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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:
Events
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Comment by R'sproudmom on March 27, 2011 at 11:30am
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Would love to go to meet and greet but, guess what, we will be in VA Beach the 28th. Flying out that morning for PIR in GL!!! Yee Ha!!! Our spring break is the week before and my daughter and I will probably be visiting family in Va Bch. that week also. Sorry it won't work.
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on March 27, 2011 at 7:33am
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Hi everyone, My name is Lora. I live in Western NC but my daughter and son-in-law are both based in VA Beach. I am coming there for Spring Break the last week of April. We are planning a meet and greet Lunch for Thursday April 28th at 11 am and would love to have as many members from Navy Moms as possible to meet us. If you can bring your Sailor that would be great too. There is an event set up for this and you can go to events and click on the calendar on April 28th and RSVP. I look forward to meeting a bunch of new friends and I hope you can all come :-) Thanks so much, Lora
Please send me an email as well and let me know your email address and phone number. We will decide where to meet once we see how many can come. My email is: uniquememorymakers@yahoo.com Thanks Again
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Comment by JSma2 on March 27, 2011 at 12:59am
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There is a base in Dahlgren which is about 1 1/2 hours north of Richmond, but Norfolk is the only home port for aircraft carriers on the East Coast. Our son hopes to be flying off a carrier. The only other home port for carriers is California. Praying for Norfolk. Of course if he ends up with helicopters, no telling where he could be stationed.
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Judy, Not too familiar with that part of the state. I am in Concord. My husband is Postmaster in Meherrin. Anywhere close? We are so new into this NAVY stuff and so far a lot of emotions. It will get better.
JSma2, my daughter and I travel to Richmond often to shop. Girls day out! takes about two hrs. Norfolk for you would be a blessing. Isn't there a base in Dalgren Va? Is that close?
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Hello all,
I am in Midlothian (Richmond). My son graduated OCS in Feb. He is now in Pensacola for flight training. Hope he will be commissioned in Norfolk, but that is a couple of years off, yet.
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Hello ,
New NAVY mom living near Lynchburg. Not too many moms from this area. Son will PIR 4/29. I so enjoy reading all of the postings on NFM's. Have been a blessing as this is all so new to us. Learning so much. Thanks!
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Comment by warriorswife (Ship 04 Div 804) on January 29, 2011 at 10:41pm
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Hello
We have a SR that has PIR 2/11/11 - He left for GL early Sept. and was in the Medical until Dec. We are so excited to get to see him in a couple of weeks.
Hooyah
Any other Mom's in Central Virginia
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Comment by DorriO on December 26, 2010 at 12:37pm
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A northern Virginia mom (Leesburg in Loudoun County) with a Sailor Recruit at RTC - he's in week 3 with a PIR of 2/11/2011. Miss him lots! No call home for Christmas )-:
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Comment by John and Yvonne on November 24, 2010 at 12:08pm
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It's been a long time since I've been on here. Too long. I just read Donna's posts.
For those of you who have sailors that are new to the area, or if you are in the military and new here yourself, there are two things I'd like to let you know about. First, my wife and I live in Virginia Beach. I'm a retired Navy chaplain (I also spent 10 years enlisted).
We have a fellowship in our home for servicemen and women. We get together Saturday evenings from 5-9 and eat, play board games, watch DVDs, go miniature golfing, and do other special events types of things. We also get together on Sunday afternoons from 1-5 for a big home cooked meal (Yvonne is a great cook!) and fellowship.
If you have sailors stationed here, or you're stationed here, and want to meet people, make friends, and have some fun doing it, we'ld love to meet you. Check out our profile page and if you're interested, contact us.
That was item number one. Now for item number two. I am also one of the pastors at Azalea Garden Church in Virginia Beach. If you're looking for a good, family oriented, friendly church, come check out our services. We're located at 1541 Centerville Turnpike in Virginia Beach.
Please don't feel lonely here. You have friends here that you just haven't met yet!
Happy Thanksgiving. .
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Comment by Val-ACD-(ship 12 div 034) on November 19, 2010 at 10:34pm
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My son left for BC on 11/3 and his PIR is 1-7-11. He is planning on going on to Charleston after BC. Does anyone have a recruit going to Nuclear school in Charleston or already there?
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