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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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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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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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Latest Activity: Apr 15

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 LadyDi on October 30, 2014 at 5:36am: Hi Yvonne and John! Thanks for the invite for my son. I mentioned it to him last night when we talked and he sounded interested. I'll try and get him in touch some how. He actually reports to the ship today for his first day - I'm anxious to see how it goes!

Comment by HawaiiKat on October 29, 2014 at 5:26pm: Found this info on the internet Lovemysailor: http://girightshotline.org/en/military-knowledge-base/regulation/de...

I know of someone who did do this but in the Air Force..and unfortunately it also hurted his career after getting out when applying for a job...just wanted to share. Hope this helps and everything is ok..

Comment by lovemysailor on October 29, 2014 at 5:23pm: Does anybody here know anything about hardship separation?

Comment by nicolel818 on October 29, 2014 at 2:57pm: great to know some local people!
my sailor arrived yesterday to Norfolk and informed me there's only one place on the ship where he gets service on his phone. this is going to be a challenge for me waiting for his call or text, it was a luxury being in constant contact during A school, gotta get back to boot camp mindset almost

Comment by HawaiiKat on October 29, 2014 at 2:50pm: Hello Ladi Di, Nicolel818 and JackieD! I used to live in Antioch before my move to Hawall a year ago! I was in Norfolk visiting my son 2 weeks ago..oh how I miss that kid!

Comment by JackieD on October 29, 2014 at 2:48pm: Welcome Lady Di & Nicolel818 :)

Nicolel818 & Yvonne - I'm in Discovery Bay, right over Vasco Road :)

Comment by nicolel818 on October 29, 2014 at 2:26pm: what a small world!! my sailor is from Livermore as well :)

Comment by John and Yvonne on October 29, 2014 at 5:53am: nicole1818,

I am from the same area as you; in fact my sister lives in the same town as you do! Small world! :)

Yvonne

Comment by John and Yvonne on October 29, 2014 at 5:49am: nicole1818 and LadyDi,

Welcome to N4M and we hope your sailors will enjoy the Navy as well as this area.

My husband and I have been here for the last 14 years, inviting sailors over to our home on the weekends. We play board games and sometimes other activities as well as eat together on Saturday evenings and on Sunday afternoon we invite them over for a home cooked sit down meal with home made bread and dessert. You can see more about us on our page on this site. If you think your sailors would be interested in joining us and having a place to hang out away from their ships or the base itself, please let them know about us. We can pm our cell number to you if you like. My husband spent 20 years in the Navy: 10 enlisted and 10 as a Navy Chaplain so these sailors are important to us.:)

Yvonne and John Wagner

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on October 28, 2014 at 11:01pm: My sailor just arrived back in Norfolk after letting his mom enjoy his company for 10 days!!