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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

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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JPG – 3.4 MB
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 philly_mamasota on February 24, 2016 at 8:32pm: Hey! My son arrived in Norfolk on 2/11 and is staying on his ship (USS Gerald Ford). He's in IT and has one friend from IT School with him. He's very independent so I don't get too many questions (or answers, for that matter!) from him. But I did like the CAR FAQs and gave him that info. since he does have his SUV with him. His brother is in the Navy on the West Coast but calls or texts when he can. He's been in for 2-1/2 years. Most of my friends thought I would go thru changes due to the "empty nest" but I kind of like it! My husband enjoys it when they're home on leave and when they go back to base.

Comment by Proud AG Mama on February 24, 2016 at 7:56pm: Hi, NavyMomofOne. My AG has been there since a year ago October. What rate is your son? How does he like it so far?

Comment by NavyMomofOne on February 24, 2016 at 11:51am: My son just arrived in Norfolk this past weekend, MM. Anyone else?

Comment by SoCal_Sailor_Dad on February 23, 2016 at 3:16pm: TexasMom, I just noticed you said your son only arrived there on Saturday. If he's coming from a training command, or someplace where he had a meal plan, and is now expected to pay from his BAS, it may take awhile for payroll to catch up, but he should be covered from the day he gets there.

Comment by SoCal_Sailor_Dad on February 23, 2016 at 3:05pm: This is my understanding of how meals work throughout the military, someone who knows better, please correct me if I am wrong. EVERY sailor gets a monthly basic allowance for subsistence (BAS), currently $369.29 for enlisted and $253.63 for officers. This is a tax-free allowance that they get in addition to their base pay. It is intended to cover food/meals.

IF they are assigned to a barracks or onboard a ship where they are expected to eat all or substantially all of their meals in the galley/chow hall, the Navy will deduct almost all of their BAS and issue them a meal card to use in the galley/chow hall.

if your son does not have a meal card, then he should still have the additional $368 BAS from which he's expected to buy his food/meals whether he eats in the chow hall or anywhere else.

He can check his LES (Leave & Earnings Statement) to see if Discounted Meals are being deducted. If they are deducting for meals, and he doesn't have a meal card, he should bring this up with his Section leader or HR, otherwise, he may just need to work out a more disciplined financial budget.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on February 23, 2016 at 11:49am: If his barrack is like my son's in Norfolk they have a small kitchen and my son cooks for himself.

Comment by texasmom79 on February 23, 2016 at 9:15am: abuon18: he lives in barracks and he is in the HSC9 sqardon i dont know if is shore duty i do know when he ships out in Dec. he text last night told me NOT to send money he is stubborn husband and i check his bank last night $4 uggg!! going to call the bank when open see how i can put some in his Navy aco.

Comment by abuon18 on February 23, 2016 at 8:46am: Texas Mom, is he stationed on a ship or shore duty? Where is he living - on the ship, in the barracks, somewhere else?

Comment by Sailors mom on February 23, 2016 at 8:42am: Texasmom79,

My son was stationed at Norfolk for almost 2 1/2 years and as far as I know there was so to speak a chow hall it was more like a small restaurant that cooked breakfast and lunch and if I remember correctly my son says it was like $5.00 for breakfast and that was just one plate. He had to eat out everyday and believe me it showed in his bank account. I know all to well about having to put money in the bank account, but its a shame that they have to go out to eat instead of being provided food at no charge. On the sub my son didn't have to pay, but he was on shore duty the whole time except for a few weeks.

Comment by texasmom79 on February 22, 2016 at 7:04pm: My son just got to Norfolk on Sat. He has been going to chowhall to eat. but he thought as well as I he didn't have to pay but got charged today. Did hego to wrong mess hall or does he need to talk to someone

Just found about he has no money in bank...kids in the morning I going to put money in his bank