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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:

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 lemonelephant on July 9, 2015 at 8:31pm: Michelle, there will be a discussion in PIR 08/28/2015 TG 42 for Divisions 289 and 290 once the divisions are known for that TG. We don't want to have groups for just one division since there are already LOTS of groups on N4M and often there are not even 100 in a PIR group, which is the top number for a division, and sometimes there are only a few for a division. Divisions 289 and 290 are brother divisions and train together and will have Battle Stations-21 (BST) together, so look for others with loved ones in either division.

Comment by Chelly on July 9, 2015 at 8:24pm: My son shipped on July 1 too and I wasntoldbthat groups would be formed for each divisions...help!! He's on ship 11 and division 289!!

Comment by lemonelephant on July 9, 2015 at 7:07pm: Here is the first PIR group for the July shippers:

PIR: 08/28/2015 TG 42 (to be updated; begins with Division 283 and contains Division 942)

Click on the date and join to connect with others with loved ones training with your recruit.

Comment by DianaLynn on July 9, 2015 at 5:54pm: Our form letter, PIR 8/28, that came today indicated 4 guests. His younger sister was very happy about that as she can come with to graduation.

Comment by HiDefDukeFan on July 9, 2015 at 4:21pm: Dropped our girl off monday at the hotel and she was sworn in on Tuesday.

Comment by HiDefDukeFan on July 9, 2015 at 4:19pm: :( new here and posted a looong post this morning and I can't find it

Comment by Mickatee on July 9, 2015 at 4:03pm: Our son left today, didn't know it would be this hard.

Comment by DNavyFamily on July 9, 2015 at 11:39am: We are doing better now as well- we got our call last night, too- exact same verbiage! We also tracked the flight number and were all just watching the little plane on the screen as it made it's trek to Chicago. Yesterday at MEPS was emotional- we all tried hard to keep for choking up. She kept telling us to not cry. So many sweet and innocent faces in their shipper group. God Speed!!! Right about now they are getting processed en masse and the hollering and barking of commands started wee hours of this morning! I remember it myself and in hindsight it was all so funny. Wish I could go back and just watch it all from the beginning!

Comment by Adams Mom on July 8, 2015 at 12:46am: What an emotional roller-coaster! My son is at the hotel waiting to be sworn in tomorrow morning and then off to Great Lakes. We had a great dinner together and great pray. He said to me "mom i am sorry i am not very emotional but I know with 110% of my heart I am ready for this". I am extremely proud and his younger brother and I will miss him deeply, but the emotions keep coming from my eyes! I know it will take time. I am hoping to connect with other moms that have a start date of tomorrow.

Comment by MyloScout on July 7, 2015 at 11:25pm: Just got our phone call! 20 seconds, very rehearsed. "I got here safe and sound, will call you in about 3 weeks... I love you too, bye" click. Now I can sleep. Our day yesterday was extremely hectic, his recruiter has been absolutely no help at all. She directed us to just go to the hotel on our own, never gave a time. We got there at 2, he couldn't check in until 3. We took him to dinner and went back to the hotel. The recruiter called him and said she was on her way back from Maryland and had no idea when she would get there. She told him we couldn't see him sworn in because it was too much of a hassle to get a pass for the base, and she had no idea what time it would occur. Then she also told him we shouldn't be hanging out in the lobby of the hotel. So we went outside and toms some pics and said our goodbyes. She finally showed up at 9:15 pm to do his paperwork. This made a crazy hectic day much more anxious and nervous! But we are happy to hear his voice and he sounded much more relaxed! Good luck ladies, they are on their way to becoming sailors :)