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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

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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PNG – 2.3 MB
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.

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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 miss deb on September 24, 2015 at 10:27pm: Am new to the navy world. My son is expected back from his first underway. Any idea on what to expect? I would think the return after a longer deployment would warrant special welcome home activity, but i dont know if that extends to the shorter underway.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on September 23, 2015 at 5:43pm: Thank you! You too! It's actually under 100 degrees here in AZ today LOL

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 23, 2015 at 2:10pm

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 22, 2015 at 2:27pm: Happy Tuesday!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on September 17, 2015 at 10:28pm: Also - I got a copy of the four-page form for the Navy Exchange Long Term Parking facility last month, here it is and I'm adding it the Car FAQ right now too :) Norfolk%20Navy%20Exchange%20Long%20Term%20Parking.pdf

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on September 17, 2015 at 10:18pm: Alyce and laurenw - singingbird is right. Getting around the base isn't the whole story; they need cars for mobility and independence for a host of reasons that singingbird described well. To add a few more points...do you really want your sailor to have to depend on other drivers who may have more than a few drinks when they go out? Is it really fair to rely on other sailors who go ahead and buy a car, insure and maintain it? Regarding a bicycle...this is not a college campus, this is real life on the largest U.S. Navy base, adjacent to the largest city in the state. Would you live and work in a major city and just have a bicycle where you have to negotiate freeways to get anywhere? Don't forget the weather - rain, snow, and effects from hurricanes. The Car FAQ discussion above has info about buying, insurance, storage during deployment etc http://navyformoms.com/group/norfolksailorsfamilyfriends/forum/topi...

Comment by Alyce on September 17, 2015 at 12:27pm: Hi John and Yvonne,

I was thinking a bike would help him get around, but from what I'm being told, it would only be good for going around the base, and that traffic around the base would make bike riding dangerous.

Comment by John and Yvonne on September 13, 2015 at 11:41pm: Alyce,

Do you mean a motorcycle or a bicycle? I think motorcycles are not as safe as a car, especially in this traffic! If your son wants to come over to the house, we would be happy to give him a ride.

Yvonne

Comment by Laurenw on September 13, 2015 at 7:11pm: Singingbird - Read your comments regarding Alyce's question of whether to get a bike or a car. How does one decide? if you are assigned to a ship and don't know when you will deploy, what happens if you get the car and then have to store it, etc. Is it really worth it or are they better off trying to get a ride from friends? This is driving me crazy!

Comment by Alyce on September 13, 2015 at 9:54am: Thank you John and Yvonne! Much appreciated!

My sailor is wanting/needing to get a car soon, but since he's kinda in limbo in "temporary barracks" according to him, (not 100% sure he's going to wait the whole time for the GW or be sent to it), so I suggested to him to get a bike for now. Good/bad suggestion? He seems to have to walk far everywhere he has to go.