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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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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 Veronica ship 07 div 106 on January 18, 2010 at 1:31pm
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Melissa SHIP 14, DIV 100 THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!! for taking ur time and ginving us all that info. I had all those questions. and i sent my husban a letter since last week and I didn't know if i was gonna get one back or not. Now I feel much better. I love this website. Its good to know that im not the only one feeling like this.
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Comment by gapeach4241965(Alex's Mom)11/119 on January 18, 2010 at 12:53pm
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So, in about 2 1/2 hours we will take our son to Meps and then he will fly out tomorrow for GL. I am on an emotional roller coaster but with the support of my friends and family I will get through this.
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Comment by az sailor mom on January 17, 2010 at 9:32pm
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looking for more moms who have sons or daughters that are in ship 07 div 104
I have only received one letter so far,it was the best letter i have ever recevied,
just to hear my son is having the time of his life was very comforting.
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Comment by MrsS on January 17, 2010 at 8:29pm
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My guy leaves on the much awaited 1/19. Yesterday was my melt-down day, today I think I can be strong. What breaks my heart is the 2 year old; she doesn't understand will be gone for awhile
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Comment by MamaBear kk on January 16, 2010 at 11:50pm
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Oh My! I do not think I have given this advice to our newbies; The best place to cry is the shower AND it is OK to cry at traffic lights! ~ : ) ~ kk
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torib Monday the 11th or Tuesday the 12th? We were chatting at lunch today and most of us got our kid-in-a-box in about a week after arrival. Our form letters came about two weeks after arrival. You should call the recruiter on Monday - they will give you the address in the database. BC is 7.5 to 9 weeks. It is based in how long it takes to fill a division. fyi...they start with 88 SR per division. Can you imagine how busy they are with 6 to 14 divisions and a count of 88 SRs per division? You will know more this week : ) ~ kk
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Comment by TinaAshleysmom on January 16, 2010 at 11:40pm
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Hi Chris in MI. Sounds like we have a lot in common. I've been writing Ashley everyday about the little things like what Ella(her daughter) is doing. I even have Ella draw her pictures and doodles. I also received my box Friday, I thought Wow that was quick. I opened the box as quick as I could hoping to get a little note. See what she got to keep and what she had to send back. Pretty much everything came back. I was also in bootcamp in Orlando back in '85, not a care in the world and had no idea what to expect. Bootcamp seemed to go by quick and I think our kids will have more things to have to cover because of technology and the war, terrorism. I don't know. I think the hardest thing for Ashley will be laptop and cell phone withdrawals!! lol. She is always on those two things. No wonder Ella knows how to use both at only 2! I want to send her pictures too. Putting them in the letter is a great idea. I also fill her in on all the latest celebrity gossip and her favorite tv shows. I wonder if our girls are in the same ship/div, they might be.
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Comment by JD's Mom on January 16, 2010 at 10:06pm
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LOL... THANKS MAMA BEAR!
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We had eleven (11) attendees at our monthly N4Ms luncheon today; moms, sisters, grandmothers, and one Recruiter. We had a good time. In this group we had a range of 2 DEP moms to a ten (10) year Navy Mom! It is great to share our stories and experiences. I hope you all join your state group and start or attend events in your area. We are a proud group : ) ~ kk
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JD's Mom ~ The stamps are not returned in the box. My son had his book of stamps in the back of his little black address book - I wonder who put them there. : )
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