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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.

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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

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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.

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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 February 28, 2018 at 12:39pm: Hi Mia, this is to cute how adorable and funny! LOL! I cant imagine their little faces when they seen her clothes. Wishing you well with this Journey and Congrats to your Daughter!

Comment by Phoenixmom on February 28, 2018 at 12:25pm: Dawn you are more than welcome, It is a pleasure to be able to do this. I was in your shoes when my Son went to BC and was so devastated, My Best Friend was gone didn't know how to cope with it. so as I started learning more and more, and got thru it, I decided to stay and help others while my Son was in A school. So I know about the Emotions that come with all this. Now my Son is Deployed so I am learning how to cope with that and trying to learn more.

Comment by Mia on February 28, 2018 at 12:20pm: Our daughter shipped the 13th. We received the box last Monday, amidst lots of laughs. We have a big family, so our daughter has toddler siblings...when we opened the box they knew to expect her phone and shoes. But when all they found in addition was a jacket, sling pack and shirt the comments were, "Oh no!! She's naked! She had no pants!" We all had to laugh, because of course the 4-yr-olds could not remember that her button broke, that they fell asleep seeing her off, or that some of her clothes she planned to just toss. So no raw emotion here, it was a really fun time...the box is still sitting in the kitchen a week later, with tots looking in daily to check on their sister. Our call came as expected, and we anticipate the first letter later this week. Aiming for graduation in April.

Comment by Phoenixmom on February 28, 2018 at 10:28am: Good Morning Ladies, Hope all is well.

Dawn and tmdtwins that is Great News!

Don't know if you know the reason the Jeans are rolled up, it is because they get fitted for shoes so they have them rolled up.

If your recruit was wearing long pants/jeans, the legs will most likely still be rolled up; this is because the recruits must roll up their pant legs before having their feet measured for their footwear and they don't have time to unroll them before packing the box.

So now it's the form letter for you Dawn and the Box for tmdtwins.

Hang in there Ladies, and Congrats to your Loved ones for taking this Journey!

Have a Great Blessed Day!

Comment by tmdtwins on February 28, 2018 at 12:06am: Just got back from Jacksonville last night. We were there for swearing in ceremony. We got our phone call last night about 1am. Looking forward to the box, phone call and form letter...

Comment by Phoenixmom on February 27, 2018 at 4:23pm

Comment by Phoenixmom on February 27, 2018 at 2:11pm: Great News SailorMoon Happy Birthday to your Son!

Comment by SailorMoon on February 27, 2018 at 2:08pm: Got our "kid in the box" yesterday! It was also my son's birthday so at least we could celebrate something! He left on 2/20 and we are in California so not too bad!

Hoping for the form letter end of this week. I admit, I'm a little inpatient... ;)

Comment by Phoenixmom on February 27, 2018 at 1:42pm: Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit

When Will the Recruits be Paid? and Information for Spouses

Comment by Phoenixmom on February 27, 2018 at 1:40pm: At first recruits are only permitted to write during holiday routine on Sunday and later they may be able to write on one or two other days as well (often Tuesday and Thursday) and some Divisions may earn the privilege of writing every day if they are doing really well or if the RDC feels that providing that privilege will boost morale. Letters are put in the mail bag on Sunday and the RMPO mails them on Monday unless Monday is a federal holiday. Any letters written throughout the week won't go in the mail bag until Sunday during holiday routine. Some RDCs permit letters to be placed in the mail bag only on Sunday afternoon with mail going out Monday morning even when they can write on other days and others permit them to put letters in the mail bag on the day they are written for the RMPO to mail the next morning. It is up to the RDC and there does not seem to be a "norm" for this.

Once your recruit can receive mail, Mail Call is every weekday evening (M-F). All mail received at the RTC is distributed to the recruits on the same day that it is processed. The division's RMPO distributes the mail to the recruits during Mail Call in their compartments that evening sometime prior to Taps

It is common for recruits to indicate in their first letter that they have not received mail due to the way that mail is processed at the RTC, but your letters will get to your recruit, not necessarily in the order you sent them, as long as you use the address in The Form Letter.