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.

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Latest Activity: 16 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

Started by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom. Last reply by Chipmunk Sep 30, 2019. 16 Replies

Barracks?

Started by SJWit. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Sep 17, 2019. 9 Replies

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Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on June 29, 2016 at 2:38pm

Hopefully some moms here with deployed sailors can give an update on this!  :)

Comment by CindyN on June 29, 2016 at 2:34pm

SeasonedMom and Marcy - Good point. The website says "The AT&T Ship-to-Shore Prepaid Calling Card is the only prepaid card that can be used on board Navy ships and Coast Guard cutters. You also have international access to over 200 countries worldwide. The dollar amount varies by call locations." But doesn't say if that is what these cards are.

It might be safest to call the Exchange and ask.  Their customer service contact information can be found here: https://www.shopmyexchange.com/mobile/customer-service/faqs

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on June 29, 2016 at 2:24pm

CL, the question remains whether those work from a ship.  There is also this link, but these did not work from the ship https://www.shopmyexchange.com/scs/calling-card

Comment by CindyN on June 29, 2016 at 2:21pm

SeasonedMom, If you do find that your son needs a card, does this site through the Navy Exchange work to get one? https://www.shopmyexchange.com/scs/  It looks like this site allows people who are not "authorized exchange users" to buy gift and calling cards.

Comment by abuon18 on June 29, 2016 at 2:14pm
SeasonedMom, I would just recommend making sure he needs calling cards if you haven't already. On my husband's last ship, they didn't even have a phone for the Sailors to use onboard, and on this one he is on now, they have one phone for the whole crew, and there is no calling card required.
Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on June 29, 2016 at 2:06pm

SeasonedMom, great question - and one that's frustrated me.  As far as I know, AT&T Ship to Shore calling cards are the only ones that work on ships, and you can't buy them online, even through the NEX website; they can only be purchased in person at the NEX.  If anyone has updated info for purchasing these online, I'd love to know.  AT&T's other options - their Global prepaid card, and Virtual Worldwide Prepaid Minutes - did not work from the ship on my son's last deployment.

Comment by SeasonedMom on June 29, 2016 at 12:26pm

Another question about phone cards...Anyone have a great one they can recommend, that I can buy and send my son the pin numbers through FB? I'm telling you, I tried to get him to plan ahead, but he was home for a week before deployment, and I had to go out of town much of that week, and so we fell behind. So frustrating! Thanks!

Comment by SeasonedMom on June 29, 2016 at 12:24pm

Thanks everyone for the welcome and the help. It is most appreciated! My sons b-day is in early August, so I had better get a box going now I guess. I am going to make it a priority to get him some stuff sent from Amazon, and my boxes are on their way from the post office too. He loves his sisters chocolate chip cookies, but really, neither of my kids are big on eating sweets. So perhaps birthday cookies, and some fun dvd's and other items will work well. Thanks again!

Comment by abuon18 on June 29, 2016 at 6:52am
Column! It was my steering column.
Comment by abuon18 on June 29, 2016 at 6:51am
Joe&NatesMom, I took my car to Accurate Tune Plus as recommended in one of the discussions on the page (if you click on the "Discussions" tab it should be the first one) and had a good experience with them. I had to have my steering box (can't think of the name right now.... it's early and I haven't had my coffee yet lol) and the cost was very reasonable and they had it done the next day.
 

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