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:
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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 Boot Camp in January
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This group is for N4M members that have a loved one leaving for Boot Camp in January. I will leave the year open so that any future DEPpers leaving in the month of January of any year can join.Lets share stories, information, concerns, and questions!
Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/deppersinbutnotyet
Members: 630
Latest Activity: Jul 21, 2022
Hello everyone and welcome to the Navy!!! This Group was started for the loved one of DEPPERS leaving in the month of January (although everyone is welcome).......What year you say? Well ......any year!
If you have January 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 January, ...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."
Discussion Forum
View discussions in the DEP-Leavin' for Boot Camp in January forum!
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Comment by MartiB_TX on January 30, 2013 at 9:32am
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Mavis, sorry you did not get the call last night. Hope your son gets a chance to call you soon. Several people on this site have not received calls until 2 or 3 days after they arrived. We are looking forward to our S-I-L letting us know our SRs address so we can all write to her. We got to visit with her quite a bit yesterday at MEPS - if anyone is wondering about going to MEPS, it is very much worth it to go. The Captain that did the swearing in was so nice and he came back and allowed us to stage the swearing in with him so we could get pictures. You cannot take pictures of other people in the room is why they have to come back and stage it. Our S-I-L was not able to make it to San Antonio because he is taking care of his Dad right now.
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Daughter's husband texted us that he got the "I'm Here" call around 1:30 a.m. She did call her dad & me while she was on the plane to let us know her plane landed in Chicago just before 10 p.m.. The call was very quick "we've landed in Chicago, I'm gathering my things, we're walking out of the plane, I love you and good-bye" that was about the whole gist of our conversation.
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Comment by TreysMom on January 30, 2013 at 7:37am
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Okay great, Navy For Dads. That's what my husband needs so he'll believe when I say "you're not the only one".
I got the "I'm here" call @1:45 this morning. It was literally about 5 seconds. He sounded fine like he had his straight-face on. He said, "I'm here, you'll get the box and letter soon. I'll call in about 3 weeks. I only have 10 seconds, so I have to go." We told him we loved him at least 3 times and to work hard. He told us he loved us and good bye. I hope everyone else with recruits that left yesterday got or are getting their calls today. 2 more days and we'll be at Friday #1!
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Comment by lemonelephant on January 30, 2013 at 1:38am
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correachica,Once someone receives a form letter confirming the date for that Division, FTLW or ellen will create a group for that TG, so watch in Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) and/or at http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/groups-listed-by-pir-date and join the group for that once it has been created.
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correachica, we strongly urge families not to mail letters before receiving the form letter, but since you have, double-check the address the recruiter gave you against those at http://bootcamp.navy.mil/contact_recruit.asp. Recruiters sometimes give a generic address for the RTC and if the street address is not correct, then mail can be delayed for up to 3 weeks. 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 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 when they start receiving mail depending on when P-days ended and the division formed. Recruits can write only on Sundays at first and cannot write until the first Sunday after they are in their ship, which is usually the second Sunday they are there, but it could be the third Sunday, depending on how quickly the division forms. They later MAY be able to write, and maybe even mail letters, on other days as well. Once your recruit can receive mail, Mail Call is every weekday evening (M-F). (See Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit for more on that.) I also suggest that you join Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) and check out the other Pages (found under the pictures of the Members) and Discussions there.
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Comment by bonitachica (ship11 div126) on January 30, 2013 at 12:18am
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I think my son is in division 126 and his PIR is on 3/22/2013. His recruiter gave me his address and I wrote him one letter so far. Hoping it will get to him, waiting for his official letter soon. I was surprised to get his box three days after he arrived at BC on Tues. 1/22. I was so glad to get his call on Tues. at 12 midnight even if it was for a few seconds. Keeping busy with school and work. I think about him everyday.
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Comment by taylormom010313 on January 29, 2013 at 9:00pm
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Kelly oh I see. Sorry you had to deal with weather and leaving him. Hugs to you.
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Comment by kelly on January 29, 2013 at 8:57pm
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taylormom010313 we were with him at the airport until the original departure time, we had a 2 1/2 to 3 hour drive north ahead of us and expecting some freezing rain and sleet on our way home. Really didn't want to leave him.
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Thanks mykidsinthenavy. Gonna be really anxious to get that "I'm here" call tonight with the bad weather and all.
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TacosMom it is hard to put on that happy face but it would probably make it more difficult for them if we didn't. My husband had a really hard time today - didn't think it would be so hard.
All went well except the flight out is delayed and mine will not arrive in Chicago until after 10 p.m. Lots of flight rerouting in TX due to hail storms in Dallas area. Because of that the flights out of San Antonio are also delayed.
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