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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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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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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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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 Scouter Mom on December 16, 2012 at 1:21pm
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I don't know myself, but...if you scroll back thru this discussion board, there was a whole conversation about this that might be helpful. It was either last week or 2 weeks ago......
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Comment by lemonelephant on December 15, 2012 at 10:43pm
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Very well stated Lemonelephant!
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KylesMom, if your future Sailor has been truthful in everything and disclosed any medical history and injuries, drug use, police involvement (even things that are in a closed record)... that occurred before entering DEP either prior to the first MEPS or later upon “remembering something” and the recruiter sent the forms in and he has behaved in an honorable manner after entering DEP and is able to answer the questions as part of the recertification truthfully in the appropriate way (See www.cnrc.navy.mil/publications/Forms/1133_62.doc.), then everything will be fine at the "Moment of Truth" and an old known health problem won’t crop up during the PFA or other training and cause a problem. If your future Sailor is doing some physical training while he waits to leave, especially running, then he will be less likely to get injured in the first few weeks. There are things that come up that have never been a problem before for some—mental health issues, heart problems, asthma…, but those are due to the stress the recruits experience in a different environment with different physical requirements than the recruits have ever experienced before. The condition most likely was always there, but the circumstances were not right to bring it out before.
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Initial screeing at MEPS is only a cursory Medical Exam. The mental health issues are often much more subtle and not as apparent or understood by their families. Those take time to sort out at BC. Then, there are futur e soldiers who want to be sailors, but really aren't good candidates, or it wasn't really what THEY wanted to do.....there are many many reasons. I think we all worry for all the huge changes our kids are making.....and we are making.....a very stressful change added to by the holidays.
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Comment by MyKidIsInNavy on December 15, 2012 at 9:19pm
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I have just been reading on here this past week (in another group on here) about SR's being SEP after like a week - 3 weeks into BC....most of the reasons are not stated (I understand their privacy), and it just concerns me that in the last week I have heard of 3 different ones, so makes me wonder how many we don't hear about because they are not on this site?? My Son is not going to change his mind and has been through MEPS once already...so I think he is good to go...but makes me still worry/wonder
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Separation, as I understand, comes from those who change their minds at the last minute, discovering medical conditions that were not discovered before the Processing week, those overweight/way out of shape, discovering mental health issues that were not evident before, etc...so, for those who have been at this for some time, and truely know their sons/daughters, don't give it much thot....really. I have worked at the VA Hospital for 30 years. There are many things that are found now, during processing week, which is before the golden 180 days of duty have passed. Once the 180 days pass, the military is fully responsible for the mental and physical health of the SR...so, they have become much stricter than in years past......so that's the rest of the story....
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I hear you AirForce/Navy Mom...my Son has waited since August and with him being 22 1/2, he waited for the job to come open he wanted before committing, and if this falls through for any reason, he will be devastated to say the least, I just wish I understood more about why all these SR's are getting separated
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Oh are we getting really close now...shipping Jan 7th MEPS...so I assume down to GL the 8th. I am getting really worried though as I keep hearing more and more about SR getting separated by the bunches. It makes me very nervous/anxious because this is my Son's dream and his career choice. Scary
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Comment by Wendy/Chris'Mom on December 14, 2012 at 4:53pm
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My son is leaving Elk Grove, CA on 1/22.
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