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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

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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)

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Welcome family and loved ones of sailors serving on USS Kearsarge, homeport Norfolk, VA! Please be sure to review and observe the OPSEC guidelines below to keep our sailors safe :) Introduce yourself and join in the chat! Current group Admin: Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom

Location: Norfolk VA - and everywhere!
Members: 128
Latest Activity: Oct 19, 2022

USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)

"Reveille to Taps" - This is a very cool three-minute timelapse video of Sailors performing their daily operations onboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge.

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Comment by Proudmom on October 23, 2013 at 11:47pm: I'm sorry, I missunderstood. We r going on the tiger cruise.

Comment by Proudmom on October 23, 2013 at 11:43pm: I mean sindy. If u r at a different hotel but close to us we can pick u up and we can go together

Comment by Proudmom on October 23, 2013 at 11:41pm: Windy, my daughter and I are staying at the hampton inn. It has the same address as the base. So it's on the base it right next to it. Wherever u stay u r welcome to join me and my daughter.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on October 23, 2013 at 8:00pm: Don't be nervous! It's easy getting around. If you can still get one, make a reservation ASAP at the Navy Lodge on Hampton Blvd in Norfolk - here's the contact information, rates, and photos: http://navyformoms.com/group/norfolksailorsfamilyfriends/forum/topi...

You can make the reservation yourself, just give the name, rate and rating of the sailor (your Sponsor) who will check you in. Tell them it's for a homecoming; your sponsor will have to check you in within 24 hours of your arrival.

It's very close to Gate Five so getting to the pier and ship is easy. If you're not renting a car, you can take a taxi through the gate. Get info from the ombudsman and/or the FRG about base access for the morning of homecoming.

The taxi fare from the airport to the Navy Lodge on Hampton Blvd is about $20-$25, if the friend can't meet you. And if the Navy Lodge is full, the info for the next-closest hotels (Hampton Inn and Quality Inn on Hampton Blvd) is in the Discussion at that link too.

Comment by Proudmom on October 9, 2013 at 10:10pm: I meant sheraden hotel. I think I spelled that wrong

Comment by Proudmom on October 9, 2013 at 10:09pm: Wow my phone is messed up, I had so much trouble trying to respond to ur message. I left my phone number on ur keasarge page so we can talk. I don't know how to pm so I just put it out there. Let me know if u go it. If u did please call. I am staying at a hotel the nite before the cruise. My daughter is a manager for the Aberdeen hotel, I think it has a different name in norfolk. She can get us a really good rate. I will give u the info when u call. Maybe we can get together and go together.let me know if u got my # asap