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:
Events
**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
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 jenmack on December 28, 2010 at 7:42pm
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Thanks so much. He has been worried and so have I. That helps us alot.
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Help! My son has been sick over Christmas and still has a cough. We are trying to give him medicine to get rid of it. He is shipped out next week. What happens if he still has the cough. He won't go to the doctor since the will have to get a medical release and won't go next week. Will they send him home with a cough??
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Comment by Suzanne-Sailor Mom on December 28, 2010 at 1:17pm
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smichelle - hi again. can my son keep his chase account with the direct deposit? or does he have to open one with the Navy Federal credit union?
Also, to all the mom's whose rcts left already - did any of your rcts not get ready for bc (ie not dieting or exercising, staying out late and sleeping all day!) If so, how did they do in bc? was it a hard adjustment?
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Comment by sunshine73 on December 27, 2010 at 9:47pm
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Smichelle, my son is also 20 and still lives with us (he was going to college before he decided the Navy would be better). I realized that he was really leaving about 3 months ago. people do not understand that it isn't the same as going away to college but I understand perfectly. We are having his party on Saturday. It will mostly be family with a few of his closest friends attending. He didn't want a big deal but he is getting a little bit of a fuss. The breakfast idea sounds great, wish I had thought of that. He doesn't want us to go to MEPs and the swearing in. This breaks my heart but I will honor his request. the plan was to go with him until a few weeks ago. Another young man from his High School is leaving on the same day which gives me a little comfort. We are from a small town where everyone knows everyone else. Thanks for all your support!
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Thanks Smichelle! My son leaves a week from today! We have a regular POA form from N4Ms but can't find a medical one. Does anyone know where to find one?
SuzanneK, our sons are very close. Glad to know that the Crabbiness is common. Mine has been a little better since Christmas though. I think my nerves are getting worse but I try to hide it for my sons sake.
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Comment by glassdog on December 27, 2010 at 5:59pm
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Smichelle thanks for the heads up on everything. We are down to 21 days before our rct ships out. We are all nervous and excited.
Beth my thoughts are with you. Just hang in there!
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Thank you for all the tips Smichelle! They really are a big help because my son leaves 1/5. I am glad you mentioned the crabby and icky part because that is what is happening here now. It is good to know that it is common behavior!
Thanks again!
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kbfx1 my son is also my only child and I am excited and scared at the same time! We had a quiet Christmas that I will cherish for many years. Especially since we don't know where the next one will be!
TraesMom you are't alone in this. We all have had feelings that you have described, however as I said before I am so happy my son is going to bc. Other alternatives are so much worse and you can have a great deal of pride in knowing that you have a young man that is strong and caring. He will make a great sailor and you should be so proud of the young man you have raised.
He is going to make a good life for himself and that is what we try to raise them to do. Think about him and his life and try to look forward to a new chapter in yours. Make it something he will look at with pride.
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Comment by kbfx1 on December 24, 2010 at 9:41am
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glassdog..my son is leaving 1/25/11 as well. He's my only son, time is flying bye soooo fast.I'm sure we will be talking soon. Have a wonderful holiday with your family.
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Hi Junebug! Welcome. My son also leaves for bc on 1/18/11. Maybe they will meet up there. I am also enjoying the time left with my son. The other night I was feeling a little down. That night we went to bowling and it dawned on me how wonderfully lucky I truly am. My son is starting a new adventure and is strong and healthy. Some friends at bowling had lost their son in an accident a few years ago and it simply put everything into perspective. We can miss them but we shouldn't feel any sadness about them being gone as we will get to see them soon.
Hope all of you mom's have a wonderful holiday season with you soon to be sailors. Merry Christmas.
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