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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 Fleur de lis Mom on July 20, 2010 at 2:32pm: I'm sure we will have country music playing too! I usually set coolers of softdrinks on the back porch & the kids hang out there and in the back yard. It will be very hot here, so everyone may be inside in the AC. I think I'm going to tell the Old Folks to come earlier & the kids later so that my daughter can spend time with everyone. My husband will just have to cook two set of fish outside in the heat.

We are also doing Red, White, & Blue - thanks of the 1/2 price sale after July4th.

Comment by DanaMN ~Kris's Mom~NCTS SanDiego on July 20, 2010 at 11:06am: LOL... Sharon. As my husband tells me... I never just window shop! ;)
Fleur...Yumm... fish fry!

Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on July 20, 2010 at 10:59am: Thanks Kris and Fleur. I'll do the big cookie cake and dinner probably, just wish we had more people to join us. Luckily, I have summer's off, so I've been trying to do things with her during the day but it gets expensive going to the mall to "window shop" LOL

Comment by Fleur de lis Mom on July 20, 2010 at 10:22am: We are having a party the night before she leaves - a fish fry for her friends and ours. It will be at our house. I think our friends will be there early & her friend will come late & stay late(but not too late). Most of her friends are guys & some will bring girlfriends that we don't know. I wonder how many will come. We will have my husband's sister, my parents, and a few more friends. The list has grown & shrunk several times. I need to mail out invitations soon. She doesn't have addresses for her friends, she is suposed to call them. She's mad at her boyfriend today - so who knows who will be on the list.

Comment by DanaMN ~Kris's Mom~NCTS SanDiego on July 20, 2010 at 3:27am: Hi Sharon! It's no big deal that she doesn't want a big party. Maybe a special family dinner and a day with you to just hang out would be something she'd enjoy. Everyone shows their love in different ways as long as the recipient feel it is all that matters. I was a Navy girl back in 1990... heading off to start my life... now I know how my family felt when I left. It is hard for sure. Hang in there! Hugs to you! :)

Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on July 20, 2010 at 2:36am: Sorry, Tiffany leaves for bc on August 9th. Sorry for unloading, but it's hard, I feel like no one understands that I'm the only one that stands behind her 100%, she still fights with her brother and sister and won't even call her dad. I don't think she thinks I care or will miss her... we aren't a very touchy-feely type of family, but I hope she knows how much I will miss her :*(

Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on July 20, 2010 at 2:30am: Everyone is doing parties... my tiff doesn't want a party, she said she doesn't talk to her classmates anymore (graduation was only a month ago). Our family is very small, just me, step dad, brother and sister and if you want to count, a dad (her biological dad) he's a drunk and not around much. My kids have no grandparents (mine both died from cancer, his died from other reasons, before the kids were born) I have no cousins, nor does he, my siblings also died of cancer (the kids didn't know them much, they died very young, his siblings... one drowned, vietnam vet that was an alcoholic and one from drinking too much, literally killed himself from alcohol) so.... the dilema, what kind of party do you throw?? I know she wants a big cookie cake from the mall, which I will gladly provide, but what else?? She doesn't want anyone around.... HELP!!!! thank you!

Comment by SimplyJRB-ADs Mom on July 19, 2010 at 7:08pm: My son leaves on Aug. 2nd. His party will be this Sunday. We are ok with his going in; we are just going to miss him terribly, he is our oldest. This will be really hard; harder than graduation.

Comment by DanaMN ~Kris's Mom~NCTS SanDiego on July 19, 2010 at 2:04pm: My son's party is this weekend, too. He doesn't lave until August 18th but I'm already feeling a bit anxious when I think about it. I'll misss him so much... and worry, too!

Comment by Kat Q on July 19, 2010 at 1:32am: Hi Becky/Jakes Mom - I see that your son is leaving on Aug. 10th as well. What is his rating? Seby, my son, is Hospital Corpsman. Can't believe the time is going by so quickly now. Sigh