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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.

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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 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 d2b2707 on June 26, 2013 at 3:36pm: Sorry Sharla, I just read your post and I appologize for any confusion. Thank you lemonelephant for the clarification... I did edit my post. It would have been nice if all that information about ATT & AWAT was in the paperwork.

I'm still confused, LOL but trying to hang in there...we are at our 3 week mark, 21 days left until our baby girl ships off to great lakes, then to pensacola, my daughter enlisted for 8 years!!! SMH....I know I have things to do before July 17,2013 but just seem to be procrastinating...

At work now so guess I better work...LOL hope everyone is having a great day!

Comment by Sharla on June 26, 2013 at 12:21pm: My daughter and I love doing crossword puzzles together, and the USA Today one is our addiction of choice. :) So we decided that I will make copies of them and send to her, and we'll each work them so it's kind of like doing them together.

And I've started making sheets in Powerpoint of a bunch of pictures all jumbled together, sort of a "memories of home" collage, and I'll use them to write my letters on. :)

13 days....

Comment by lemonelephant on June 24, 2013 at 10:18pm: Sharla, no, the form letter will not tell you when she departs the RTC, but most of those flying out will fly out the day after PIR. Only your Sailor will know her flight itinerary and she will not know that until a few days before PIR. See PIR Day and Liberty During PIR Weekend for more on that. (You can find a copy of the current form letter at 3. The Official Form Letter from Boot Camp.)

Comment by lemonelephant on June 24, 2013 at 9:47pm: Sharla, no, only those Sailors who are STG AEF (signed for 6 years) will have ATT at GL prior to "A" School. So if your future Sailor has signed for less than 6 years, she will go straight to "A" School in San Diego and will not need ATT first. The ratings that have an electronics component require ATT before "A" School and d2b2707's future Sailor happens to be contracted for one of the ones that does (ABH); not all ratings need ATT. Her future Sailor also needs AWAT since that is required of those who will have an aviation rating. I hope that clears up the confusion for you.

Comment by lemonelephant on June 24, 2013 at 9:13pm: For those of you who haven't done so yet, now is a good time to check out the discussion, Things to Do in the Last Month Before Your Future Sailor Leaves for....and to join Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) and to start checking out the Pages (found under the pictures of the Members) starting with OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes To Your Profile) and Arrival and What Happens at the RTC.

Comment by Sharla on June 24, 2013 at 1:28pm: I get so confused. I've been told by the recruiter directly more than once that my daughter will have no ATT school, that she will just have A school and that's it. The article that d2b2707 posted says that "all sailors" have the ATT school before they can class up into A school. Recruiter also says that she will have the whole weekend in GL before leaving for her San Diego A school, and everything on here says she'll leave the next day. I would give just about anything to get one straight answer. LOL. She leaves in 15 days, and I hate not knowing. When we get their letter with their graduation date, does it also state when they ship out from there?

Comment by lemonelephant on June 23, 2013 at 3:54pm: d2b2707, I agree that those in DEP aren't always given the heads up about being able to do ATT and some of the other prerequisites during DEP and especially if they are in DEP for close to a year, it is a good chance to get started on that knowledge base and be ahead on things. I added some links to your discussion earlier.

Comment by d2b2707 on June 23, 2013 at 12:25pm: Morning ALL! I read great information last night that I was unaware of and apparently the information was never mentioned to my daughter either. I posted a discussion about it, so I hope you all can get some time to read it because I believe its of great importance! Wish you all a blessed Sunday!!!

Comment by Nancytysmom on June 22, 2013 at 7:54am: Welcome Clairesmom
I have a hard time navigating through the site as well.
Not sure where to post or respond sometimes.
And if I come across something once not sure if I could get there or find it again.lol
My son actually is leaving July 3 from Boston. So we will be a little ahead of you. So I will pay it forward like so many others before me and let you know what we learn along the way

Comment by Clairesmom on June 22, 2013 at 7:33am: Navigated through the N4M site and finally found you! My daughter Claire leaves on July 29 from MEPS Boston and, like so many of you, I am excited, proud and nervous.