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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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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

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 CO-TwinSalorsMom on October 1, 2015 at 10:18pm: Conserned.... One of my sailors had PIR, came home on leave, got a call to report to Norfolk early. He got 5 days with us then flew to Norfolk. 4 hours after landing at the airport he was on a moving ship. Got a pic from another mom, he looked like a deer caught in headlights. Did just fine that deployment.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on October 1, 2015 at 9:58pm: New improved South wall of bakery. Display goes in the big opening. Granite counter goes on the little window and the bigger one.

Comment by Rod on October 1, 2015 at 5:30pm: http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2015/10/01/norfolk-ships-pr...

This is from Navy Times.

Comment by Concernedad on October 1, 2015 at 3:10pm: Wonderful. My son just bought and picked up his new truck yesterday. With his luck, he'll come back and find it under water.

Comment by abuon18 on October 1, 2015 at 2:16pm: Concerned dad - when my husband arrived in Norfolk a couple of years ago, he shipped out to his first underway the next day. They often don't get much time to prepare beforehand and really the best way to get acclimated to ship life is getting underway!

All the ships that were supposed to pull in yesterday except for one did not, and today they are just re-feuling and re-supplying as B'sNukeMom says but the ship that did pull in yesterday will have to go back out too. Feel bad for those guys because they just returned from deployment, not just an underway!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on October 1, 2015 at 2:07pm: Concernedad - Capt. Scholl from the Truman posted late yesterday on the public Truman FB page "Truman friends & family, Hurricane Joaquin is expected to move up the East Coast. As a flagship, for command and control, we are directed along with many other ships to remain at sea. We will conduct a 4 hour resupply in port and head back out. Only supplies and Sailors on travel orders will be allowed on the pier - unfortunately, there won't be a chance for liberty. We will continue to provide updates, so stay connected with the FRG".

Comment by HawaiiKat on October 1, 2015 at 1:33pm: Depending on the weather track, they very well may have to be at sea. Orders are orders, don't think he'll have a choice to ship out or not.

Comment by Concernedad on October 1, 2015 at 1:30pm: Thanks. Don't want to talk about ship movement, but wondering if that's what's going to happen. Considering he just got to Norfolk, not sure he's ready to ship out

Comment by Rod on October 1, 2015 at 1:17pm: The notice was put out yesterday and means all ships if able prepare to get underway within the next 48 hours.