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

**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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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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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.

Members: 1313
Latest Activity: 18 hours ago

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.

Discussion Forum

"Navy Lodge Norfolk" - Information, rates and photos

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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 4, 2015 at 6:36pm

Email List: To be included in the email distribution list, your Truman Sailor must email the Communication Liaison from his or her ship account at HSTFRG_RSVP@yahoo.com. Have your Sailor provide his or her rank/rate, name, department and division along with the names of people they wish to add, their email addresses, and relationship to the Sailor.

Comment by Navymomnow on September 4, 2015 at 6:21pm

Hello!  Do you have any info that would help me keep informed while my son is on deployment? I read somewhere that we need to sign up for info to be emailed to me, and he needs to connect with the communications unit on the ship as well... Just want to stay posted.  Was also wondering if we con welcome him home when he returns?  thank you!

Comment by Alyce on September 4, 2015 at 11:54am
Rod, that is very helpful!! Thank you so much!!
Comment by Rod on September 4, 2015 at 11:44am

Second floor of the arrivals terminal.  That telephone number is the USO number.

Comment by Rod on September 4, 2015 at 11:40am

http://www.norfolkairport.com/

757-233-0567 (phone)

Comment by Rod on September 4, 2015 at 11:38am

Check with the USO office in the airport.  They should be able to contact someone.

Comment by Alyce on September 4, 2015 at 11:30am
How does my son find out how to contact a duty van when his flight arrives?
Comment by Laura on August 31, 2015 at 1:28am

No suitcase. A seabag for all of her Navy gear, a garment bag for dress whites, a backpack for civilian clothes and misc items. All of those will fold flat as a pancake for storage which is minimal.

If she is deploying she will need to have some conservative clothes for port calls. The less she takes the better. Remember she has to carry all of the stuff down a very long pier.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on August 30, 2015 at 1:41am

Your Granddaughter will have a seabag with her and possibly her day pack and maybe one other bag. she should have all she needs. they have a small locker and the space under their rack mattress I think it is about 4-6 inches deep. I know my sons take some limited civies with them for shore leave.

Comment by pennys on August 29, 2015 at 3:05pm

Hello everyone, my granddaughter is leaving for her ship next week, and I was wondering if she should take a small suitcase with her civilian clothes? how much room will she have on her ship? Just curious.

 

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