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Comment by DaniGirl (Mikes Wife) on October 15, 2013 at 9:56am

so for this post.... 

For 2013 Holiday Season Stand-down: Commander, Navy Recruiting Command has authorized a holiday leave period for recruiting activities beginning on close of business December 17, 2013 through January 5, 2013. In conjunction with this period, Recruit Training Command will not receive any recruits during the period from December 13th through January 5, 2014

My hubby's leave date is Dec 17th. He will be leaving early wont he?? 

Thanks for the info

Dani :0)

Comment by michaelsmom on October 15, 2013 at 9:43am

My sons ship date is Dec 18th with the holiday stand down any idea when he would ship? Also with the Navy moving ship dates up will that create more than 12 divisions? Since that effects how many people can come to PIR? As we live in Oregon and plan on attending with his 2 brothers.

Comment by lemonelephant on October 15, 2013 at 2:12am

"P-days can be as short as 4 days to as long as 2 weeks, but are seldom over 11 days." (bolding for emphasis) That is from Arrival and What Happens at the RTC.

Comment by lemonelephant on October 15, 2013 at 2:08am

There are actually 6 weeks of training, not 8, so P-days do count in the 8 1/2 weeks that are the average that a recruit is at the RTC. A Recruit can be at the RTC 7 to 10 weeks. (That does not count if the recruit is ASMO'd for some reason.)

Comment by Arwen on October 15, 2013 at 1:58am

Lemon, my son had 12 P-days before he started day 1-1.

Comment by lemonelephant on October 14, 2013 at 9:07pm

For those with a loved one with a current ship date that falls in the Holiday Stand-down: Your future Sailor's recruiter will let him/her know whether s/he will ship before the stand down or after. Know that your future Sailor's recruiter will not be available between the shut down dates and that will affect the 7 day check before shipping and some who were given a ship date at the beginning of the year in the past have been delayed another week as a result, so be prepared for that, but don't plan on it. Even those who ship around the holidays do not have more than 10 Fridays at the RTC.

Comment by lemonelephant on October 14, 2013 at 8:40pm

Momisiops, see Things to Do in the Last Month Before Your Future Sailor Leaves for..., Arrival and What Happens at the RTC, and When Will the Recruits be Paid? and Information for Spouses.

Comment by Arwen on October 14, 2013 at 7:27pm

Momisiops, if his ship date is 12/23, and gets a check-in date of 12/13, he will actually arrive at MEPS on 12/12.

Recruits check-in at MEPS, stay the night at a nearby hotel (they are fed) and the next morning, on 12/13, he will officially sign the paperwork, swear-in, and depart for Great Lakes by about noon.

Recruits are paid and receive medical coverage from the day they check in at MEPS and go through the final swearing-in ceremony.

They are held at Great Lakes in processing until boot camp begins.

Processing is usually a 5-day thing - counted Monday through Friday. Weekends don't count. So, if they arrive Tuesday night, they begin processing day 1 (Day P-1) on Wednesday, and complete Day P-5 on the next Tuesday.

However, during the holidays, recruits can have 10 or more P-Days. The Navy starts 1-3 divisions each day of the week, depending on how many recruits there are.

During P-Days they get their uniforms, have medical and dental exams, get their vaccinations (all recruits get all vaccinations), get their paperwork done, and begin learning preliminary military stuff, like marching and how to fold their clothes - but boot camp has NOT yet begun.

While in P-Days they do not exercise, cannot be made to do pushups, do not have any classroom learning, or other formal training. P-days do NOT count toward their 8 weeks of boot camp training.

Comment by Momisiops on October 14, 2013 at 8:56am

Please familiarize me with the process.  So during the stand down holiday season, there will not be any intake of new recruits, but recruits may come in earlier, let's say before 12/13, and be on stand by until their scheduled boot camp, which for  my son would be 12/23?  if so, what do they do from the early date that they arrive until the start of their boot camp?  or do they start boot camp as soon as they arrive?  Do they get paid from the date they are shipped to boot camp even if they don't start boot camp yet?  when do they start health coverage?  I wanted to know this in case I have to make changes to my own state employment health coverage.  thanks for your patience, i have so many questions:-9

Comment by lemonelephant on October 14, 2013 at 1:54am

Momisiops, I can't find the release date of the Notice (or even the official Notice), but it is usually around the first or second week of October that the dates are finalized, so the recruiter may not have known the dates yet when your future Sailor met with him. Last year the Notice came out on 10/02 and the year before it was 10/11.

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