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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 RobynS on July 11, 2013 at 9:43am: Chaverfield, My son is also going to be leaving the 13th and will be sworn in with the Cardinal Company on the 15th. It's so funny that you said your son couldn't pee for the drug screen. My son had to do his pee test this last Monday and I had to wait over an hour on him to get the job done. Seems like time is racing by now, I'm so excited but I don't know what I'm going to do with myself when he is gone. I'm still holding strong and havent had a break down yet, but I know it's coming,

Comment by codysmom SHIP11 DIV 383 on July 11, 2013 at 7:51am: 33 days left!!! I've already had several breakdowns. How can you be so proud but yet so devastated at the same time. So many emotions!! On the brighter side.. when I drop him off august 13th. I do get to see him the 15th in st Louis for the navy cardinal company induction. So that's helping a little. His 18th birthday was this past Sunday the 7th. Since we got home from casinos that night at 11p m I have only text him talked to him on the phone and seen him for a half second last night as we got home from a DEP meeting late.. he couldn't pee for the drug screen and that's funny because I deal with that all the time in my job as I'm a drug screen coordinator. But he came home got dressed a d headed to work. Going to try and spend as much time with him as I can these last 33 days. His last day at pizza hut is the 19th. So he will have a little time to speak d with me hopefully.

Comment by lemonelephant on July 10, 2013 at 10:59pm: Jeanette, have guests write cards or short notes at the party that you mail a few at a time to her while she is at BC.

Comment by Boo's mom on July 10, 2013 at 10:24pm: Any last minute great ideas for the party? I have the rubber duckies, great decorations, even a boat I found at Hobby Lobby that we are going to use to serve some of the food from and we turned it into a USS _____(his name inserted there, lol), rented round tables with Navy table coverings, and made some really cute center pieces out of mason type jars wrapped partially with white rope and ordered red roses, white daisies, and some pretty blue flower to put in them with a US flag, I want to order some Navy Blue votive candle holders to give to the guest to take home but not sure I can get them in time, checking on that now. What are some of your ideas for your parties?

Comment by Jeanette on July 10, 2013 at 6:53pm: Our daughter hasn't mentioned a march so maybe it is just Special Ops...?

Comment by Tikkie on July 10, 2013 at 6:04pm: Jeanette -- I'm right there with you. Planning our son's party is helping to keep my mind occupied. Our "Anchors Aweigh" party is Aug. 3, and my son ships Aug. 5. We have been seeing him less and less as he tries to cross all the social experiences and friend visits off his "pre-BC" list. As I write this, he is halfway through a 24-hour march around our town. Do any of the other recruiting stations have this pre-BC tradition? Or is it just a Special Ops thing?

Comment by Jeanette on July 10, 2013 at 5:37pm: Hi - I am finding so much information on all the links and am craving information. Our daughter leaves for boot camp August 19. We are also having a shipping out party. I have found cute decorations on several sites from windsocks to rubber duckies. I have emailed family and friends asking for words of encouragement and love that I will write on a Navy tshirt as a keepsake. Also, have requested cards and voice recordings to be given to her at the party as keepsakes. Planning the party keeps my mind busy!

Comment by lemonelephant on July 10, 2013 at 5:25pm: For those of you who haven't done so yet, now is a good time to check out the discussion, Things to Do in the Last Month Before Your Future Sailor Leaves for.... I also suggest you join Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) and begin checking out the Pages (found under the pictures of the Members) starting with OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes To Your Profile) and Arrival and What Happens at the RTC.

Comment by Micka on July 10, 2013 at 4:04pm: We got date for Aug 5. We are also having an"anchors away party" 7/27. My older sailor son gets to come for it. Like you ladies I am very excited for him but sad to see him leave :(. He is our youngest. We are going to be empty nesters, scary and exciting all at once!

Comment by SunFlowerMomma on July 10, 2013 at 3:55pm: I'm right there with you Shawzaam. :) crying on a daily basis. Although this is our 3rd to graduate and leave, he is the 1st to go off to boot camp. Knowing there will be no contact and not knowing what goes on there is killing me. Lol!!! He is excited and ready. Lol! We are also having an "Anchors Aweigh" Party but it's on Aug 3rd. Enjoy the last few weeks with your son. :)