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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!

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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.

Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)

Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC

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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 Colleen in PA on January 21, 2010 at 10:18pm: We got the call today and my son's ship date is now next Tues. Jan. 26th!! OMG! I'm not as ready as I planned to be. My advice to all to get your POA's and whatever else done asap, you never know when you too might get called! This site has been so helpful for info on what to get for our kids to take with and what not to take. I have so much to do and I hope I don't forget anything. It so close and I'm scared and nervous and excited and everything!

Comment by Colleen in PA on December 30, 2009 at 8:59pm: My son is scheduled to leave 24AUG2010. He was supposed to go 24JUL2009 but he got appendicitis Memorial Day Weekend and had it removed on the 25th. He was kicked out of DEP mandatory for 6 mos. He enlisted again on Nov. 25th. I just hope nothing else comes up! The recruiter is trying to get his date moved up. My daughter is NROTC at Penn State and she graduates May 2010. I just pray their schedules don't overlap. My husband and I want to see both.

Comment by Cindy on December 14, 2009 at 3:58am: Becky and Sandy, Well done! Good for you getting an early start on the process of learning about what it means to be a Navy Mom. My son left 8-25-09 so our family's journey is underway. I commend you and congratulate you as you begin your journey. Please do be sure to treasure every day between now and next August, it's amazing how quickly time flies. Good luck to you!

Cindy

Comment by Cindy on September 9, 2009 at 3:28am: Hi Amber's mom- My son's letter was hand addressed by him (he left 8/25 and the letter was postmarked 8/28). Hope that helps!
Cindy

Comment by Cindy on September 7, 2009 at 11:25pm: Hi Tammy,
Not sure if you've found the 10/16 PIR group, but there is a discussion in there for div. 364. http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir101609/forum/topics/ship-13-div-364-1.
My son's in 363, so we'll be sitting next to you (in the next section, that is) at PIR. Hope this helps you find your division!
Cindy

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on September 5, 2009 at 5:35pm: Sue, how odd he kept the shoes. I guess 13 is the largest, because I got my son's shoes and he is a size 13. They look like boats! lol

Comment by Cindy on September 3, 2009 at 3:15pm: Molly - thanks for sharing, what a great observation. I'm hooked...can't wait for more!

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on September 1, 2009 at 10:04pm: Ok, I've become a stalker! I got the box, but no letter yet. I did not want to smell anything! I just washed it all! I didn't want the house start to smell of his dirty clothes! Underwear, like everyone else, just threw them in the wash. My daughter went looking for the phone. Hers died, and wanted to use his. Her thinking: "he's not using it"
Now for the letter. I rush home in homes to see something about him, and hopes to see his chicken scratch he calls handwriting, but nothing. I want to read his words, so I can hear his voice.
I have heard about colorful envelopes, musical cards and food. I just told people that the Navy does not allow them. That way, no one would be tempted to add extra PT's for it. Gone one weektoday, and I've written three letters.
I think about him all day long, wondering how he is doing, as well as what he is doing.

Comment by Cindy on August 31, 2009 at 9:58pm: Just got the letter with 4 lines of handwritten notes -- what a great relief!!! I started a discussion in Boot Camp Moms for ship 13 division 363 (before I knew it was part of 10/16 PIR). And hope anyone in the division will join in.
Mamalof-I've heard the song/noise cards may annoy RDC's and be cause for push-ups, etc. I love the idea of funny cards but think I'll keep to the silent ones during BC.
For those of you awaiting calls, letters and boxes I hope they arrive quickly for you! I'm off to begin making some (changeable) travel plans.

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on August 31, 2009 at 8:17pm: For all of you who have a son or daughter on Ship 13, Division 364, I started on discussion in PIR 10-16-09.