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

**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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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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Norfolk Sailors - Family & Friends

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.

Discussion Forum

"Navy Lodge Norfolk" - Information, rates and photos

Started by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom. Last reply by Chipmunk Sep 30, 2019. 16 Replies

Barracks?

Started by SJWit. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Sep 17, 2019. 9 Replies

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Comment by TwoForTheNavy on September 27, 2015 at 8:20pm
Calimom I keep speak from personal experience. John & Yvonne opened their home up to my daughter. She was able to spend time with them before deployment and we met them we were there for her deployment. Being from CA she has no family in Norfolk and they give a feeling of family for our young people.
Comment by calimom on September 27, 2015 at 8:03pm

Thank you so much John and Yvonne I will certainly let my son know about your generous offer. 

Comment by John and Yvonne on September 27, 2015 at 7:06pm

Calimom,

I just saw that your son will be coming here to Norfolk and we wanted to let you know that we open our home on the weekends and invite the sailors over for food, board games, more food, movies and of course football games. :)

And if they don't have a vehicle, we are always happy to provide them with a ride in our car or one of the other sailors who come over have also provided rides.

Let me know if you think he is interested and I will pm you our cell number.

Yvonne and John

Comment by NavyMom93 on September 26, 2015 at 5:54pm
calimom, my son was in A school in Maryland for 6 months. He had a car at home, but relied on taxis and a bicycle he bought for that time. After he graduated, he flew home and drove his car back to Norfolk. I wouldn't think it would be worth it for that short of a time period. He can use taxis, and the buses are right there on the base. Just my thoughts.
Comment by calimom on September 26, 2015 at 5:53pm

He said in March he will be going to San Diego.  He is young and not a very experienced driver and from what I understand the winters in VA are snowy and icy so it kinda of worries me for him to be driving. 

Comment by 1Bodyprof on September 26, 2015 at 5:47pm
Calimom: are you sure it's only temporary ? Norfolk is big so a car is helpful. Our Sailor drove his car from TX to VA before C school and has been there since
Comment by calimom on September 26, 2015 at 5:41pm
Hi - Navy world is all new to me. My son just finished A school at Pensacola and will be going to Norfolk for C school until March. I saw the discussion of the necessity of a car on base and I'm wondering if I should take him his car. We live in CA so it would be a long trip to VA. I was thinking since he is only there temporary that he could get around by taxi, bus, etc. for the short time that he is there. Any opinions on this? Thanks
Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 25, 2015 at 10:42am

Hi all - Happy Friday!  Got my RED on today ;-)

Marcy - we must be getting your warm weather here in SoCal.  Supposed to be 102* in my area today - ugh!  Definitely not fall weather lol!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Comment by diane on September 25, 2015 at 9:06am

My daughter is in little creek, my son is in Norfolk. If he would have the same weird sense of humor as me and my daughter I would have had him and a group of friends go and welcome her home from her first underway. Just as a joke type of thing. She said she would have fallen over laughing if he would have done that. We do silly things in our family.

Comment by Forever proud on September 25, 2015 at 8:40am
miss deb - no special activities happen for underway returns as they are usually only a few weeks at most.
 

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