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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 14, 2010 at 11:34am: She called before she went to MEPS with a thank you call. Another Mom was there and chewed out the recruiter for talking to her 19 year old son. She was so glad that we were supporting her decision to join. I'm ready for BC(or at least I say that today). I'll be a mess beginning August 9!

Comment by Fleur de lis Mom on July 14, 2010 at 9:39am: Thanks JessicaB. I've been trying to drive these points home to my daughter. She has started to pull away from me. It's sad, but I knew it was coming.

Comment by kate0818(Ship10 Div 337) on July 14, 2010 at 7:51am: Thanks so much for the information. I will show it to my son, Matt he leaves Aug 17th from Tampa, FL. There is one question his grandmother is very ill and with Hospice at this time. If something happens to her while he is in boot camp I am struggling with the decision to let him know or wait till he is done with BC. I do not know what the Navy will do or if I could even get word to him or that I would want him upset at BC. Any advice?

Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on July 13, 2010 at 11:58pm: That was really good Jessica :) Thank you for sharing!

Comment by Tiff'sMom (Sharon) on July 13, 2010 at 5:45pm: Hi Everyone!! :) Well, Tiffany went to her recruiter today for 30 day eval with the zone man ?? anyways, she has lost weight since MEPS in March, so they say eat lots of fast food... she weighs 103 down from 108... her ship out date is Aug 9th, now getting her to eat is going to be hard because I can't bribe her with anything like new shoes or clothes, she doesn't want/need any LOL :):)

Comment by topdogmc5 on July 13, 2010 at 3:39pm: Our son leaves for Miami on August 24, then off to Great Lakes on Aug 25th. Hard to believe the date is almost here.

Comment by judi262 on July 10, 2010 at 11:32am: my son leaves Aug 12. I have seen such a change in him since he decided to join the Navy! DEP has helped him mature and given him a goal. before he joined, he had no goal, no plans for after graduating high school- even told people he didn't need to get good grades to go to a good college, an ok college was fine with him if he went at all... the only thing he would say before joining the Navy was that he wasn't sure if he would even go to college. the day he told us about his plans, it wasn't I want to join the Navy; it was I AM joining the Navy!
yes, I am proud of him. yes, my dad was career Navy. yes, I will miss him when he goes. but the most important thing to me is that he is doing what he wants to do, and that is what is going to get me through his leaving. I had to come to terms with this attitude when his sister left to go to college 3 yrs ago- I have to let them do what they want to do. I have done my job, raising them to the age where they are old enough to go out on their own; hopefully I have taught them what they need to know to survive until they learn the new skills they are after....

Comment by SHIP 4 DIV 822/ PIR 10-8 AWSOME on July 8, 2010 at 7:58pm: Wow ! Look at all our "August" Mom's !
August 11, is just getting closer and closer. Awesome is still working hard with his SpecOps training her in Tampa. He is soooo past ready to go...One good thing is, I no longer cry at the thought f him leaving. He was so disappointed when he was pushed back two months in June, I now realize that this is where his heart has lead him, and I pray that he succeds in SEAL training the first go of it.
Best wishes and happiness to all...... ~Sue~ ( Awesome's Mom)

Comment by Ret. Navy & Mom on July 8, 2010 at 7:28pm: KrisMom, I was in DEP for almost a year and still didn't have a clue. But I was so ready to go find out and see the world.

Comment by DanaMN ~Kris's Mom~NCTS SanDiego on July 8, 2010 at 5:13pm: Peg... boy's are funny, huh? Mine's the same way. I would have loved to know all the details I could have found out before I went to bootcamp. I signed up on April 16, 1990 and went to BC April 24th not knowing what at all to expect. Guess I was young and adventurous... just like my son is now. ;)

My son leaves August 18th and his dad and I are very happy but not really ready to let him go. We'll miss our kiddo. :(