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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

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Navy Speak

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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

Members: 1314
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 TJCsMom on January 27, 2016 at 5:31pm: Hi Navymom65 (Kim), welcome to the group. Naval Station Norfolk is huge! Depending on where she is going (ship or shore duty), she will either be assigned a room in the barracks or a rack on her ship. I'm attaching a map of the base, just to give you an idea of its size and her an idea of how things are laid out there. Hopefully, she has already heard from her sponsor and has made arrangements for transportation from the airport, if she's flying in. If she's driving in, that's great, because a vehicle will definitely come in handy.

Comment by Navymom65 (Kim) on January 27, 2016 at 2:12pm: I'm joining this group as my daughter is home on leave before heading to Norfolk. I am enjoying my time with her and the see you later will be difficult. I am wondering what she might be in for once she arrives. Any words of wisdom or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Comment by John and Yvonne on January 15, 2016 at 11:38pm: To Hope4u, MoCity Mom, and Aliecat64,

Welcome! I just wanted to let you know that my husband and I have a ministry to sailors. We open our home and invite them to come over on Saturday evenings-we feed them and play board games with them and give them a place to hang out. We also watch football if they are interested in sports and sometimes go mini-golfing when the weather is nice. On Sundays we invite them over after we get home from church to join us for a homecooked meal with homemade bread and dessert. We've been doing this here in Virginia Beach for the last 15 years. My husband is retired Navy; 10 years enlisted and 10 years as a Navy Chaplain. So we have a heart for the military. If you think your sons or daughter would be interested we can pm you our cell number so they can get in touch with us. Or we could initiate the contact. If you go to our page on this site you can know more about us.

Yvonne and John

Comment by MoCityMom on January 15, 2016 at 4:12pm: To Aliecat64 - there's not a whole lot we as parents can do except be there for them when they can talk, send them their favorite treats and pray. You could plan a trip to visit him, but make sure you discuss his schedule.

Comment by MoCityMom on January 15, 2016 at 4:11pm: To Hope4U, do you know whether he is assigned to a ship or to shore? If a ship, you can reach out to the ombudsman for the ship.

Comment by Aliecat64 on January 15, 2016 at 1:03pm: Hi I just joined. My son just got stationed in Norfolk Virginia.He has been in the Nave for 13 months now. So what do I do now?

Comment by MoCityMom on January 5, 2016 at 2:52pm: Thank you TJCsMom - my apologies for not providing an update. Yes I heard from her and she is doing well. I really appreciate your concern and prayers.

Comment by TJCsMom on January 5, 2016 at 1:56pm: Happy New Year, all!! MoCityMom, I hope you've heard from your daughter and that she is doing well!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on December 30, 2015 at 11:15pm: Brooke - regarding homecoming, you should already be part of the ship's Family Readiness Group and on the ombudsman team's list (if not, here's how to reach them). The FRG will be emailing you with all the information you need about getting on base, which pier, where to park, planned activities the night before and so on. Get foam posterboard (not thin, floppy pasteboard) and decorate a big Welcome Home sign. If you can, tell your husband to look for the bright yellow or hot pink one or whatever so he knows what to keep an eye out for. You can also order a sign or banner from buildasign.com but the homemade ones are a lot more fun, also easier to hold.

Everyone gathers outside the gate that leads to the pier, so when they funnel out through the gate they're pretty easy to spot.

We arranged that I would call Verizon and reactivate his phone the day before so when the ship arrived we could call each other before he was able to disembark. It can take some time by the way for your sailor to be released from the ship, like up to an hour or more. My first homecoming, the ship arrived about an hour before they'd said it would, so get there on the early side! If you're staying at the Navy Lodge (just off base, nice, convenient, good price), make your reservation as soon as you know the date and let them know you're arriving for a ship homecoming. There are McDonald's on base so you can grab a coffee for the wait when you get there, too. Some people bring a tiny folding camp stool to sit while waiting. This isn't a day for 4" heels by the way! Lots of walking and waiting and you're there for a long while so be comfortable.

One more thing about signs - if you tape a wire yard-sign holder to the back, you'll be able to hold it up high over everyone's heads like a pro! LOL If you do order from buildasign, do so way in advance or the shipping charges go up a lot.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on December 30, 2015 at 10:24pm: MoCityMom, so sorry to hear about all this. Perhaps you can get advice by using the contact info here - http://www.jag.navy.mil/legal_services/rlso/rlso_mid_atlantic.htm