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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 OhioNavyMama on August 13, 2010 at 10:35pm: RDC's? what or who is that? before she left she separted stuff she wants to keep and get rid off in her room...i dread the day i have to haul off the "give away" bins :'(

Comment by txsailorsam-Donna on August 13, 2010 at 10:33pm: Becky and Sharon you keep me smiling. When my husband hears me laughing he says..."Are you on the Navy moms?"

Comment by OhioNavyMama on August 13, 2010 at 10:30pm: i might try to bribe katlyn's bf for her pw on her phone, with some homemade chicken enchilada's....college boys will do anything for a free homecooked meal :D

Comment by txsailorsam-Donna on August 13, 2010 at 10:30pm: Thanks for enjoying my little grandson with me. I'm so glad to have him here while I miss his Uncle Sam. He looks so much like Sam as a baby he could be his.

Comment by OhioNavyMama on August 13, 2010 at 10:27pm: welcome back!!

i still have the bags of clothes my daughter gave me at MEPS, sitting on the table. they are starting to smell and i really should wash them but its kind of comforting to see her stuff all over the place like she was still here.

Comment by DorothyM-seabeemom on August 13, 2010 at 10:26pm: good evening ladies. i tried peeking at Seth's phone...yeah didn't work, he has it passworded...lol
Txsailorsam...that is a very cute baby!
Congrats to those getting your boxes. I'm really hoping my son will start getting his mail this weekend as well as be able to write home. i really miss talking to him.

Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on August 13, 2010 at 10:22pm: Yall miss me? I fell asleep watching Dateline!! Becky I don't know how to get the pic off my phone yet, my son has to do it for and then he goes too fast and I don't know what he did. So, I take pics of things now and upload to facebook (not that I want all of them on there) but that's the only place I know how to do it, then I download it to my computer, then I reupload it to N4M.... whew... but it works! LOL

I got in trouble by the N4M admin :( they sent a very nice email saying a few of my pictures weren't approved, Scared me to death, immediately was thinking Abner did it!!! but it was the ones of Tiffany's box that you could read her address. Then I was like, WOW, they REALLY do look at them and they are looking out for us and was happy.

Thing about the BOX, my husband came home last night (tiff's step dad) and said "OHH that's the box (no, it's a brand new car, sheesh!) well then he went to TOUCH things and her phone, because we have to get it disconnected, You would have thought he was touching ONE AND ONLY piece of chocolate!!! I snatched that box and said NO, you can't touch anything, he was "OK" and walked away, now when he walks by it, he looks at through the corner of his eyes... hahahaha YOU DON'T TOUCH MY GIRL'S STUFF.... PERIOD!!!!

Comment by OhioNavyMama on August 13, 2010 at 10:13pm: omg i have a pic of katlyn in her pimp coat one easter... will have to find that and post lol...its so funny...i ask myself what i was thinking at the time.

and WW...ur right...nvr guessed it :P

Comment by OhioNavyMama on August 13, 2010 at 9:54pm: Lmao = laughing my a** (butt) off haha...yea i had to learn all the txting/chat lingo to know half of what my daughter typed to me. its hard to chat/comment without using it now. And that pic is great as well!!! he's so cute!!!

Comment by DanaMN ~Kris's Mom~NCTS SanDiego on August 13, 2010 at 9:54pm: LOL - laugh out loud
LMAO - Laughing My A$$ Off

Cute, Cute, Cute pics txsailorsam!