending on when you come, March 14 and 15th there is a Civil War Reenactment of the Penninsula Campaign at the Endview Plantation in Yorktown. We always take a group of servicemen to that for the whole day. It's an awesome experience! (Bring a coat it can be pretty cold for that one; but well worth it).

The Jamestown Settlement is the actual place that you learn about when you're in elementary school! The buildings are replicas of the originals and the parks' film before hand is really interesting.

Almost every major Civil War battle that was fought in the mid atlantic east was fought between Norfolk and Washington DC (about a 3 hour drive).

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on January 12, 2009 at 5:58pm: I've been to Norfolk five times! I never run out of things to do. Take the base tour at least once. Go see Virginia Beach, Fort Henry, and the lighthouse. If you go to Williamsburg on the Colonial Parkway is also Yorktown and Jamestown--full of history! There's an art museum in Norfolk that I've never gotten to. Smithfield is across a bridge--famous for Smithfield hams. I've heard there's a good museum there, too, but we always run out of time. We've been there in March, cool and blustery at times, but sunny a lot. July is hot, hot, hot and humid. I believe rainy and cold at times, but we've just never experienced that. Maybe this trip--we're leaving the 23rd to drive there to help our son move. We won't get everything seen this trip either. Just have fun!!!