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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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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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 Giselda on February 22, 2014 at 11:48am: Come Back To Me-David Cook - YouTube
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Comment by Kimba on February 22, 2014 at 8:20am: When my ex got the box (my son lived with him before he left) Fed Ex just left it outside his door. No signature required. I was worried about it and wasn't really sure which house it would ship to. Not sure if this was an anomaly or not but wanted to share.

Comment by lemonelephant on February 22, 2014 at 4:09am: DSS Navy wife & mom, yes, BC is a time of learning for loved ones as well as their recruits. You will begin to learn a whole new vocabulary (What does ??? mean? (A Guide to Navy Abbreviations and Terminology) can help with that.); you will begin practicing OPSEC and PERSEC (OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes to Your Profile) will help with that.); you will try to learn patience and will try to remember that "No news is good news!" (Staying informed about what is happening will help with that. See Arrival and What Happens at the RTC .); and you will begin to rely on others for information, support and encouragement.

Comment by lemonelephant on February 22, 2014 at 3:59am: Leach73, the form letter arrives an average of 10 days after the recruit arrived at the RTC. See Arrival and What Happens at the RTC and Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit.

Comment by lemonelephant on February 22, 2014 at 3:57am: NavyGF88, Mail Call is every weekday (M-F) evening before Taps. Your SR (he's not a Sailor yet) will probably receive your letter Monday. He will be able to write for the first time on Sunday. See Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit.

Comment by lemonelephant on February 22, 2014 at 3:52am: Kitchen Kimmi, the names on the form letter are just for you and it is perfectly fine that he wrote them as he did. (See the info on that in the info in the "Answers to Common Questions" section on Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones).) If you are concerned that he doesn't know the correct spelling of someone's name, you can write him and let him know how the names should be listed when he submits the names for the access list 3 to 10 days before PIR. You don't need a form of any kind to do that.

Comment by Kitchen Kimmi (09/139) on February 22, 2014 at 1:09am: We got the letter this evening! Ship 9 div 139. Question, he put the guest names as "mom" "pops" and sisters first names. I seems to recall seeing somewhere a form I can send him with the right names?

Comment by Lightenupfrancis on February 21, 2014 at 10:38pm: My son left on 2/19 and he left me five loads of laundry. Who knew he had that many clothes? I'll miss him but he kept me busy. This from a mom who insisted from age 12 that her kids were responsible for their own laundry....

Comment by NavyGF88 on February 21, 2014 at 9:54pm: Ship 14 Div 135

Comment by rdwinglvr on February 21, 2014 at 8:51pm: Bonnie-Codysmom

Im glad to hear Im NOT the only one sitting on stinky clothes LOL My son left on the 4th and I still cannot bring myself to wash them or even move the boxes from the kitchen LOL