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This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

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Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!

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

Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.

Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak

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

...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.

OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.

DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.

DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."

Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:

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DEP-Leavin' for bootcamp in December

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This group is for N4M members that have a loved one leaving for bootcamp in Dec..I will leave the year open so that even future Deppers leaving in the month of Dec of any year can join...Lets share stories, information, concerns, and questions

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/deppersinbutnotyet
Members: 521
Latest Activity: Oct 2, 2022

Hello everyone and welcome to the Navy!!! This Group was started for the loved one of DEPPERS leaving in the month of December (although everyone is welcome).......What year you say? Well ......any year!

If you have December 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 December, ...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 Arwen on November 20, 2012 at 11:49pm: Staying on base at the Navy Lodge is $65 per night (last I checked). You make the reservations as soon as you get your sailor's letter. They will ask for your recruit's name and division number, in order to confirm that you are a Navy family. It is the ONLY Navy Lodge that allows you to make reservations and check in without your own or your sailor's ID.

Sometimes it fills up fast, sometimes there are still rooms available a week or two before PIR.

It's about $100 per person cheaper to fly into Milwaukee, compared to Chicago, and is about the same distance to Great Lakes.

Comment by Lita (DIV 083 SHIP 13) on November 20, 2012 at 10:11pm: Soooo flights and rental car are affordable. Someone mentioned staying on base for like $60 a night. Do you have to make reservations way in advanced or is there plenty of room for everyone? Thanks for the info on counting 9 Fridays. I think the holidays may throw stuff off a little. So far I'm holding up okay. Few days here and there that are tear filled. My son has been spending a lot of time at home picking on me. Lol trying to get it all in. His recruiter told us today that after 48 hrs we can come in and get his address. We did the wallet last night. Stuck the mole strips behind pictures. Trying to find out from recruiter, or anyone here, it's says first tour at sea 48 months, first tour on land 48 months. Not sure how that works. Do they usually go out 6 months then come back for a while, then go back out? Or he'll be out at sea 48 months and port all over the place? Do they actually have some kind of life outside the Navy? Like once he has rank will he be able to have an apartment and be home from time to time? Sorry if this sounds stupid. Just wondering.

Comment by lemonelephant on November 20, 2012 at 9:38pm: Z's Mom, I hope that you will soon no longer be terrified. Thanks for jumping in. Ask anything you need to know.

Comment by Z's Mom on November 20, 2012 at 9:17pm: I am usually a silent ( terrified) lurker, I just wanted to say how grateful I am for you ladies and all the helpful information. I am really so appreciative of the support!!!

Comment by lemonelephant on November 20, 2012 at 8:37pm: KLO-navymom, your future Sailor can be at the RTC for 7 to 10 weeks depending on when division forms. The typical time is 8 1/2 weeks--count 9 Fridays after your future Sailor arrives at the RTC to get the most likley PIR date, and then realize that PIR could be the week before (possible for those arriving on a Monday or Tuesday) if the recruit is one of the last to fill his/her division or the week after (more likely for those arriving on a Thursday or Friday, but it can happen any time if no recruits arrive the next week) if the recruit is one of the first to fill a division or if the RTC skips a week or more and does not have PIR (more likely to happen around the holidays than any other time of the year). The only way to know for sure is to wait for the form letter.

Comment by lemonelephant on November 20, 2012 at 8:26pm: denise, we'll be here for you and you will do just fine.

Comment by denise on November 20, 2012 at 8:15pm: Dec 12th is quickly approaching! My son heads to GL that day. Going to be calling on all my navy for moms pals to help me through this! So glad I found this site!

Comment by MountainMama(ship3 div081) on November 20, 2012 at 7:45pm: KLO, with Dec. ship dates, it's really hard to guestimate when your son's PIR date might be because they are usually on "hold" during the holidays and don't get to start actual boot camp until after New Year's. But you will get a letter pretty early on with the date and all the information you will need. PIR is on Friday and you will have the week-end to spend with your sailor although they are very strict returning back to the base on time. We were very lucky because my son's PIR was in Feb. on the three day weekend, so we got some extra time together but not much, because he left that Monday for A school and we flew home. Maybe you'll get lucky and have your PIR date on Presidents Day weekend. Just a reference point, my son's ship date was Dec. 14, 2010 and his PIR was Feb. 18. Hope this helps!

Comment by Ole-CorpsmanMom on November 20, 2012 at 6:43pm: Thanks.... I didn't put 2 and 2 together. :( I have one more question that may be somewhere on the site..... but I am feeling a bit overwhelmed right now.

What is the normal time from start to graduation? And is PIR on the weekends? Our daughter is at graduate school and just trying to figure out time frames.