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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 Stef on December 11, 2014 at 7:07pm: Got my kid in the box today. He got there early Tuesday morning after a long delay in Dallas. *sigh*

Comment by Momma8480 on December 10, 2014 at 6:46pm: Dear tytulip40, I am sorry to hear about your son's delay! Thanks so much for writing me even though you have your own issues! I have been trying to figure this online "group" thing out all day so that I could respond again and wish you all the best!!

Bcs mom

Comment by tytulip40 on December 10, 2014 at 2:00pm: Well - its a no go this month! The MEPS dr wants the area to heal - wants to see him in two weeks and will decide ship date at that time. :( My son is really sad and bummed right now.

Comment by tytulip40 on December 9, 2014 at 10:52pm: bcsmom - it's at Marriott in Doral - not sure about staying - my son was sch to leave this morning until the dr saw a wart on his middle finger (little frustrated since he was delayed entry so for 9 months he's gone to DEP meetings, trained with some special ops shipmates and no one ever said a thing)! Sorry for venting there - any hoot - to answer your question, I think so! My son had wart cut off and area coutarized today - meeting with MEPS DR tomorrow for all clear to leave Thursday morning! Been a crazy day!

Comment by Navy brat/mom on December 9, 2014 at 8:33pm: bcsmom, tell your son not to worry about the asvab. If he scored a 70 on the practice he will be fine. My son scored mid 60's on the practice and scored 86 on the actual test. As far as the rest, I honestly cannot tell you. We had our son go on his own. The first time a year ago while we were out of town, and prior to him turning 18. The second time right after he turned 18 and could do all this without our signature. The reason for 2 trips for us was he was trying to go nuke and missed it last year by 6 points and retested for it this year. The best advice I can give is for him to be mindful of ship dates if he has the opportunity to pick. Our son chose to leave this coming March instead of this month. It has given him too much time to sit idle at home and question his choices. After some talks with his dad and I he is back on track, but now that we are 3 months away from shipping and he's excited and I'm falling apart... Lol. Good luck to your son, and join the boot camp group, LOTS of wonderful information, even when they are getting ready to leave.

Comment by Momma8480 on December 9, 2014 at 8:32pm: please forgive me about the "recruiter not being helpful part". She is simply new at this position, per her words..." I am a scared mom. I do like her and she has been very good to us. I simply need advice from anyone that has the answers

Comment by Momma8480 on December 9, 2014 at 8:23pm: Hi, my son has his MEPS appointment tomorrow in Miami to join the DEP. I am a super nervous! Although he score around 70 on the pre-test, he is scared to death for the exam so his dad has offered to go down to Miami with him. We know that he won't be able to be WITH him until the swear in, but at least he will be in the area. Does anyone know what hotel they use and if so, can my husband get a room at the same hotel even though we know he can't be on the military floor? Also, can he see our son when they shuttle him back to the hotel to sleep prior to the physical??? I am so confused and my son's recruiter has not been very helpful.

Comment by MoMom15 on December 4, 2014 at 5:57pm: terry's mom - yes - Hurry up and wait is the Motto. I threatened to make my son's recruiter a check list, since they were always missing stuff!!! :)

Comment by garden gal on December 4, 2014 at 5:52pm: Hi.. My son is trying to join the Navy. He wanted Nuke (he is a Physics major in college) and met all the requirements until he went to Meps. Found out his eyes are past the myopia cutoff and he is color deficient. So they are applying for a waiver but were waiting on his drug tests to submit the waiver application. Waiting, waiting, waiting. He was just notified yesterday that he has to go back to Meps because (wait for it...) Someone dropped a whole tray of urine samples & they all have to be retested. His recruiter said "only in the military"

Just have to laugh