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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 mamawalrus on December 1, 2010 at 3:29pm: Smichelle@ recruitor will have that info.

glm31461@how are you feeling? You have any last minute plans with him tonight? I will be in your shoes next week and I am feeling very proud but also sad at the same time.

Comment by Lynne on December 1, 2010 at 3:40am: They get to keep their wallet...now don't jam pack it full where it is so fat...that they go through it...but for the most part...they get to have their wallet and my son said they didn't check it at all..

For kids...consider having your soon to be recruit sit down with them and make a paper chain, you know like they used to make in school to hang on the Christmas tree, with about 63 links on it..this is about 9 weeks...and then each day that your recruit is gone...before they go to bed...or after they write a letter or draw a picture let them remove a link from the chain. This is a fun visual way for kids to see how PIR is getting closer...then when you get the form letter with the actual PIR date on it you can count the links and maybe take an extra couple off or add a couple as need be...lol

Comment by mamawalrus on December 1, 2010 at 2:20am: tls@we to will be there for MEPS and video tape. We are meeting with the recruitor on Thursday night after their last DEP meeting. We know at this point he will leave between 11 and 1 but that is all. We will not head to the airport but say our goodbyes as he boards the shuttle to go to the airport. We have decided to take all the kids, they are all wanting to go and I think they need this to say thier good byes. For the most part I think my 11 year old daughter and I will be the babies for the day, but that is ok. My 14 year old daughter is planning a career in the AF so she is excited to see this whole process. My 9 year old son thinks its cool, no emotion at this age. LOL
JTWSmom@take that beach walk, it will be a great memory for the years to come.
kris1121@looks like you are on the same time as well. i think our last night on Tuesday with him we are doing a family dinner, I will be visiting the bathroom quite a few times that night to cry alone and come back out with a smile.

Lynne@great idea about the bandaids and notes in the bible or wallet. They dont send the wallet back?

Comment by tls on December 1, 2010 at 12:57am: ... the great thing, JTW'S MOM ... is that now he gets to repay you ... HE gets to be the protector of YOU and his baby sister ... and all of us!

I will go to MEPS -- will videotape her swearing in --- but then will leave before she leaves for the airport. Her recruiter won't give me her itinerary ... claims that he can't get it from MEPS, but I doubt that. (He's quickly losing my respect and admiration) So I don't know what time her flight leaves, how long she will hang out there and wait, etc. But unless she specifically TELLS me that she wants me at the airport (she's been asked numerous times and her answer is always "I don't care"), I will plan to drive home (12 hours) after the swearing in.

One week from tonight will be her last night as a civilian .... at least for 4 years ...

Comment by battlebuddy on December 1, 2010 at 12:45am: I am doing the same....I am not sleeping....JTW leaves on the 12th.....MEPS on the 13th......I am struggling if I should go to MEPS to watch him swear in...wondering if I can hold it together because I don't want him to see his mom be a big emotional mess right before he leaves for BC. I am a strong woman, and have been through alot of junk and held it all together...but this is my boy, and as all mom's with boy's know....there is something special between a mom and her son. I am making a little slide show for his party on Sunday...going thru his baby pics...sports, etc.....and the tears are a flowing....I am hoping to take JTW just he and I to the beach for one night on the 10th right before he leaves so we can have some time together....and talk, laugh and (hopefully) not cry. Right now just want to get through his party on Sunday......and hoping he will make weight. He has 3 pounds to loose....and so....we went to the gym tonight...I am still not totally recovered from the injury to my calf...and I am feeling it now...but we walked (fast walk) almost 4 miles....I am also worried about his sister...she asked me tonight if she could go with me to MEPS....She will cry...she will not hold it together....she is only 10 years old.....I don't want him to see us both a mess.....Guess it depends on how I handle my emotions when we take him to the Navy office that Sunday the 12th......I will be keeping everyone in my prayers....I know you all are going through the same emotions that I am and it's so hard to let go of their hands and let them find their own way in life......Your a mom and your their protector...you have been for their entire life....now you have to learn to let go a little.....

Comment by tls on November 30, 2010 at 11:21pm: Not that I want to start a flood of tears on here ... but a friend shared this, and I thought of all of you on here. As for me, I try to replace sadness with pride in what my daughter is doing --- she is making the right decision at the right time of her life, and I know that God's got big plans for her. She won't be with her immediately family on Christmas --- but she will be with family --- her Navy family!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_P6yU_ymFM

Comment by Lynne on November 30, 2010 at 10:05pm: Kris...you will make it through the time of boot camp...what you are feeling is really normal...your child is growing up and the their passage from childhood to adulthood is in some ways very sudden...it is sad, frightening, anxiety provoking and exciting. You will feel many emotions and we will be here to help you. It is hard to say goodbye even for a short term. Change is difficult even when it is positive. Even parents who send their kids to college experience the "empty nest" syndrome and they get to have contact with their kids. Don't be too hard on yourself...remember feelings aren't right or wrong they just are. Allow yourself to feel them...and come here...we will be here waiting..to provide you with the space to vent, cry, whatever you need and perhaps even make you laugh along the way and keep your eye on the prize...PIR...you will be glad you did~~

In the meantime, get him a little bible, they have lots of empty pages and put little notes of encouragement to last him until he gets the first letter...tuck a little note in one of the credit card slots of his wallet....it will be a surprise when he finds it...and don't forget a couple bandaids too...in case he gets blisters...and start writing those letters now...when you think of those stories when he was little write them down...he will enjoy reading them at boot camp....hang in there mom...this is all part of earning your Navy stripes...proud and strong!!!

Comment by Lynne on November 30, 2010 at 9:58pm: No big deal...thats cause I post them in many groups....lol!!

Comment by himmiemom on November 30, 2010 at 9:24pm: Counting the days down till my son leaves for BC on 12/8. He will be leaving for MEPS 12/7. I am now having a hard time sleeping. I lay awake at night thinking about when he was little and about BC. I am having a hard time concentrating and eating. I am making sure he isn't seeing how sad I really am. I tell him all the time that I am proud of him and that he is strong and will breeze through BC. Just hoping I make it through the next 8 weeks.