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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
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
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:
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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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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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
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.
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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OK thank you! I will call his recruiter - I wasn't sure if I should do that or not. We take my son to the hotel in Dallas on Sunday Afternoon and then I guess he gets up really early to do his physical and everything on Monday. Hopefully the recruiter can give me a better idea... I wasn't aware that we could show up at the MEPS building and wait. That would be wonderful! Thanks again for the information!!
ChristinaMarie - My son was able to text me early in the morning from MEPS with the estimated time of his swearing in. In Phoenix, they had one at 9, 10, and 11am. There were many branches of services represented and it was dependent on when each recruit finished their paperwork processing. We sat in a large waiting room and my son was able to visit a little between his paperwork meetings/duties. After the swearing in we were able to take photos before he had more paperwork to sign. He had a few more minutes before his travel briefing, then we walked with his group to the van they took to the airport. He had a long wait at airport but we were able to talk and text during that time. Each MEPS may be different, but hope this helps. Good Luck!
ChristinaMarie - Our son's recruiter said the swearing in typically happens between 9-9:30, and suggested we arrive between 8-8:30. But that's for the MEPS in Milwaukee - it could be different for other locations.
ChristinaMarie My SR's recruiter told me to be there no latter than a certain time. We waited in a waiting room until they came and told us it was time. He actually got to come and sit with us for a bit. They we had lunch together at MEPS before he left. This was in St. Louis, so I'm not sure if it's different at each MEPS location or not. I would maybe as his recruiter????
I want to be there when my son swears in on Monday but he is not sure what time it will be... Is that the usual way it goes and what can I do to make sure I don't miss it?! Will he be able to call me and let me know? Any advice is greatly appreciated so I can be there to see him swear in as well. Thanks!!!!
cheryl, what is your SR's rating (job/specialty) going to be? There are groups for most ratings and/or "A" Schools.
My son left Monday (7/22) from Dallas and will remain in Great Lakes for A school.
AndrewsMom - My son arrived in GL on 7/16 and I received the box on 7/19. No letter yet ... maybe tomorrow?
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