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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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Graduation Info
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JPG – 3.4 MB
Printable PDF – 2.0 MB

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Navy Speak

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Navy.com Para Familias

Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com

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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 B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 27, 2015 at 12:22pm: Happy Friday!

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 24, 2015 at 11:38am: Hi all - Happy Tuesday!

Thanks for sharing that Marcy - I've forwarded it on to my sailor too.

Comment by Leach73 on February 24, 2015 at 10:14am: Thank you Marcy! I sent an email to my sailor to let her know!

have a great day!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on February 23, 2015 at 10:35pm: Hey all! Just a heads-up to share with your sailors from Naval Operational Security (OPSEC) posted today: "Be aware of a spear phishing campaign targeting users with a Navy Federal Credit Union account. There are multiple senders and the subject line of the malicious emails vary, but appear similar to "Account Alert", "NFCU Notification", "Notification Alert", or "Account Notification". The email contains an attachment that links to a phishing page.
OPSEC Best Practices: Verify links and sources of emails."

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 23, 2015 at 12:21pm: Hi all - Happy Monday! My son & his roommate made it to VA on Saturday. They got their apt rented - now just waiting for the movers to get their furniture delivered. They both report to their ships on Thursday so are really hoping furniture comes today or tomorrow. I guess they don't deliver on the weekends so if it doesn't get delivered they are going to have an issue! Fingers crossed it all works out.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on February 20, 2015 at 11:57am: Happy Friday All!

HuffyMom23 - Happy Birthday to your kiddos! I'm glad you can at least spend it with your daughter - and I'm sure your sailor knows you are thinking of him!

My sailor & his roommate are heading to VA early (2am) tomorrow morning. He made it back to NY last night - whew!

The Tiger Cruises sound amazing - I sure hope the Truman does something so my hubby can go (and maybe me too!).

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend ;-)

Comment by HuffyMom23 on February 20, 2015 at 11:34am: Happy Birthday to my two youngest today! My daughter is 22 and my Navy son is 20. I am happy to have my daughter home from college for her birthday. But we are sad to miss sharing it with our son. Second year in a row missing his birthday. But we all understand and are extremely proud he is serving our country. Hopefully his Aunt and Uncle out there in Norfolk will take him out for his birthday tonight. I hope everyone is staying safe and warm in all this crazy winter weather. We are suppose to get snow again today and tomorrow. But we are not experiencing the craziness of some of these other states.

Comment by mariecb on February 18, 2015 at 12:43pm: Forever proud - thanks for the information and inspiration! It is a once in a lifetime experience!! I hope all 3 of us in our family can go.

Comment by Forever proud on February 17, 2015 at 5:46pm: mariecb - I am a 50+ menopausal mom too! It was exhausting but I wouldn't have missed it for the world. My 67 year old Aunt went as well and though she didn't participate in all the activities, she did quite well! She had fun

Comment by mariecb on February 17, 2015 at 5:17pm: Forever proud - You description of the tiger cruise is a little scary for a 50+ age menopausal mom - lol!!