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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.

Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.

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DEP-Leavin' for bootcamp in February

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

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/deppersinbutnotyet
Members: 556
Latest Activity: Feb 16, 2023

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

If you have February 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 February, ...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 Fitness Standards"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 37 seconds for female recruits."

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Comment by Phoenixmom on March 6, 2018 at 6:38pm: April 27, 2018

TG-25

175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 925

This PIR is not up and running as of yet But when it is Please join.

Comment by Phoenixmom on March 6, 2018 at 5:17pm: GROUPS: Listed By Navy Job/Ratings (clickable link) and companion
Ratings, A School Locations & Links to Groups

PIR: March 9, 2018 TG 18 - 9 Divisions (115-122 and 918)

PIR: March 16, 2018 TG 19 - 7 Divisions (123-128 and 919)

PIR: March 23, 2018 TG 20 - 10 Divisions (129-136, 809 and 920)

PIR: March 30, 2018 TG 21 - 9 Divisions (137-144 and 921)

PIR: April 6, 2018 TG 22 - 11 Divisions (145-152, 810, 811, and 922)

PIR: April 13, 2018 TG 23 - 11 Divisions (153-162 and 923)

PIR: April 20, 2018 TG 24 - 13 Divisions (163-174 and 924)

Comment by Phoenixmom on March 6, 2018 at 5:14pm: SHORT CUT DIRECTIONS

FROM THE NORTH – Take either Green Bay Road, or Hwy 41(Skokie Blvd), or Hwy 43 (Waukegan road) SOUTH to 22nd street (Martin Luther King Blvd), turn LEFT heading east for about 1 mile. Once you pass Commonwealth Ave, turn right at the next intersection (Hwy 137 – Bobby E. Thompson expressway). Stay in left lane and continue about ¾ of a mile and you will see the train station (OHIO STREET) . REMEMBER stay in the left lane and cross the intersection and head into the gate. Have graduation tickets and I.D.s ready.

FROM THE SOUTH – Take either Green Bay Road, or Hwy 41(Skokie Blvd), or Hwy 43 (Waukegan road) NORTH to 22nd street (Martin Luther King Blvd), turn right heading east for about 1 mile. Once you pass Commonwealth Ave, turn right at the next intersection (Hwy 137 – Bobby E. Thompson expressway). Stay in left lane and continue about ¾ of a mile and you will see the train station. REMEMBER stay in the left lane and cross the intersection and head into the gate. Have graduation tickets and I.D.s ready.

FROM THE WEST – Take Buckley Road (RT 137) to Hwy 41. Turn Left onto Hwy 41 and go one light to 22nd street (Martin Luther King Drive) and turn right and head east until HWY 137 Bobby E. Thompson Expressway, turn right and head straight into Ohio Street (REMEMBER STAY IN LEFT LANE) Have graduation tickets and I.D.s ready.

Comment by Phoenixmom on March 6, 2018 at 5:13pm: Here are some files that will help you prepare for graduation and the meet and greet.

LATEST BOOT CAMP FAMILY SURVIVAL GUIDE

Comment by Phoenixmom on March 6, 2018 at 5:13pm: GROUPS: Listed By Navy Job/Ratings (clickable link) and companion
Ratings, A School Locations & Links to Groups

PIR: March 9, 2018 TG 18 - 9 Divisions (115-122 and 918)

PIR: March 16, 2018 TG 19 - 7 Divisions (123-128 and 919)

PIR: March 23, 2018 TG 20 - 10 Divisions (129-136, 809 and 920)

PIR: March 30, 2018 TG 21 - 9 Divisions (137-144 and 921)

PIR: April 6, 2018 TG 22 - 11 Divisions (145-152, 810, 811, and 922)

PIR: April 13, 2018 TG 23 - 11 Divisions (153-162 and 923)

PIR: April 20, 2018 TG 24 - 13 Divisions (163-174 and 924)

Comment by Phoenixmom on March 6, 2018 at 5:12pm: If you want to get Informed Delivery™, go to https://realmail.usps.com/box/pages/intro/start.action and put in your ZIP Code and see if it is available in your area. If it is then Sign up. With this service you can get images of the mail that will be placed in your mailbox each day. Black and white images of your actual letter-sized mail pieces, processed by USPS^® sorting equipment, will be provided to you each morning.

App to assist with writing letters: Sandboxx - Military App is an App that can assist with communicating with and sending pictures from your phone to your recruit and later Sailor when s/he is "off the grid" and only able to receive physical mail. Using the App, you can send pics in a note that includes a postage paid addressed envelope for your recruit or Sailor to write back. The cost is $2.33 to $3 per letter depending on how you choose to use the App. (See https://www.sandboxx.us/ to learn more and/or to download the App.) Some have indicated that letters sent to their recruit using the Sandboxx - Military App reached the recruit one to two days after they were sent.

Comment by Phoenixmom on March 6, 2018 at 4:20pm: I understand I do not do face book neither.

If there is any info that you all maybe needing let me know Ok.

Comment by Moonbeam on March 6, 2018 at 4:18pm: Rachel - LOL! I definitely don't want to be stressed out....I'm just starting to relax a bit. I love this site and find comfort in knowing we are all in the same boat ;-) waiting to hear from our kids and hoping that they are doing well.

Comment by Rachel on March 6, 2018 at 4:16pm: Oh I have learned a lot from them. I just prefer this site because it to me has been more informative. Like I said before.....not really into Facebook.