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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).
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**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
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USS Truxtun DDG 103
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For anyone with a sailor aboard the USS Truxtun stationed in Norfolk.
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Members: 34
Latest Activity: Apr 19, 2022
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Comment by Ellen on May 14, 2013 at 7:19am
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One more thing about the FRG and ombudsman: Feel free to contact those pages to be added to our email list. The sailors get a welcome packet as they onboard that requests family's emails, but we don't always get them back in a timely manner. Thanks!
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Hi everyone-
Yes, please refer to our Facebook pages for the FRG, Ombudsman and the ship: https://www.facebook.com/pages/USS-Truxtun-DDG-103/205525892842189?...
https://www.facebook.com/usstruxtun.ombudsman?fref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/uss.frg?fref=ts
Please remember OPSEC, and not to discuss ship movements, missions or critical information. Chris-Ray's Mom, I'm going to take down your comment, if you would like to post again. We just can't have information about their schedule publicly posted. Sorry, I hope you can understand. Ellen
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Comment by LindaB on May 13, 2013 at 11:00am
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Hello, Truxtun folks. My son joined the Truxtun yesterday evening. Looking forward to learning more about the ship and its family.
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Comment by Chris, Forever Ray's Proud Mom on April 16, 2013 at 3:25pm
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very cool. we live 3 mi N of Saxapahaw just off Thom Rd (off Sax-Beth Church Rd). 21 yr ago we lived in Greensboro.
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Hi again, Chris,
I know the Graham area well. We live in Stokes County, north of Greensboro, and I drive to Chapel Hill to teach at the journalism school two days a week. It takes us about 5.5 hours to get to our son's house from our home. We're going soon to mow his yard because he's at school in Newport.
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it is about a 4-4.5 hour drive to Norfolk, but try to get there as often as possible.
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we live near Graham, about 15 miles west of Chapel Hill.
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Hello Karen K's mom. And Chris, Forever Ray's Proud Mom - hello to you also. My son is a LT jg who will be joining the Truxtun sometime in May after he finishes navigation school in Newport, RI.
Chris - we are also in North Carolina. We get to the Norfolk area fairly often. Our son has a house in Currituck County, NC, about 30 miles from the Naval Station. What part of NC are y'all in?
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Welcome Karen K's mom. Great to have you here! My son is ET, been on ship since Oct. Seems to really like the group. We were abel to attend the shop's Holiday Party (in March) and met several of his shipmates, the Commander and the FRG (Family Readiness Group) leader, among others. Great people. The Commander is a fantastic person who has a lot of energy and really supports his crew. If you have a facebook account, like the USS Truxtun, the FRG and the Ombudsman and you will get a lot of great information adn support as well. The Commander puts out updates probably at least every quarter and the FRG has frequent posts. The FRG is a spouse, shore based, person who is there to organize events as possible and support the families of sailors. They have Holiday parties for the kids, fund raisers...
Where do you live? We are in NC, so we get to see our son several times a year. This year they will be very busy with prep for deployment. Again, welcome.
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Comment by Karen K's mom on April 15, 2013 at 7:21pm
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Hello All,,
My daughter has been assigned to the Truxton, and I would like to get to know you.
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