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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**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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DEP-Leavin' for bootcamp in June
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This group is for N4M members that have a loved one leaving for bootcamp in June...I will leave the year open so that even future Deppers leaving in the month of June of any year can join...Lets share stories, information, concerns, and questions
Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/deppersinbutnotyet
Members: 668
Latest Activity: Jun 12
Hello everyone and welcome to the Navy!!! This Group was started for the loved one of DEPPERS leaving in the month of June (although everyone is welcome).......What year you say? Well ......any year!
If you have June 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 June, ...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 (Click on the link)
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."
Discussion Forum
THE BOX - IT CAME
Started by AK907Tammy. Last reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) Jul 3, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Received the Box
Started by J-lo83. Last reply by J-lo83 Jul 2, 2019. 3 Replies 1 Like
My Son Arrived at RTC 6/27/2019
Started by AK907Tammy. Last reply by J-lo83 Jun 28, 2019. 1 Reply 2 Likes
Received the "scripted call" from my son 6/6/19
Started by lisalegacy1. Last reply by Kyles Mom Jun 18, 2019. 3 Replies 0 Likes
June 13, 2019
Started by SoSi. Last reply by Lisa UT/MT Mom Jun 16, 2019. 28 Replies 0 Likes
6/16/19...Father’s Day ship out?
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Leaving June 13,2019
Started by Proud MOM. Last reply by schen Jun 10, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
D Day! June 6th
Started by JaniceRenee. Last reply by JaniceRenee Jun 4, 2019. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Daughter ships out 6/18
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Comment Wall
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Comment by Lion55's mom on June 14, 2010 at 10:08am
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I am covered in chill bumps tobi!
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Comment by Tobianne on June 14, 2010 at 9:55am
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I too will take my daughter to the hotel tomorrow... her best friend and my younger girls are going we are going to stay the night and watch her be (officially) sworn in. Then for the tearful ride home. This is just the first of my good byes this year for the Navy. I have mentioned my oldest is also going, he leaves in Sept. This one is hard on me though, she is my first baby girl. I want so much for her to become the young lady I know that she can be. She is a fighter and will do what it takes to survive. I am so proud of her, and my son also but for some reason I smile so much more when I say "my girl is enlisting in the Navy". You see females in the military but you hear so little about them.
For all of you moms, I feel every pain as you do and I know we all love our sailors to be. Good luck to you and your kiddo's as the enter in as a child and emerge a wonderful adult.
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TJ's mom, You will not believe the change you will see in your son at his PIR! That is a Navy acronym for either Parade in Review or Period in Review. You are going to have to learn a whole new language pretty soon. Any way, PIR is his first "graduation" and it is a big deal and soooo much fun. I get chills thinking about it. I got through my son's bootcamp with the motto of "no news is good news" I got a total of two phone calls from bootcamp. Some get more some less. As long as he is there and you are not hearing otherwise, everything is going well. Remember that. My son was also very emotional when he did call home so be prepared for that. Again, some others were and some were not. But just let him talk when he calls. They say he will call late at night when he gets there, but my son didn't call for a couple of days. Again, no news is good news! Buckle up and hang on, it is quite a ride! Listen to your heart and thank your son for me! He will soon be a United States Sailor!
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Comment by diannep on June 14, 2010 at 6:57am
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nidosmom: Good luck to your son. It is quite a journey...which I'm sure your husband has shared with him.
jennifer: Congrats on having 2 in the Navy! I very much admire these girls who are becoming sailors. I can't help but think it will equip them so much better for life than women of my generation were (i.e., more self sufficient).
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Comment by TJ's Mom on June 14, 2010 at 6:56am
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Well tomorrow is the day I take me son to the recruiter stations around 9:00. He will stay in Raleigh NC Tuesday night and fly out to BC on Wednesday. He is so excited and ready to go. I have done so much better than I though so far. My mother in law (not his grandmother) told me to think as if he is going away to college. I am sure TJ is going to do wonderful he has had a great attitude.
I know in my heart this is the right thing for him to do. Keep telling myself 8 weeks and then he will be a man. That little boy I raised is all gown up. BUT he will always be my baby boy!!!
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The form letter should arrive most likely this coming week with the correct address for him. His recruiter may have one already, but it is usually different from this one. My advice is to write the letters and address them from the form letter, and then mail them all at once. He will love getting lots at one time.
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Comment by hdhart on June 12, 2010 at 3:27pm
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Came home from work last night to find "the box" on my doorstep. Wasn't prepared for the reaction of opening it and looking at all of his things. Had to remember how proud I am of him and what he is doing. I'll be glad when I can write him. He left June 6th, how long before you can get an address to write to them?
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We are doing a 4th July sing at church. I have sang those songs for years. But this time they really mean a lot more to me. At practice Tuesday night I couldn't get thru them without crying. I am sure Sunday a church I will be a mess. 4 days to go.
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nikosmom: Expect it to be pretty hard for at least the first 3 weeks after he leaves. Then it slowly gets better! The first letter or phone call from him will make all of the difference to you! So just hang on!
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Comment by Jaz04 on June 11, 2010 at 8:57am
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I know diannep, it is great therapy. Journaling every day to him throughout the day. I would love to be able to hand it to the mailman soon, even though I know it would be another week before he gets to read it.
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