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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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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

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Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:

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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 mrstower (AM/Pensacola) on July 19, 2012 at 7:04pm: lol my husband was joking that they will call him Grampa!

Comment by newnavywife2012 Ship 09 Div 283 on July 19, 2012 at 6:03pm: Thank you!!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 19, 2012 at 6:01pm: PIR group 09/07/2012 has been formed.

Here is the direct link:

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir09072012

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 19, 2012 at 5:59pm: How to change your username on here.

Go to "Settings" which is in the list in the far right hand column of this page...under where you sign out of N4M's.

Your profile page will open.

Under "Profile" …Username is the third item down.

Clear the info and type in your new username. (or add to it if you are keeping the original)

Once you do that make sure to click "Save" at the bottom right of the page.

Comment by newnavywife2012 Ship 09 Div 283 on July 19, 2012 at 5:17pm: Ehhhh...33...28...close enough lol

At least you know they're not ALL 18 ;)

Comment by kimboskids2010/Nuke-TR on July 19, 2012 at 5:07pm: lol- wow!! your husband is really an old man...that reminds me of my husband's father...was in the army air corp during WWII- bomberdere in a B-17... anyway he was quite a bit older then the rest of his crew...they called him ...Pops!

Comment by mrstower (AM/Pensacola) on July 19, 2012 at 4:13pm: lol my husband is 33!!

Comment by happyfeet(ship 09/Div 288) on July 19, 2012 at 3:09pm: Sharbear36- boot camp moms is on N4Ms, too. It is just another group. Go to main page and search groups. Join. Look forward to seeing you there too! --Stacey

Comment by newnavywife2012 Ship 09 Div 283 on July 19, 2012 at 3:06pm: Anyone know how to change your screen name? I would like to include the div and ship #'s

Comment by sharbear36(ship 9 div 288) on July 19, 2012 at 2:51pm: I know this is hard and having them leave makes it so much worse. I lost my dad almost 2 years ago and he was all about the military and I cry just knowing how proud he would have been of him. I feel very cheated to not have him here to see him graduate and write him letters because he would have written him everyday without a doubt. He was my rock also and it sucks. Cry away, scream whatever, holding it in sucks. I'm going through a nasty divorce and everyday is something and I get so angry with his father because our focus should be on our son and not him getting at me when I'm most vulnerable. Sorry I ranted but I get it, the plate is full and very overwhelming but you will find ALOT of support here and it helps. Plus, what i have learned, its a distraction, even if it is talking about him. Keep busy, that's what's working for me, although even when I drive past a McDonalds, I think, man did he love Big Macs! That type of stuff happens all the time....but it puts a smile on our face instead of the tears. I'm surprised I didn't dehydrate during his last days home. Sorry about your moms passing. :(