Norfolk Sailors - Family & Friends

Sailor just text looking for a place in Norfolk to sew on his patches...any suggestions? The base one is closed plus he said they usually take to long...:) Thanks....

Thank you...I'll pass that information on to my sailor...:)))

BeachBunny,

One of the female sailors who comes over to the house has just purchased a sewing machine and has been sewing patches on uniforms for other sailors as a little side business. I would be happy to let her know your son is looking for someone to do that.  Hopefully we can connect the two.

Yvonne

I also have known some who have brought their business to Suky's Tailors. They were satisfied with her work.

Yvonne

Tonya M, 

Sounds great! Both meeting your daughter and when you come in February. I will pm you my phone number.

Yvonne

I will text her and let her know...then I'll pm you her info. :) Thanks for the response. 

Yvonne

to Josh'smom,

I talked to our female sailor and she wanted to know what ship your son is on? She is also stationed at Norfolk on one of the ships. 

Yvonne

I remember a couple of weeks ago there was talk on this group about mail problems for the sailors in Norfolk. My sailor got there last week for C school and gave me his address...another sailor go their the week before and gave his mom his address to ship his laptop and some other items...they showed up on time on Wed to his new squadron......did the other sailors get their mail worked out? Wonder if it depends on where you are working on this base? Just thought I'd post, encase anyone needed updated information.....

Thank you kathy for your kind words. :) We love having the sailors who are stationed here in our home! It is a blessing. :)

Yvonne and John

Josh'smom,

that's good to know. I will pm Crystal's info to you tomorrow(the sailor who sews on patches. Have a blessed night. 

Yvonne

P.S. I hope you enjoy your time with Josh tomorrow. And it did rain all day today-not sure about tomorrow.

There is another sailor who comes over to the house sometimes who is also on the Iwo Jima.

Josh's Mom,

I sent you a friend request so I could pm you Crystal's info about sewing on patches. I think that's the only way it will be private.....unless the inbox is private, and I think it is.

Yvonne

Happy Birthday to our great United States Navy!!  HOOYAH!!

Happy 238th!  

Navy birthday information - Naval History & Heritage Command

LOL Catmom we were thinking the same thing!  I wonder how many of our Norfolk sailors went to last night's Navy Ball?  

Yes, all over the world - and also here at home in cities that don't have a Navy base - or even water nearby :)  For example, the Phoenix Navy Ball will be next Saturday, and there was one in Colorado Springs, CO last night - http://www.navyleague-coloradosprings.org/navyball.html

Congratulations Cindy!!  I attended my son's too - nothing like it!  Where did he chose to have his reenlistment ceremony?

Yes, there's a Navy Ball every year, it commemorates the 'birthday' of the Navy on October 13, 1775. http://www.history.navy.mil/birthday.htm

Wow!  What a great experience.  Enjoy your time with him!

Hello everyone! I am new to this site. My daughter is a Hospital Corpsman stationed in Norfolk. She just made Blue Jacket of the Quarter! Super proud of her!

Hi, Just wanted to say "Hello" to you all...my sonjust arrived to his ship last Tuesday....enjoying it so far..we are from NJ..he is happy to be stationed "close" to home so he can see his 4 year old son more often..librarygram

Ignore any spam/emails from "Cindy Starkenberg" - it's been reported and this 'person' is being removed by N4M's admins.  

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Josh'smom,

Every command has a different policy on special liberty and three days off work consecutive is normally the max they will authorize. The CO can authorize 4 days but that is normally for specific circumstances, not just so someone can have a four day weekend.

He gets 30 days leave/"vacation" a year to allow him to go home when he wants. If they will give him a Friday off for free I'd jump on it.

Remember, there are limits on how far they can travel from their duty station when not in a leave status. If he travels outside this distance and is caught or gets in an accident or trouble he will get in trouble. My last command we could not travel more than 250 miles away from the command without being on leave.

There is a way to get permission to travel outside the boundary on liberty but he must get written permission to do so if he's not on leave.

You can show up or call them...:) They may have  a room...:)

Cindysch319 - just saw this so I'm not sure why you're looking for lodging near Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth. My son had surgery there a couple of weeks ago. I stayed at the Navy Lodge on Hampton Blvd. in Norfolk.

FWIW, it's at least a 20 minute ride with no traffic and could easily double that at times. Norfolk traffic is crazy! That being said, I absolutely loved the Navy Lodge. Staff was friendly, room was immaculate, breakfast was decent and FREE . . . I would definitely stay there again! It was just a few minutes away from my son's apartment and he had one-day surgery so it worked out fine. You do need to be military (or be sponsored by someone military) to register. I was driving in the morning of his surgery and planned on checking in later that afternoon . . . my son went there the week before and was told that he had to be present for me to sign in. That just wouldn't work because we weren't positive that he was going home and I didn't want to burden him post-surgery. After re-explaining the situation they supposedly made "special accommodations" where he held the room under his credit card. When I got there, they first told me that he had to be present . . . once I again explained the situation, I got the "OK, we worked that out before" and I was able to switch the payment to my credit card. A little frustrating but again, well worth it!!

Again, not knowing why you need to be near Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth . . . let me say this, I was very impressed with the care and treatment my son received there. It's an amazing place with very nice people. We were there at the beginning of the government shut down and the non-military staff weren't even sure if they would get paid BUT they were there and treating patients without a grumble at all. The only negative I need to mention is that parking SUCKS big time! When we pulled into the garage around 5 am on the morning of surgery we were able to park in the first row, first floor of the garage . . . 5 days later when we went back for his initial check-up in the mid-morning we circled level after level of the parking garage and I eventually let him out near the elevator so he wouldn't miss his appointment. I worked my way back down to the ground level and basically stalked people walking back to their cars until I got a space.

Good luck on your trip there!

Cindy, I too recommend Navy Lodge (was there last week in fact, and went back and forth to Portsmouth several times).  The nicest hotel in Portsmouth also happens to be within walking distance of NMCP - The Renaissance Hotel and Waterfront Conference Center, and rates right now are good.  http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/orfpt-renaissance-portsmouth-...