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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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.
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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 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 Matts mom(USS Porter AEFC) on January 23, 2013 at 11:20pm
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Got my "box" yesterday and my letter today! My SR is at Ship 13 Div 115/116. Time to start the letter writing!
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Comment by Trey's Mom 45 on January 23, 2013 at 9:19pm
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AirForce/NavyMom YAY!!! I'm sure they will get to know each other. Our son's going in as a DC. He has always wanted to be a fireman so he was soooooooo excited that he got that rank.
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Comment by Valerie on January 23, 2013 at 6:30pm
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My fiancé boarded his plane @ 2:00 today & will be arriving soon to IL. Looking forward to the call! Good luck to all those that left today and all that are leaving soon!
MartiB- I know you asked about meps experience here in San Antonio. We were able to drop him off this morning at 5am at the recruiting office and met him about 9:30 and meps. We waited with him until he got sworn in and then waited longer until he boarded the bus @ about 1:30. We walked him out to the bus and they let us take pictures with him as well. We did not go to the airport because his flight was at 2.20. But any other questions let me know!!
Valerie
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Comment by Jazzy's Mom on January 23, 2013 at 6:20pm
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Jazz arrived at boot camp on the 16th. I talked to the ex's wife earlier today and they haven't received the letter either...plus it wasn't in the mailbox when I went home for lunch today. She was under the impression I would receive the letter (but 19 year olds are known to change their minds!) I'm thinking with Monday being a holiday it's been delayed.
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Comment by MyKidIsInNavy on January 23, 2013 at 6:12pm
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I just wanted to pop in here and say HI to all of those with SR's that left MEPS recently and on their way to GL!! I am now (as of tomorrow) headed into week 3, and it will get better. I didn't get the "I'm here call" like many other's did, so I did kinda freak out and after the 5th day came, I got a scripted 37 second phone call of "I'm here, sorry I couldn't call before, I love you, look for a box and a letter and love you got to go"...Try to remember, no news is good news and if something were not right, you would be the first to hear directly. Come on here often and check in with other's and before you know it, you will be planning your trip to GL for PIR!!! We are all here for eachother, and I cannot believe we are winding down to the end of January and that much time has passed....hang in there, it is a rollercoaster ride
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Comment by cathycoachmom on January 23, 2013 at 6:00pm
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BoomerSoonerMomma I am right there with you. I would feel so much better if I knew the PIR date and had my son's address so I could send these letters to him. The mail just came, but no form letter today :( Maybe tomorrow...
Thanks for the Mother of a Soldier Post. Very beautiful!
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Comment by suez(SR ship 12 Div 119) on January 23, 2013 at 5:17pm
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jazzysmom..my SR left on the 16th and I havent recieved a letter yet, just the box came yesterday....still waiting
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Comment by cameronleigh on January 23, 2013 at 4:48pm
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I got to see my son sworn in today and now he's off to GL. Will be waiting patiently for that phone call tonight
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Comment by BoomerSoonerMomma on January 23, 2013 at 3:12pm
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I read this today, it touched me deeply.
The Mother of a Soldier...
You can’t quite place your finger on it, but she has a certain aura about her. Her presence is confident and strong. Her faith is unwavering and yet there are moments in which she seems distracted, on the brink of tears. These moments pass quickly and the vacant stares are replaced with a steely grey tone in her eye -- the sea in the midst of a storm. Her silhouette is ...lean and strong with shoulders slightly hunched forward -- the result of the many hours spent in prayer and contemplation. She wonders where he is and how he is doing. She wonders if a mission is underway. She prays for his safety. She sends thoughts of strength and fortitude and hopes that he remembers her last words: 'Do your job without hesitation; we will be here for you when it is done.'
She knows he is stronger than most. He can never be broken. He has been through too much already, seen too much, experienced too much and knows too much to allow himself to break. He is fighting this battle, not only for his country, but for the men to his left and to his right, for the men he shared a barracks room with, for the men who didn’t make it home last tour, for the Moms and Dads and brothers and sisters that are missing them so, for the families of the heroes of the Twin Towers. He will not be broken… She finds comfort in this.
In her hand, she clutches a set of white beads with a crucifix attached. This rosary was given to her by a dear friend. She places it gently on her desk, where it will remain for months, awaiting his safe return. She will never mention its presence, but everyone knows it is there and knows what it means. The volume on her cell phone is placed on high and the phone never leaves her side. Every call from every number is answered every time. No exceptions. When she gets home from work, she heads straight for her laptop. She opens her social media account, and it stays open in hopes of a message -- a modern day smoke signal from a sandbox far away. While she waits for a message, she pens a letter, looks for some old family pictures and creates a packing list for the boxes that will be packed on Saturday -- every Saturday. This week she will send vitamins, portable snacks in volumes to be shared, a few bottles of suntan oil and a few squirt guns to make them laugh. The postman will greet her and ask her to thank them for him as usual -- and she does.
Her brow has a permanent furrow during these months and one might guess the reasons why. The lines are filled with all the colors and shadows of worry and pride and love and patriotism. When the nighttime falls upon her skies, she does not lay her head down to sleep, but instead bows her head in prayer. She prays for so many things. Sleep is scarce during those months. Those months when your nights are their days and their days are your nights. She feels confident only during the moments in which she is actually speaking with him. Every other moment is a blind leap of faith. A faith that she will stand on, lean on, hide behind, stand in front of and crawl under a thousand times before he is home again. She knows things many will never begin to understand. She is the Mother of an American Soldier. Unwavering. Uncompromising. Unapologetic. Unyielding. Extraordinary.
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It has been over a week now that my son left and somedays I think I'm doing better and then today I am just longing for some news about him. I have been randomly checking the RTC Facebook page for any sightings of my SR, catching up on this group and crossing my fingers for the form letter today. I guess I happen to hit a low on this rollercoaster today. I am very curious if he is in a PUSH division for PIR 3/8 and a normal 9-week date of 3/15. I think getting the form letter will help me so I can start making definite plans and get some letters in the mail to him.
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