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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 June 12, 2010 at 11:44pm: We enjoyed a great afternoon at the Lake. My daughter has picked the right branch of the military - everything that she wants to do before she goes to bootcamp involves water. Next weekend to the water park.

Comment by Kat Q on June 12, 2010 at 7:57pm: Hi Jennifer and Fleur de lis Mom, yes my countdown is also 2 months and the time seems to be slipping away. I will be gone from home for 2 weeks the end of June and first of July to a conference for the SADD Program I run in school. Not a good year for me to go but I was awarded a partial grant to go so. When I return, Seby has to bowl in the PR Youth Open Tournament for one week and before you know it will be time to go. Oh No! He is so ready for the next step of his life journey, but now mom.

Jennifer - will keep you and your son in mind as he is going through this difficult time of deciding - it is not easy.

Thank God I found this site as I know I have women to lean on who so understand my feelings. Yeah!

Comment by Fleur de lis Mom on June 9, 2010 at 10:27am: Two months from today for me! Sure a mixture of feelings. I called the recruiter yesterday just to make sure everything was OK. Our DEP group is not very active. I think he was surprised to hear from me.

Comment by Kat Q on May 29, 2010 at 7:18pm: Hi Jennifer, thank you so very much for researching that topic - it was just something going around in my crazy brain. Under the circumstances it would be way to risky. Seby has been waiting way to long to take any chances. You are a gem for checking. May be our sons will meet somewhere along the way. Seby's recruiter left the office (now serving in HI) and unfortunately the ones left behind don't check the chances of Seby re-rating.

Comment by Kat Q on May 25, 2010 at 1:52pm: Hi Jennifer, To bad our sons can't change. Seby has HM which he really doesn't want and your son does. Seby, I think at this point, would change his rating to anything. Oh well - things happen for a reason I guess.

Comment by Kim (Dani's Mom ship 10 Div 331) on May 22, 2010 at 7:09am: Hi, My daughter leaves August 11th for boot camp, very proud of her but also just very nervous... I know she is going to do great things, I am just going to miss her so much. I think after BC is will get easier, at least there will be some communication, I just have to get through 8 weeks... My daughter is so excited, she would leave tomorrow if she could. Anyone else out there who's kids are leaving 08/11/10????

Comment by Kat Q on May 19, 2010 at 11:39pm: Hi Dixie, I know how he feels. My son has been waiting almost a year now. He is getting so restless.

Comment by Kat Q on May 11, 2010 at 1:35am: Hi Jennifer, My son really wants rescue swimmer. He will eventually try but will have to wait the time required before trying to change. He wanted to change his rating to anything else before leaving but it does not seem to be happening. His recruiter doesn't see it happening.

Comment by Fleur de lis Mom on May 5, 2010 at 10:55pm: It's hit me hard this week, the last Mother's day with both my girls. My husband's birthday is coming up this month - last one with her intown. My older daughter will finish grad school in November. (Both girls are in college locally) Many changes for us in the next few months.

Comment by Kat Q on May 5, 2010 at 8:20pm: Hi Fleur de lis Mom. Nice to meet you. It is calming to know and read about other Mom's going through the same feelings. My best friend's son has been in the Navy now for many years but he had been away to college for 6 years before so it wasn't so hard for her. I know we will get through it but seems scary now.