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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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

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RTC Graduation

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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Latest Activity: Apr 19, 2024

Welcome to the
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 IansMom on February 3, 2017 at 12:33pm: Thanks DonnaCatLover9! Your words were a comfort. My son is at RTC now. We are just finishing week 3 and I am anxiously awaiting that second call! I have always encouraged my son to follow his dreams, but inside I had this fear that our relationship would change and that closeness would disappear. Your words were a comfort. Thank you!

Comment by DonnaCatLover on February 3, 2017 at 12:20pm: I've been reading the comments and reliving those same feelings. My son went off to boot camp last April and it was the hardest thing ever to watch him leave, him all hopeful and proud and me all sad and fearful he wouldn't make it. I bit back the words several several times "Are you sure you want to do this?" Because I needed to respect his decision as a newly minted young man. You wait for that 15 second call from boot camp "Mom, I made it. I'm fine." And then for that call mid-boot camp that most RDCs allow the recruits to make. Then you wait for that call "I'm a sailor!" And in the middle of it all, you write letters and pray. My son is now finishing up A school and has thrived in the Navy world. The structure is exactly what he needs to be successful. He is growing up and becoming mature and he is actually studying and doing very well in school. HE made this decision and has the motivation to make it be a successful one. He came home at Christmas and it was SO good to see him. Our relationship is still intact, something I worried about when he left for boot camp. He still makes me laugh and still aggravates me :). Hang in there, mamas! Your boys will always be your boys, just grown up and proud young sailors!

Comment by Sasysweet on February 3, 2017 at 10:26am: Nukemom, I'm in the same boat as you. My youngest, 19, swore in back in Sept or so. He leaves in June and reality has sunk in now that he leaves in just a few months. I'm so very proud of his decision and I know this will be so very good for him, but every night when he hugs me good night I cry. I try to hide it as I don't want him to feel any emotional burden but he just laughs at me and tells me I'm silly when he catches me which actually makes me feel better because we can laugh about it. I think I've come to the realization it's the fear of the unknown that has me on such a rollercoaster. The not knowing when I'll hear from him or see him again. So I try to soak up ad much info here as I can and pray.

I also stay in touch with friends who have kids enlisted. It helps knowing I'm not the only one feeling like I do. It's definitely not easy but I think, hope and pray once he leaves it'll become a little easier because we are no longer in a waiting pattern.

Comment by NukeMom on February 3, 2017 at 8:28am: I'm a new Navy Mom to a 17 yr Old son who is currently in DEP. he will be leaving for boot camp sometime in the summer. I'm getting emotional and I'm wondering how other moms handled the separation.

Comment by blackbirdmom on February 3, 2017 at 8:10am: I agree totally with lemonelephant about the "Things to Do" discussion. I bet I've read it 20 times.

Comment by lemonelephant on February 3, 2017 at 12:43am: If your future Sailor has yet to ship, then be sure to check out the discussion, Things to Do in the Last Month before Your Future Sailor Leaves for....

Comment by lemonelephant on February 3, 2017 at 12:42am: Everyone, Make it a habit to check your My Page because you may have comments from Members and not even know it if you have the notifications turned off for comments on your My Page. To reply to someone who leaves a comment on your My Page, click on "Comment Back" or "View Thread" (you will have to do that if the person has their profile set to "Just My Friends") below the comment. Also check in the upper left to see if you have Friend requests or any new messages in your Inbox.

Comment by ProudMom on February 2, 2017 at 5:03pm: My son APDE was sworn in yesterday. He will graduate in May and the will begin boot camp on August 15, 2017. Although I am extremely proud I worry. I believe he has made the right decision but have heard so many things that I am conflicted as to whether he is prepared for RTC and what is ahead for him. I pray for maturity and strength for him. I want to help him succeed and any advice on how I can do this without stressing him or myself out.

Comment by Teachermomto2 on February 1, 2017 at 9:36pm: Hi...I'm a newbie with a ds that just took his Picat, scored well and now is waiting to go to MEPS...he wants to go asap but his recruiter said that they are waiting for another recruit...anyone know how long of a wait this can be?