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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.
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
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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."
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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."
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Comment by lemonelephant on January 12, 2013 at 6:46pm
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CatMom509, Here are other groups for you: Sailors at Corry Station holding or in school, Corry Station IT Moms, IT A Schoolers, and INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN - IT, ITOF, IT-ATF, ITS. Each is a clickable llink.
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Comment by CatMom509 on January 12, 2013 at 6:39pm
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Hi Lemonelephant! Daina will be an IT~~ Thanks for always being there for us! Now what does you name mean, other than you like yellow elephants? lol
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CatMom509, You may want to join Sailors In Pensacola, FL For A School....Corry Station too!! (clickable link) and they can give you more info on when the best time to visit will be. Once she has gone through INDOC, she will begin Phasing up in Liberty and will have more and more freedoms on Liberty. She will not have to get permission for Liberty as long as she abides by the rules for her Phase of Liberty. Liberty time will be on weekends and evenings when she is not in class or on duty. She will not be able to have overnight Liberty until about the fiifth week or so. What will her rating (job/specialty) be? There are other groups I can steer you too as well.
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Aurie's Mom, we are planning a trip to see my daughter in A school at Pensacola in July for her birthday. She just arrived for Boot Camp this week on the 9th and will have her PIR/graduation in March. By my calculations, our visit will be toward the end of her training, I'm wondering should we only visit over a weekend or the entire week of her birthday? What kind of Liberty time will she be allowed with us? Would she need to ask for Liberty time from her superiors before our visit? I am assuming she would still need to do her studies, go to classes, while we are there. Also, are there some "must see" activities we can do in Pensacola with or without her? Thanks for any nuggets you can share with me~~ God Bless You!
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Kylesmom, I'm so happy that you were blessed with a call from your son after not hearing from him the day he arrived. You were being strong about him being okay, but I know you also a little hurt. As if an answer to prayer, Kyle called! I've read that some recruits do get to call a few days later if they didn't get a chance for whatever reason. Awesome that his RDC knew you would want to hear from him. Sounds like the call you received may have been a little longer than the 10 second one I received from my daughter! Just be glad he called and you heard his voice and he told you He Loved You!! Please don't over-analyze why you didn't receive a call earlier, is it normal, etc...you'll just make it a bigger thing for yourself than it really is. You wrote earlier that he had been distancing himself before he left and perhaps he was trying to "be a grown-up", but I'm sure all of us here know that the bond between a mother and her child will always be there forever~~ Let it go, love him, encourage him, support him, cheer him on, but don't fault him (even later after PIR/graduation). He's on his way to his future~~ God Bless You Both!!
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Comment by Scouter Mom on January 12, 2013 at 1:32pm
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Stephanie - Yes we recently went to P'Cola for a visit to my son's girlfriend who was in A School...the campus of the Navy base is so impressive! Right on the water. The seafood was not too shabby either! :) It was nice for him to have a preview of where he would be for the next two years too. But alas, she is now stationed in Norfolk, VA. They are getting a good taste of military separation...ah, young love.
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Comment by TreysMom on January 12, 2013 at 1:22pm
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Aurie's mom- we live just north of Tampa FL. I hope you get to visit him at A school. The beaches in that area are beautiful! We are thinking of driving up for PIR. That is going to be one heck of a drive. My husband doesn't like to drive, hence the cruise :-).
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Stephanie, My son also leaves for BC 1/29-30. After A School he will stay in Pensacola for IT school at Corry Station. We live in Missouri. Cudos to you for keeping his goals a priority. I could feel your angst when he changed his mind about school, but wow, the pressure would have been intense for him!!!!
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Comment by MyKidIsInNavy on January 12, 2013 at 10:41am
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OK, My Son left 1/8 arrived at GL on 1/9. I had not heard a word from him nothing, no box yet either...here it is Sat morning 1/12, and I just got a CALL !!!! It was from an 847 area code, I answered....He said " HI Mom, sorry I didn't call you on Wednesday, but the RDC wanted me to call and let you know I am ok and apologize for not calling, and look for a box and letters." I quickly said...I love you, he said love you Mom and I got to go and hung up. Isn't it strange to get a call after they arrived days ago?? I asked if he was ok...he just said love you Mom again and hung up....uuggghhhh Is this normal? I am so happy to hear his voice, just not sure if it is so normal for him to call and check in after he didn't call me on Wed for the "i'm here", but calls me today???? I am sooooo confused
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Hi everyone! I'm fairly new to this site, but I've been reading all of your comments and stories for about a month now. I'm so impressed with all the information sharing that happens and the support. You guys are fantastic and I love hearing about your recruits. I'm constantly sharing a story or information I learned with my husband and son. I feel more in control of the situation just because of some of the knowledge I learn from all of you.
Here's a little about my situation. My son is 18. He received a NROTC scholarship and acceptance to the Citadel before he graduated high school in June. We were all set to take him and about 3 weeks before that day, he told us that he didn't want to go. He declined the scholarship and acceptance to the Citadel. He said that he was very concerned about the academics; Electrical Engineering and just really wanted to enlist. He said he wanted to get the real Navy experience and work his way through the ranks that way instead. I was heartbroken, but ultimately it's his life and he had to make his own choices (although my motto is "MAKE WISE CHOICES"). Enlisting in the Navy was his backup plan in case the scholarship or school acceptance fell through, but now this had become his only plan. Even though I wish he would've gone through with college first, I'm completely supportive of his decision and excited for the journey ahead of him. He started working right after graduation at the company I work for to earn a few bucks before heading off to college, now the Navy, so his time there went from 2 months to 7 months. We ride to work together every day and I feel like we've grown even closer over this time. His last day of work is Tuesday, because he leaves for GL on 1/29 and we wanted him to have a little time off to relax, reflect, visit with friends and CLEAN HIS ROOM :-). It will be sad to not have him ride to work with me anymore; I'll miss that.
So far we know that he'll be in A school and sub school in Groton, CT and he'll go straight there from GL. I'm already starting to try and figure out his PIR date based on what I've learned from you guys. I believe it's going to be 3/29. I just booked a cruise for my husband and me for our birthdays (a day apart) March 2-9. That will be the midway point for boot camp and will give me something to keep my mind busy (hopefully) with trying to research the ports of call and what to do at each. We are having my son's Anchors Aweigh party on 1/19 so preparing for that will keep me busy for the next week.
I just pray that he does well in boot camp and everything goes off without a hitch. I want this for him so much and he is so anxious to get in and get going. Thanks for all the words of wisdom you all provide and I look forward every day to reading the stories. I'm also glad that I'll be able to share my thoughts, emotions and feelings with you all and you'll know exactly what I'm going through.
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