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DEP-Leavin' for bootcamp in August

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

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/deppersinbutnotyet
Members: 746
Latest Activity: Jul 22, 2022

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

We are an extension of the group DEPpers/Future Sailors....in, but not gone yet- see the link above.

If you haven't been there, go there now....There is a ton of information that you will need and are probably dying for....like what to send with them to Boot Camp and BC videos! :)

So if you have general information and comments that will be helpful and/or encouraging for ALL new DEP/Future Sailor Moms, then leave it in that main DEPper/Future Sailors Group, but if you have August 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 August, ...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 SonandSea on August 7, 2011 at 5:15pm: Oh, boy... just dropped my son off at the recruiters' office... dinner at the hotel tonight, MEPS for final swearing-in in the morning... This is tough! I hate this part... :(

Comment by SonandSea on August 7, 2011 at 1:25am: Thx Philly! My son leaves tomorrow at 3:00!! Had a great Anchors Aweigh party tonight and he is ready to go! I am too tired to be sad... ;)

Comment by Philly5 (Justin's proud mom) on August 6, 2011 at 7:46pm: Good luck seadreamstudio!!!!

I also didn't know that you can be there to watch them swear in. i have only talked to his recruiter the day he was here for Q&A before he depped. i will have to ask my young man about this. 16 more days!!

Comment by SonandSea on August 6, 2011 at 1:03am: Hugs to all who have sent their future sailors off! My son leaves for the hotel on Sunday... oh, my!

Comment by navymomsrock on August 3, 2011 at 10:22pm: desireenavygf: my son left today also. I was so proud when he was sworn in today, but sad also. He just called to let me know he made it. Now the waiting begins.

Comment by desireenavygf (Ship 11 DIV 322) on August 3, 2011 at 5:05pm: Hell all so off he left. my boyfriend is currently on his flight to great lakes as i write this. It has def been emotional for me. I had to drop him off at the recruiters office yesterday i creid all day after he left. Then this morning i drove down for his swear in. Lets just say it wasnt any easier i cried all the way home. I dont know if it just me but ever since he left i feel like i cant leave my phone for a sec i am constanly checking it afraid i might miss his call. This is really hard and right now it feels like i will never stop missing him.

Comment by SheilaD on August 3, 2011 at 5:03pm: That's great to hear! I will check in with his recruiter and ask him about the details. We would love to be there to see him sworn in, for real! Thanks for letting me know.

Comment by Nukette on August 3, 2011 at 2:37pm: Sheila, Yes you are absolutely allowed to attend! The day before your son's official ship out date he will have to go to the recruiter's office. The recruiter will take him to the MEPS hotel, where he will be required to stay the night. You can follow him to the hotel, and after he gets checked in and assigned a room he is allowed to leave with you to go to dinner or just hang out. He'll have to be back at the hotel somewhere around 8 or 9, I don't remember exactly what time.

The next morning he'll get up and eat breakfast and will be taken to MEPS. You can meet him there and spend the day with him. At some point during the day they will be taken in to do their final swearing in. I believe it's similar to the one he did when he first joined, but this is time it's the real deal. You will be allowed to watch this and can take pictures and stuff. He'll then be taken to the airport to leave for Great Lakes. I've read that some airports will give you a gate pass to go back and wait with them, but I don't know much about that.

I was at MEPS last week, and there were a bunch of families waiting with their future service members (not just Navy).

Comment by SheilaD on August 3, 2011 at 12:09pm: My son also leaves in 20 days! He signed up in September of last year - it felt like this time would never come. Now it's almost here! I also have a son leaving for college the same week - boy, it will be strange around here! I have 3 more left, though, so no 'empty nest'. I hope he does well in Boot Camp - I'm getting nervous for him! I didn't know about this'Oath of Enlistment' or final swearing in - do all recruits do that? His recruiter hasn't mentioned anything to me about that. Are we allowed to attend?

Comment by Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor on August 3, 2011 at 9:59am: Ladies, I know how scary an "empty nest" can be. No one could have ever convinced me of this, but it has it's fun moments too. My husband and I raised 5 children and those 30 years seem like a big blur to me right now. The only one of my children that we even live close to, is our oldest daughter (who has 2 children, thank goodness). In the last year, our oldest son made the grown up choice to stay in New Mexico because of his job, (my husband and I were relocated back to our home state, Maryland after living there in NM for 6 years). Our middle daughter graduated from college in May and then moved to Hawaii to be with her Navy fiance, who is stationed at Pearl Harbor. Our youngest daughter is in MD with us for the summer, but will leave on Aug. 15 to go back to New Mexico to continue college and our youngest son joined the Navy 4 months after high school graduation and is currently in Pensacola, FL for his A school. I didn't know how I would ever cope without 4 of my children, but even though I miss each of them every single day (and still cry some days), my husband and I are finding a whole new relationship again. I think just thinking about being an empty nester is the scariest part, but once you find your own interests and hobbies, you will be just fine.