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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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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 Jazzy's Mom on November 26, 2012 at 11:49am
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Question for anyone who knows the answer (lol) My daughter leaves January 16th to BC. She was telling me her Recuriter told her she would be coming home between BC and A school for a few days. Her A School is also in Great Lakes. I haven't read anywhere about them being able to come home for a few days in between, plus he indicated to her if she came home it wouldn't be her expense. I know she will probably have liberty but not sure about the other. I told her not to get her hopes up of coming home since she'll be right next door to A School. I have also given her a list of things to discuss with her recruiter and so far each question has seemed to taken him by surprise since he hasn't had any answers for her...example: slim black leather wallet ... he told her he never heard of the slim black leather wallet and it's contents before. I told her perhaps he should actually read the website he referred...namely NFM.com lol.
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Comment by Scouter Mom on November 25, 2012 at 4:31pm
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I am right there with you...as I went thru Thanksgiving, I got teary eyed myself, thinking of this Thanksgiving, may be so different next year,,,,,,sniff, sniff....
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Comment by MyKidIsInNavy on November 25, 2012 at 10:44am
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Just sharing because I think all of you are the only ones who can understand...Just saw my SR back to college until December, knowing we are now on the 42 day countdown until he begins his new journey with the Navy. So many mixed emotions, and just feeling a little blue...This is a roller coaster ride already and the real waiting until PIR has yet to begin...uuggghhhhh
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Comment by lemonelephant on November 24, 2012 at 1:40pm
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KylesMom, Training can begin on any weekday because they want them to be staggered so they will be on different days for the different things that they have to do. See Arrival and What Happens at the RTC and Ship/Division--How it Works in the Pages of Boot Camp Moms. (Those are clickable links.)
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I have dates for sure now, my son will be in a hotel the night of Jan 7th, MEPS on the 8th and down to GL that day. We are in WI and only 51 miles from GL, so I am thinking he will be doing a whole lot of sitting around since we are so close? I am not sure if I understand how BC runs, other then I know that their first days are P days, and is it true all actual training only starts on Tuesdays?
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Have been reading the threads with lots of info for me! First, I own rental property, and didn't realize the "relief act" existed, however, I wouldn't dream of not letting a tenant out of their lease for active duty! Also, my son leaves the end of January, and KylesMom sure leaves me with lots to think about. I agree, guys separate differently. This thread really helps me not to baby him, cause it's really my need, rather than his....I'll follow everyone's suggestions....but, nice to know the BC letters will be welcomed. Just saw a segment on the Today Show about, Savannah, the little girl who has a letter writing campaign to those In Country and how much the letters are welcomed by total strangers! She has a FB page too! Happy Turkey day all. We'll need each other even MORE next year at this time! :) :(
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Not sure if anyone else has been through my situation, but I guess there is such a thing as trying to get to prepared and helping before they leave for bootcamp. Sometimes Mom's trying to do everything they can to make their lives a lil easier at bootcamp can also make the SR feel as though they cannot do for themselves. Not sure how to take the way my Son has reacted, and it makes me so sad that now he is distancing himself from me right before the Holidays and right before he leaves for BC. I know he has lived on his own at College for the past 3 1/2 years, I was only trying to do small things (got the black wallet, calling cards, moleskin, stamps, and tried to assist him on terminating his apt lease)...Guess Mom's do screw up and some kids just wanna go it alone?
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Guess I am dumbfounded that he notified them the 1st of November and told them he would be vacating before the end of December, yet they are telling him he must pay them through January 31st or find a sub lessee
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I did some internet searching and see plain and clearly that if an individual is given orders from the military, the lease is terminated at the end of the month after you notified the managers...The following is directly from the relief act from the military.....the termination date will be the last day of the month after the month in which the notice was given. For example, if the term of the lease/rental agreement is yearly and notice was given August 5th, then the termination date will be September 30th.
If the rent has been paid in advance, then the landlord must return any unearned portion. The landlord may not withhold the refund of a service member’s security deposit for early termination of the lease/rental agreement. However, the landlord may withhold return of the security deposit for damages, repairs, and other lawful provisions of the lease/rental agreement.
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I have a question for anyone out there regarding an apartment lease...My Son is currently in an apartment and has a lease, he already notified them he was shipping Jan 7th 2013, and that he intends on vacating the apartment before Christmas so they can re-rent his place. The place is telling him that even though he is leaving in December, they are holding him to his rent for January at the minimum unless he wants to get a sub lease attempt? I was told by the recruiter, that a lease is terminated no later then the official ship date and the SR is not responsible?? If anyone has any input or experience, I sure appreciate it
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