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

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RTC Graduation

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 JL2018AZ on March 3, 2018 at 10:28am: My son left on 2/20/18 from Phoenix, AZ. So far the only thing I've received is his box and the initial phone call.

Anyone from that 2/20 date get the form letter yet? Thanks

Comment by Ceej0347 on March 3, 2018 at 9:58am: SailorMoon, Soproud, Rachel, Dawn, Mbear99, Caseysmom, Elizabeth, Lisa-
Ok I think I have all the moms who’s SR’s left the 20/21/22ish. Informed delivery just let me know form letter is coming today!!!

Just an FYI - I could tell by my SR’s return address that my SR Is in the push division - PIR a week earlier than thought.
But I guess I won’t know for sure I’m till I get that form letter.

Hooyah!!! Let the communication begin!!

Comment by Phoenixmom on March 1, 2018 at 7:53pm: That is awesome Mia so Proud of her!

Comment by Mia on March 1, 2018 at 7:46pm: Our daughter shipped the 13th. Box arrived the 19th. Form letter arrived today (3/1). Timeline was the same in the past few months for her best friend, her coworker, and her cousin, all at the same RTC, so we were pretty confidant we would see the PIR date letter between today and Saturday. PIR 4/13!! No additional letter, but we didn't expect one. What struck me was her handwriting - I have educated her at home for her whole life, then she lived at home for college, so I know her writing well. She was obviously EXHAUSTED when she filled in the few spaces and wrote a note on the side (everything in pencil). But, this is her dream, and she's living it. So tired or not, I know she is where she wants to be.

Comment by Phoenixmom on March 1, 2018 at 6:05pm: It is best to wait for the form letter before mailing letters to your recruit, but if you do get an address from your recruit's recruiter,

When recruiters actually do have the correct information, they sometimes give extra information that you do not need in the address,

Know that letters mailed before you get the form letter do not get to your recruit much quicker, if at all, than letters mailed after receiving the form letter because the recruits cannot receive mail until they are in their permanent ship and a Recruit Mail Petty Officer has been trained in how to handle mail, which means it is usually sometime in the third week or later (1-3 or 1-4 DOT) when they start receiving mail depending on when P-days ended and the division formed.

Comment by Ceej0347 on March 1, 2018 at 5:55pm: Karik - Be patient- I know it’s hard - I’m right there with u. I want to write and get communication with my SR badly.

Although you received the address from the recruiter it may not be right. The SR’s don’t get mail any faster if we send it out early. They must appoint someone from their TG (training group) to be In Charge of the mail. Until that is done the SR’s don’t get mail.

Wait for the form letter! It will be here soon!

Comment by Phoenixmom on March 1, 2018 at 5:55pm: Posting sites that will go week to week in BC.

Basic Training Exhibits - Weeks 1-8 - Great Lakes Naval Museum

Navy Boot Camp - Week By Week - The Balance

Comment by Phoenixmom on March 1, 2018 at 5:52pm: Hi Karik, usually we ask Moms to wait on sending out Letters, because they tend to give to much info. I will send you info on your page so you can read up on it. Welcome to the site.

Comment by Phoenixmom on March 1, 2018 at 4:26pm: I4d4wn well come to navy moms, glad you were home to receive, I also am from AZ Phoenix. Glad to have you along.