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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.

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

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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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MEPS & DEP group...
We love helping deppers, recruits, sailors, and especially their families!!!

Don't understand the Navy?
Haven't a clue what is about to happen?
Do you just want to share your joys or sorrows?

Then this is the group for you!!!

We enjoy helping family member with all information or just to pass the time chatting.

Glad you're with us!

It is very important that your future Sailor be physically fit prior to shipping to the RTC (these are new standards beginning 1/1/2018) and that he be able to pass an initial run test. See Navy Sets New Physical Fitness Standard to Start Boot Camp. "The initial run standard is evaluated on the 1.5 mile run of the first Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) at boot camp. The initial run standard for male recruits will be 16 minutes 10 seconds and 18 minutes seven seconds for female recruits."

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Comment by Phoenixmom on January 31, 2018 at 7:11pm: FYI when the Box comes to your home someone needs to be home to accept the box, if not they will leave a note asking for you to pick it up.

You may be able to leave a signed and dated note for FedEx to leave the box without a signature, but you may need to have the form from FedEx that indicates it is permitted. You can also go to www.fedex.com/us/delivery and set up the delivery options. FedEx used to leave the box without a signature, but since most of them contain a cell phone now, they must have a signature unless directed to leave the box without a signature. Other loved ones have been able to go by a FedEx office and sign a form that permits the driver to leave a box arriving from GL or Waukegan, IL without a signature. If there is nothing on file with FedEx, the driver will leave a note on the first delivery attempt that has a place for you to sign if you want the driver to leave the box on the next attempt without a signature. Some recruits trash or donate the clothes that were worn to the RTC rather than paying for sending them home, but if your recruit took a cell phone with him/her, you will receive "the box" or you may receive a large padded FedEx envelope rather than a box. (Look for the cell phone in one shoe and the battery in the other shoe or in separate pockets.)

Comment by Phoenixmom on January 31, 2018 at 7:10pm: If you have a phone call from the 847 area code, or US GOVERNMENT, or PRIVATE CALL, or RESTRICTED, or PAY PHONE, or WITHHELD, or UNAVAILABLE or ATT CALLING CARD, be sure to answer!!! (It is possible that a Recruit could call from another area code as well--773, 224, 312, 872 are all area codes in that area.)

Comment by Phoenixmom on January 31, 2018 at 7:10pm: Just an FYI, if you have a Loved one that just barely left for BC, depending on the time they arrive at Great lakes you will receive the I'm here call, it may be late in the evening, you want to keep the phone close. these calls can come with an area code 847 or a different one, the reason being is they may be using another's cell phone if they hadn't taken theirs.

Soon after your recruit arrives at the RTC, s/he will be permitted to make the “I’m here!” call. It will be short (30 seconds or less--10 to 20 seconds is average) and to the point. "I made it. I'm here. I'm fine. Look for a box in a few days and a letter in about a week. I will try to call in about 3 weeks. Love ya. I gotta go." (Sometimes the recruits say 2 weeks instead.) Recruits are sometimes given up to 2 minutes for this call, but many still stick with the four pieces of information that they have to relay and cut the call short. This call can come at any time, even in the wee hours of the morning for some depending on the flight or bus schedule. If your recruit took a cell phone with him or her, then this will be the last call from that phone before you receive it back in "the box" a few days later. Sometimes a recruit does not get to make this call if s/he did not take a cell phone or his/her cell phone battery is dead because the recruits now must use a cell phone for this call and there is not always time for everyone to make the call on a borrowed cell phone. There are no phone banks at Inprocessing.

Comment by Phoenixmom on January 31, 2018 at 4:42pm: Welcome Horizon_2018 glad to have you along, and congratulations to your Son. if there is anything I can help you with please ask.

Comment by horizon2018 on January 31, 2018 at 4:26pm: Hi all! I am brand new to being a Navy Mom. Literally, my son just found out yesterday that he has finally been accepted and will be heading to boot camp March 8th (I believe he called it his "ship out date"). This site has been most helpful so far, but of course I still have a million questions. I dig around on here until I find the answer. I am so glad I found you guys, and so very proud to be here!

Comment by Phoenixmom on January 30, 2018 at 5:16pm: please for those that will be coming soon to BC soon this is a must read so no surprises come into works.

Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) and Fitness Improvement Training (FIT) for you.

Make sure they are fit and start running. so many are not passing, these are the new standards.

Comment by Phoenixmom on January 24, 2018 at 1:25pm: Hi Kimberly here is something that you can go by and go back into your my page and do your settings.

NAVYforMoms (N4M) Community Guidelines

as far as your Daughter there is no such thing as being a Loser, much of them have struggles and they get the chance to re-test to get them to pass, now going thru battlestations is another thing this is there final test I will put a site for you to read on that, she must stay awake at all times. I will put info on your page. And best wishes to your Daughter.

Comment by Phoenixmom on January 22, 2018 at 10:31am: Good Morning Ladies hope all is well, Tina your PIR is Listed on Boot Camp for moms. please join.

Right now the only news I have received from My Sailor is that they are not getting paid. Not sure about any holding back from joining or leaving to BC.

Hope you all have a great Day!

Comment by Tina on January 22, 2018 at 9:23am: My son is currently at boot camp with PIR of March 02, 2018. DIV 112.

Comment by NavyMomFHAL18 on January 20, 2018 at 10:10pm: My son was scheduled to leave or BC on May 23rd. He was offered a bonus if he left in January. He agreed and signed the paperwork for the bonus. A week later he was told that there was no longer any positions available for the job that he has originally signed up for when joining the Navy. They offered him a new position. He has verbally agreed to take the new position. For the last week we have received no news (partially because of the weather in the south shutting everything down). With the government shut down, what are the chances of him leaving for BC in January? My son quit his job thinking he was going to leave in the next two weeks. We feel abandoned no knowing when he is leaving or what he is doing. We have called his On-Boarder, but no one answered and no VM option.