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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 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."

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Comment by diannep on June 11, 2010 at 8:14am: Jaz: Just keep writing, therapy for you. You will have a smile on your face as you drop all of those envelopes in the mail at once, knowing that he will be so excited to get so many letters at once!

Comment by Jaz04 on June 11, 2010 at 8:11am: Even though the recruiter told me it would not be until Monday that he would have an address, I did call yesterday. He said he was going to call back if he had anything on him. But no call back. I will call again later today. I have one envelope ready.

Comment by diannep on June 11, 2010 at 7:52am: cathi: I don't think they will give him a hard time for business sized envelopes. I have heard FAT envelopes draw attention so you were wise to divide them up into 2. Regardless, some say it is worth it to receive the mail no matter how many pushup they have to do! :-) They live for the mail call....as my son said, their only connection to "the outside world." So keep writing!

Comment by diannep on June 11, 2010 at 7:35am: cathi: They hold the mail for the first two weeks. So your son will get lots of letters at once! That is something they all enjoy and look forward to. He should be able to start writing to you after this time also, but usually only on Sundays (no time other than that). So letters normally come later in the week from them. But some manage to write later at night during the week if they aren't too tired! :-) Mine was not one of those...he only wrote on Sundays.

Comment by Jaz04 on June 10, 2010 at 9:18pm: how are you all finding out ship/div so fast. My son's recruiter still didn't have any info today.

Comment by TJ's Mom on June 10, 2010 at 8:21pm: ncf073, Hi my son is leaving me on the 15th. He is going to Raleigh NC on the 15th and flying out on the 16th. I found out today that in NC you don't have to have insurance to have a driver's license .So that is good. 5 days going by way to fast!!

Comment by mh4kids (Ship 04 Div 817) on June 10, 2010 at 4:44pm: Good...I was worried when I read that. Thanks for checking with your son. I guess if they are going to get in trouble they will...it is hard to predict what will set off the RDC's.
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Comment by diannep on June 10, 2010 at 4:26pm: Cody's Mom: My son graudated bc in Feb, finished A School in April, and is stationed now. I just texted with him and asked him about the IT (intensive training) for too many letters. He said no, that didn't happen. But some recruits DID say they got in trouble for the fat letters. It all depends on their RDCs.

Comment by diannep on June 10, 2010 at 4:18pm: keithsgirl: It DOES get easier, once you get his first letter/phone call, but not for a few weeks. So hang in there! Welcome...we love girlfriends/wives/and moms. And sometimes we even have a dad on here! All are welcome here! You can call his recruiter to get an address for him, if you would like. Start writing the letters now and address them when you get it. Just be sure to check the recruiter's address with the one in the form letter when it comes (within the first 2 weeks usually) because the form letter one is the correct one. He will still get your other letters, but with a bit more effort from the Navy mail people. So if they differ, change to the form letter one. Sometimes they are the same, but more often, they are a bit different.

Cody's Mom: Really? They get punished for too many letters? I didn't know that. Had always read moms on here posting that their sailor LOVED getting a bunch of letters at once. They actually can get pushups for FAT letters....yep, that's right. That is the more likely scenario. So better to have several letters than FAT ones! :-)

Comment by mh4kids (Ship 04 Div 817) on June 10, 2010 at 3:18pm: I can totally sympathize with all of you. For those of you that are writing daily waiting on an address- you may want to combine letters into one envelope. I know it seems like it would be fun for them to receive mass amounts of mail, but I read somewhere on here that they may have to do pushups for more than 4 pieces of mail && NO MUSICAL CARDS (some have to pt or dance until the battery dies) OUCH!