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.
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:
**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:
**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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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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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GMA of a Sonar Tech -
look above in the Discussions and click on View All.Marcy has posted a very informative piece on the Navy Lodge and what to do in the area.
Have fun planning your trip and enjoy the time with your Sailor!
We are thinking about visiting our grandson stationed in Norfolk the beginning of Oct. any suggestions on what to see?
Hi Creolemommy - Your son can ask where the housing office is on base. They will be able to review the apartment lease for him to make sure that it contains the military out clause that is needed to break the lease without penalty. They also have a list of apartment complexes to avoid because of their lack of security and/or trying to stick it to the military.
My son has been stationed in Norfolk for about 3 years and lives in an apartment complex in Virginia Beach. My hubby just got transferred to Norfolk but we are renting a house in Virginia Beach. It's about a 30-40 minute drive to base. We wanted to avoid living in Norfolk and also avoid having to take a bridge or tunnel to commute to base.
John and Ivonne that is so awesome! I have a sailor son who will be transferring to Norfolk before the end of the year with his new wife....sounds like a lot of fun and I am sure they would love to meet you and other sailors. Thank you so much for doing this! How wonderful of you! Could you please pm me your number and I will pass it on to them?
For all you new moms on this site who have sons or daughters stationed here in Norfolk, we'd like to let some of you know and remind others that my husband and I invite sailors over to our house on the weekends. We eat and play board games(sometimes go mini-golfing) on Saturday night and on Sundays sit down for a home cooked meal, including homemade bread and dessert! If you think they would be interested, we can pm you our cell number or we could text them and invite them over if they are ok with you giving us their cell number. Looking forward to hearing from some of you. :)
Yvonne and John
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