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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

**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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Norfolk Sailors - Family & Friends

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Norfolk Sailors - Family & Friends

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.

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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 CO-TwinSalorsMom on November 24, 2014 at 12:29am

Huffmom another mom here has a daughter there and her daughter skyped her parents while at the car lot and on a test drive. I thought that was pretty cleaver. 

Congrates June on your daughters achievement

Comment by Amanda&LC+2 on November 23, 2014 at 11:04pm
Yeah we are in Norfolk now but from illinois. We lived 30 min from champaign. It is about 13 hour drive for us!!! Also in VA they have these stickers in their car like they have to get it checked every so often I guess or they can't drive it. Lol its weird to us.
Comment by TLC72 on November 23, 2014 at 10:38pm

Navy Fed told our son to come in the week before he comes home and get a pre-approval check to bring home with him. That would be the easiest way to do it.

HuffyMom- We are 25 minutes north of Effingham, 15 minutes south of Shelbyville. We just made 14 hour trip home last night, and it makes for a long day. There are 4 of them coming this way for Christmas, but he won't be riding back with them. I think his girlfriend is going to make the drive back with him, then fly back. I'll be a nervous wreck until they get there.

Congrats June! That's awesome!

Comment by oneproudmamma on November 23, 2014 at 10:07pm
I'm proud to say my daughter just became a petty officer third class! She wasn't sure she would get it, but I knew she would. I'm one proud mamma! :)
Comment by oneproudmamma on November 23, 2014 at 10:02pm
Huffmom23, my daughter got her car here at home while she was in C-school. She looked online at local dealerships until she found one she liked, had me go look at it, then had my dad get a good deal for her. Once we had it all worked out, she went to Navy Federal and got the loan. I suggest he do the same. This way he gets a good deal. She picked up her car before going to Norfolk and we did a road trip to get her there in time to check in. He can fly home and then drive the car back to Norfolk.
Comment by HuffyMom23 on November 23, 2014 at 10:00pm

Amanda and Tracy, we all live not too far from each other.  I live about 15 minutes southeast of Springfield.  I guess you two can sympathize with the long drive out to Norfolk. Wish it was 8 hours instead of 14 so that we could go visit our son more often.

Comment by HuffyMom23 on November 23, 2014 at 9:56pm

These are the things we are worried about.  He really wants to get a truck when he comes home for Christmas break.  But we do not want to worry about him driving back for 14 hours when he heads home.  It would be his luck the weather would be horrible.  If he had a friend driving with him would be one thing, but alone would worry us to death. 

My brother lives out there and could go with him to look at vehicles except he is in Bahrain right now.  He won't get back to Norfolk until the middle of December.  He did tell me the other day on the phone that if he got a contract, he was bringing it back to the base for the financial person to look at before signing anything.  How very sad and disgusting that our kids are giving their life for this country, and some of these dealerships find it acceptable to rip them off.  Makes me sick!  That is why it would be better for him finding something here at home.  We will see though.  Thanks for your advice and information ladies. Have a great Thanksgiving week!

Comment by TLC72 on November 23, 2014 at 8:54pm

Funny you should ask about that HuffyMom23. We went to Navy Federal with our son while we were in Norfolk last week because he's planning to buy a vehicle when he comes home for Christmas and wanted to see what the process was since there isn't a branch anywhere close to us. The loan officer gave him some very good advice. She didn't even know he was wanting a truck and the first thing she said to him was that trucks are pretty and trucks are cool, but trucks are not practical for Norfolk...period. The gas and insurance alone will kill him. She also said to be very careful with dealerships out there because they know exactly how much they make and can get approved for, so they make sure they sell them the highest price vehicle they can get by with. She said they can smell a 19 year old navy boy from a mile away. Her best advice was to by late model used and don't finance for longer than 60 months.

Comment by Amanda&LC+2 on November 23, 2014 at 7:48pm
HuffyMom23, my husband was telling me one day that when people go out to find cars that before they sign any contracts or anything they take the contracts to a Navy financial person, I'm sorry idk what exactly they are called, I would just tell him to ask around on the ship before getting into anything. He said the dealership tries to screw navy people sometimes too also he should look into navy federal giving the loan.
Comment by HuffyMom23 on November 23, 2014 at 7:40pm

Does anyone have any advice for safe dealerships to look for vehicles in Norfolk?  My son is realizing that the motorcycle might not work the best for him all winter.  He is being stubborn and wants to keep it.  We are telling him to trade it for a truck.  He can always get a motorcycle again when he is older.  His insurance is going to kill him if he keeps the motorcycle and buys a truck. 

He is interested in getting a Dodge, so wasn't sure good places he could look. I really wish we could be there to help him.  I have told him to take someone older who maybe has lived there for awhile that could help him out.  I just don't want him to get suckered because he is some young 19 year old.  We live too far away to make a quick trip out there to help him.  Marcy, I know you always have good information. :)  Thanks to anyone who can help me out!

 

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