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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.

Weather - Norfolk

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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 BTsmom on July 29, 2014 at 8:36am: KrisT1-I hear that. Saw my Sailor last in Jan. and won't get to see her again until next March! Going crazy missing her!

Comment by KrisT1 on July 28, 2014 at 10:17pm: That is great to hear! I am in MN. so haven't seen my son since xmas. I know he has been very busy.

Comment by All3barkers on July 28, 2014 at 9:37pm: Hi there Navy Moms. My family traveled to Norfolk this past weekend to pick up my Son's car and other personal belongings. They are very busy getting ready for this move to Florida. It saddened me to take his car, computer, etc. I know how much he has enjoyed having these while in Norfolk. We are only 232 miles from Norfolk so he was able to make the trip home on occasion. These guys and girls are doing an awesome job as they represent our country in defending our freedom. We are truly blessed. Hang in there Sailor Moms...we have got this!

Comment by TLC72 on July 28, 2014 at 4:33pm: Yes, they do the same thing, but of course dates aren't disclosed in email, only in person. I did get ahold of the secretary of the FRG who said the command hasn't given them a date yet, so go by the tentative date we were given by our sailor. I guess that's what we'll do until we hear otherwise.

Comment by abuon18 on July 28, 2014 at 12:53pm: Tracy, my husband is not on the CVN-77 so I won't be attending the FRG meeting but when my husband was deployed I remained living in San Diego until the ship returned and was unable to go to any FRG meetings. Our FRG had a mailing list and would e-mail the meeting minutea out a day or two after the meeting - maybe your FRG does something similar for times you are unable to attend the meetings?

Comment by TLC72 on July 28, 2014 at 9:01am: The FRG is the Family Readiness Group. They handle things like planning the homecoming festivities following a deployment, having fundraisers to help with those expenses and stuff like that. The hold monthly meetings during a deployment and get important information from the command to the families. The only problem is, you have to attend the meetings in person to get that information. We're in Illinois, so it's nearly impossible to do that.

Comment by Leach73 on July 28, 2014 at 8:48am: Hello and Happy Monday to all.

singingbird - Lucky!! how nice that you were able to spend a weekend with your Sailor!! I will have to tell my Sailor about these places that you visited to give her ideas of where to explore too.

Tracy - what is an FRG meeting?

COTwin - that's too bad that your twin won't be able to go see his brother for his graduation. Lord knows why things like this happen but I am sure the one graduating will feel the love from a distance.

Catmom509 - I went to Norfolk over the Memorial day weekend and the weather was beautiful! Sunny, blue skies, warm and a nice breeze.

Comment by TLC72 on July 27, 2014 at 2:55pm: Is anyone here part of the CVN77 family and plans to attend the next FRG meeting? I would love to fly out from IL to attend, but can't.

Comment by John and Yvonne on July 27, 2014 at 7:25am: on the funny side...there are only two kinds of vessels in the Navy: submarines and targets! :)

yvonne