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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.
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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."
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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."
Discussion Forum
What makes December boot camp different?
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Son Left 12/13/17
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Comment by Leigh (Justin's Mom) on December 24, 2013 at 3:54pm
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Beth
Thanks for letting me vent. Hope you have a Merry Christmas as well.
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Comment by Beth on December 24, 2013 at 3:44pm
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Leigh
I'm sorry your going thru this, I have tried as well to keep busy, I seem better at work then I get home and it's hard again. I hope these holidays just hurry up and pass, I know my son was excited for the holidays apparently his Recruiter said they do something special for all of them on Christmas. I think I've texted his Recruiter 6 times since he's left and he keeps reminding me that they're in good hands and being well taken care of. I hope you have a very merry Christmas and that you get a call soon :-)
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Beth
It definitely is a trying time. I have my moments of being ok and there are times that I just break down and cry. It is a bad roller coaster ride that I want to get off of. I thought if I stayed busy or spent extra time with my other 3 kids it wouldn't be so bad...that is not the case. I just think it is a little harder because of the holidays.
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Leigh
Hopefully your letter will be there today my son left Dec 11th and I just got the form letter on Saturday, I've heard the holiday mail can be slower to deliver in some areas but that doesn't make it any easier. I was checking the mailbox twice a day just in case, it can be nerve wrecking. I hope we all get a call today or tomorrow, I will keep my fingers crossed for you! It's definitely a process that tests our patience UHG
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Ugh...son left for BC on 12/10. Got my "I'm here, I'm ok" phone call. No form letter yet and no phone call. I've seen other mom's that had children leave then and have gotten either the letter, or the phone call...sometimes both. I'm not a really patient person and I want to talk to him so bad. I miss him so much. I am a very proud mama but it isn't getting easier!!
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Are both your boys in the Navy?
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Babblesnboyz, I agree while we're home missing them like crazy I like to think their having an exciting time meeting new friends and acting like sponges absorbing all the new information. I remember my son was excited and ready to hang with his new recruit friends at the airport while waiting to catch the flight to BC while I followed him around like a lost puppy wanting to spend every second with him LOL
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Babblesnboyz, thank you very much! I'm keeping my phone next to me at all times, I hope you get a call too it would be a pleasant surprise
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Thank you Lovemynavyson..... I'm hoping for a phone call tomorrow, would make it the best Christmas ever!!! This is my first Christmas all by myself as I had him when I was 19 it's always been us two together.
I'm sad my sons not here but so happy for the man he's becoming over there.
I wish all you ladies a happy Christmas Eve today :-)
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