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

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

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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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DEP-Leavin' for bootcamp in April

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DEP-Leavin' for bootcamp in April

This group is for N4M members that have a loved one leaving for bootcamp in April...I will leave the year open so that even future Deppers leaving in the month of April of any year can join...Lets share stories, information, concerns, and questions

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/deppersinbutnotyet
Members: 469
Latest Activity: Jul 21, 2022

Hello everyone and welcome to the Navy!!! This Group was started for the loved one of DEPPERS leaving in the month of April (although everyone is welcome).......What year you say? Well ......any year!

If you have April ship out issues/questions etc., need specific information, (or have some to share) or just want to talk to someone that is where you are, with a Recruit leaving for and arriving in BC in April, ...then this is the place to be. :-)

Remember, don't "miss 'em while you're with them!" :) Make the most of every precious moment together before they leave. This will be a big transition for both of you! We'll be here for you every step of the way...
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Things to do in the last month before your future sailor leaves (Click on the link.)

Once your recruit has arrived at RTC, the next stop here is to join the group Boot Camp for Moms (and loved ones)  Hangout and ask questions in this group until your form letter arrives.

***New news just out today (9/25/19) from the US Navy Recruit Training Command FaceBook page:
Attention families and friends of RTC: Previously, upon arrival to boot camp, recruits would box up their civilian belongings and ship it to their choice of destination. Our new procedure now has those boxes being stored locally and will be returned to the recruits the day before graduation. The new procedure went into effect this week beginning with Div. 409 in Training Group 52.

Approx two to three weeks after your recruit arrives you will receive the "Form Letter". The form letter will include their Ship# , DIV #, their mailing address, PIR date, and the Security Access Form. The Security Access form needs to be completed and sent back to your recruit ASAP. Keep this letter in a safe place, it has the information you will need.

The date that is on the form letter is the official date for your Recruit's Training Groups PIR (graduation), Things can always change for an individual Recruit (due to illness, injury, failure to pass a final test etc.)! So, we always recommend that you plan, if possible, to purchase Refundable or Exchangeable plane tickets.

After you have received the form letter, join the group for your recruits PIR. There you can ask questions about PIR, training, hotels etc.Those groups will be posted in the Boot Camp for Mom's group.


Thanks for joining us. We hope you will realize you are not alone, and will soon make new friends, plus feel supported and encouraged! :)

**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 sherrie on December 12, 2010 at 11:01am

hi everyone...my son leaves in april 2011...i hope to make some navy mom friends here and we will actually get to meet at graduation God willing...talk soon

Comment by ProudNavyWife Ship 7 Div110 on December 2, 2010 at 7:42pm
Thanks Jessica! I can already tell you're going to be an AMAZING wealth of knowledge! :)
Comment by ProudNavyWife Ship 7 Div110 on December 2, 2010 at 7:09pm
Hubby ships 4/20! Anyone else leaving that date?
Comment by lori on November 19, 2010 at 5:49pm
Luvn- I can remember this time last Dec. Cherishing every moment knowing April would be here all to quick! Marilyn is right- the time flies by. Does he have the Navy Blue Book to study from? That helped my son and me too when I had questions!
Comment by Mar ProudSailorMom on November 19, 2010 at 10:04am
Luvn my Navy Son - WELCOME! Make sure you ask questions as they come up along the way - and we will do our best to answer them. :) Many of us had Sailors go through BC last April - so this is familiar territory for us.

For now - focus on making as many memories and special moments as you can together. And know that the time FLIES! So cherish them all from now until then.

All the best,
~marilyn~
Comment by Luvn_my_Navy_son(ship 11/div184) on November 19, 2010 at 12:19am
My son was given a date of April 5, 2011. I guess that gives me a chance to make sure he knows how proud I am of him & how much I love him!
Comment by Mar ProudSailorMom on November 11, 2010 at 11:10am
my son was in one of the interegrated groups and he said that a guy and girl were sent back two weeks each because the guy helped the girl lift something heavy and they said something to each other. It was in the first few weeks....
He said it got better as they got closer to PIR - but they still had to be very careful not to be "too friendly" with each other. He did have a LOT of respect for their female RDC. He said that everyone thought very highly of her. I just have to keep reminding myself that this is a WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD than what I'm used to!
Comment by lori on November 11, 2010 at 10:56am
The guys aren't even supposed to talk to each other except when it's allowed. Meal times it's forbidden to speak. So not only are guys and girls not allowed to talk but they better not get caught looking at each other!
Comment by ginamarie935 on November 11, 2010 at 10:43am
This is so surprising to me. Not that guys and girls are together but that they can't communicate. Wow!
Comment by ginamarie935 on October 30, 2010 at 12:46pm
I'm not sure. Do they have guys and girls together? I am very lucky we live about 2 hours from Great Lakes so I am close for PIR. This is all so exciting and scary at the same time.
 

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