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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

...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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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 happyfeet(ship 09/Div 288) on July 19, 2012 at 12:42pm: **box

Comment by happyfeet(ship 09/Div 288) on July 19, 2012 at 12:42pm: Mine got to tell me about when I would receive the bow, the form letter, and my supposed next call. I was able to tell her you can do it and I am soo proud and I love you!

I hope they were not messing around too bad. My daughter arrived on the 17th. I hope she's not having that problem. H*** I hope she's not messing around haha!

Comment by newnavywife2012 Ship 09 Div 283 on July 19, 2012 at 11:40am: When I get my call it went like this. Hi, I can't talk. I am here and will call you in 2-3 weeks. Love you, have to go now, bye. The end all I got to say was love you too.

Comment by sharbear36(ship 9 div 288) on July 19, 2012 at 11:32am: mrstower, your post concerned me last night when I read it but for some reason I can't reply from my phone (anyone else have this problem?). Guys are messing alot? I hope your son isn't having a hard time. He was able to add that into his phone call? Mine was so short and scripted that I was able to squeeze in an "I love you" after he finished a sentence...Iol. I got one back at the end of the call...whew. I do miss him so much

Comment by MamaLamaDingDong: AO/Pensacola on July 19, 2012 at 11:23am: mrstower, Luke's mom, Always a mom,

How are you all doing today? Got thru yesterday, was hard to sleep the night she left cuz I kept thinking that she wasn't getting sleep so why should I. lol, we're just a little crazy, huh?! I also had the "went home at lunch, saw her car and thought, cool, Ericka's home (she wasn't usually when I would go home for lunch) then it hit me. I'm sure we'll be bombarded with those kind of things for the rest of our lives...:) I really just want the inside scoop from her about what's happening and how her days go.

Comment by mrstower (AM/Pensacola) on July 19, 2012 at 12:28am: I got my call too! He was askinv me to pray a lot for him since there were some guys messing a lot... So I will be praying a Lot lol.

Comment by Johnson x 2 Mom on July 18, 2012 at 11:26pm: Just got my 13 second phone call. Now I'm bawling like a baby. This is much harder than I ever thought it would be.

Comment by happyfeet(ship 09/Div 288) on July 18, 2012 at 9:58pm: Hi Always a mom~ Sounds as though you did well, too :) It's strange that I can't text her "where are you? What's your plan? Who are you with and when will you be home?" Gosh, now that I think about it, what a relief, haha!!!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 18, 2012 at 9:37pm: Hello!

I will be looking for the mom/wife/GF etc. who will be interested in creating the next PIR group... 09/07/2012

This TG will start with Div 279 and have a Performing Division of 943.

New TG’s are usually posted on RTC website on Mondays (unless there is a Federal Holiday then it is Tuesday). Lately, it has been posted later in the week. Then back to Mondays! So you can see what I mean about no exacts.

BC can be anywhere from 7.5 to 9 weeks. It is also possible for recruits to arrive in the same week…or on the same day…but have different PIR dates. Your recruiter may have your recruit’s ship/division as early as 72 hours after arriving at BC. I will take this ship/div # for the purpose of starting a PIR group BUT please wait for the form letter that your recruit will send home to address your mail and send it. Sometimes recruits move around. The address your recruiter gets oftentimes is incomplete or has too much information that is not necessary for the address. (or if you just can't wait you can compare the address to the generic one on the RTC Website )

Folks, if it is something you think you'd be interested in...Friend me and send me a message . I have step-by-step instructions and it is a fun thing to do!

Thank You!

FTLW