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Navy For Moms

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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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**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:

RTC Graduation

**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 bootcamp in July

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This group is for N4M members that have a loved one leaving for bootcamp in July...I will leave the year open so that even future Deppers leaving in the month of July of any year can join...Lets share stories, information, concerns, and questions

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/deppersinbutnotyet
Members: 808
Latest Activity: Jun 27, 2023

Hello everyone and welcome to the Navy!!! This Group was started for the loved one of DEPPERS leaving in the month of July(although everyone is welcome).......What year you say? Well ......any year!

If you have July 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 July, ...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

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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 Trilogymom on July 21, 2018 at 5:57pm: Hi. My son left for boot camp on July 19th. He is the last one to leave home so it's been quite around our home. His dad and I miss him terribly. Has anyone had any experience with a recruiter forgetting to send their child's HS transcripts to MEPS? My son was supposed to go in as an E3 because of his years in JROTC but because the recruiter got the paperwork up there too late...he had to sign the contract as an E1. MEPS told him to make sure the transcripts were given to Grand Lakes because they were the only ones that could change the contract. Anyone else experience this?

Comment by lemonelephant on July 19, 2018 at 9:13pm: If your future Sailor has yet to ship, then check out the discussion, Things to Do in the Last Month before Your Future Sailor Leaves for..., and to start discussing some of the things there with your future Sailor such as how to handle bad news and who will get the tickets for PIR....

If you have not yet joined Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones), now is a good time to do so (especially if you have a recruit) and to begin checking out the Pages (found under the pictures of the Members) starting with OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes to Your Profile) (some of you have changes that you need to make--at least change 3) and then go on to Arrival and What Happens at the RTC.

Comment by Hazel_04 on July 15, 2018 at 1:40am: Hi everyone! Im Hazel and my fiancée went to boot camp last July11. I miss her so much and groups like this make things more bearable. Its just hard not knowing how she is. We didn't get a call from her when she got to boot camp. Probably her phone's battery got drained already because it was already running low when she landed in O'hare airport

Comment by Future Sailor Mom on July 13, 2018 at 12:05am: My son left July 10. I'm so excited for him now but I was a wreck the last couple months! Only looking forward now. Thanks for having this outlet to share our experiences and offer assistance.

Comment by SPKeri on July 12, 2018 at 6:52pm: My son left yesterday(July 11). Just popping in to say hi and to see how many other sons left yesterday.

Comment by VFNDtoNavymom on July 12, 2018 at 12:12am: Hi my son arrived at BC on July 9th. I am from TX. This is all so new to me, but I am thankful to have a place I can go to that has answers to my questions.

Comment by Remy06 on July 10, 2018 at 10:31pm: Hi Everyone, I'm from MI and my son arrived at BC on July 3rd. I see that I'm not alone in that my son has been saying he was going to be an "army" guy since he was a little boy. He realized that dream and decided to join the Navy last year after speaking with a recruiter at his high school. I miss him like crazy, and am still trying to get used to this new normal. It's just so weird. Where the heck is my boy I think every single second!

Comment by Kaitlin on July 9, 2018 at 8:44pm: Hi! I'm super new to the group. I'm from NH and my son actually shipped out this morning.

Comment by Beebop34 on July 7, 2018 at 8:57pm: Hi from WA. Our son leaves July 23. So thankful to find this group. Has been very helpful so far with advice and links.

Comment by Erica on July 5, 2018 at 2:09pm: Hi from NH! we're at the 10 day mark (enlisted back in Aug '17)...my son has said this is what he's going to do since he was 4 so, it's not like I didn't have warning! ;-) still, I feel like we're not totally prepared...I'm usually really good with "go with the flow" but, all the unknown/not totally confirmed dates coming up are driving me batty!