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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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**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).

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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: Jul 21, 2022

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 AlabamaNavyMom(ET2) on May 27, 2010 at 12:32pm: My son ships June 23 and is going in as AECF. He hopes to be an FC. He will be leaving from Alabama.

Comment by Tobianne on May 27, 2010 at 11:36am: Kayla leaves for Meps 6/15 and ships to BC 6/16. She is going in as a CE (SeaBees) and after BC she is off to Texas to Shepherd Air Force Base for her A school. We are from Ohio.

Comment by SHIP 4 DIV 822/ PIR 10-8 AWSOME on May 26, 2010 at 8:48pm: Anyone have a kiddo leaving for GL BC 6/3?
We drop Austin to the recruiter on 6/2, and will go see him @ MEPS the following morning to be sworn in.
After BC he is on to Pre-BUDS.... Does anyone else have a SEAL recruit out there leaving in June ?
Jackie... I see you're son is contracted for diver. Very cool ! I know Austin has mentioned diver if for some reason SEAL's doesn't pan out.
~Sue~

Comment by diannep on May 26, 2010 at 8:07am: Oh, Steph. We moms worry so much for our kids...how much longer before he leaves? He will do well with the teamwork thing. I know my son was able to call me just 2 days after he arrived (Thanksgiving Day). He told me that he didn't feel much in common with alot of the guys in his division, but he would make friends. I was lucky to talk to him about a week later and he said he had made friends with most everyone. "misery loves company" and these guys/girls are all in this together. That tends to create a bond between them as they need to help each other for their division to succeed. It truly is a group of wonderful life lessons for these recruits. Once he actually leaves for bc, you will settle in a little. I felt secure once mine arrived at bc knowing that he couldn't get any more traffic tickets! :-)

Comment by diannep on May 25, 2010 at 4:42pm: Steph: It won't be long before he leaves, but keep reminding him that he can have fun now...just stay out of trouble! It will be here before you know it. Then you know he is safe and sound with the Navy personnel, with others trying to accomplish what he is. Remind him that there is no place for any goofing off in bc...I had to remind mine of that...they have watches, and one guy came back to his bunk and went to sleep instead of the watch! Uh oh...he was gone. As long as he knows "it's the military's way or NO way," he will be fine. There is no negotiation. It is the way that they will learn since all will be on the "same page." Don't forget to join boot camp when he leaves, if you aren't already on it!

Comment by Tobianne on May 24, 2010 at 2:10pm: the arguing comes from the stress. Good or bad thats what I was told. Also told to expect it. Yepp its here, and some days I just want to ground her!! At 18 that does not work... Good luck to you and your son, remember as much as we want them to be with us, they have little time to work with and they figure they have to come home and sleep sometime... I guess this counts as time with family!! lol

Comment by diannep on May 24, 2010 at 11:30am: Nikosmom: HA! You are so right on with these comments! Yes, we moms go in all different directions, for sure! Emotions were so high/spats happening before my son left last Nov. that I was counting down the days! I was so afraid he would get in trouble before he left and they would kick him out. I remember when he got a speeding ticket (speedtrap) about 3 weeks before he left. He told his recruiter who had a fit, told him to PAY it (and take points--no time for court dates), and bring him the receipt so that he would go to bc "clean" and ready. So from that day on, I was scared to death he would do something that could keep him out of bc. I felt relief when I dropped him off at the hotel the night before swearing in (he didn't want my parents and me to go into the hotel and meet his recruiter nor did he want us at the swearing in---he was 23 and I guess felt like we shouldn't be there...but I wish I had been). I ended up breaking down and crying when I returned to my empty house after dropping him off. Didn't help that my older son had decided to move into his own place just 2 weeks before my Navy son left. UGH! Thank goodness for my sweet dogs who were there with plenty of wagging tails and licks!
You just have to pray HARD for him..and know that the Lord is in charge here. I know what you mean...every time we read about all who are "let go" for one reason or another...it is scary. The Navy doesn't have to keep any of these recruits anymore....the economy has created such a glut of applicants, even while we are in wartime now. I reminded my son of that over and over again....do the right thing because otherwise....well, we won't go there. So think positively about your son, encourage him, and especially tell him to expect the yelling, etc at bc and know that ais part of the plan, and "this too shall pass." I hope he is doing his running, situps, and pushups now on a regular basis. That is one thing my son did and it paid off in bc. Many get hurt, etc because they arrive without the benefit of this conditioning. Stay on this site and we will help! As far as the friends thing before family, I think that is pretty much the norm with that generation. "Family" will fit back into the equation soon!

Comment by Tobianne on May 24, 2010 at 9:48am: I feel the pain of all you moms... Kayla went to her BF (one of them) going away party Sat (AF) and that just made things so much closer.We have been spatting off and on lately. She managed to stay with her friends at this party (Reminiscing) until very late(early), and that set us off. Ahh I know in a few weeks she will not have this, maybe I am selfish right now since I will not have her here to go pal around the mall with or takes the dogs for a walk with.
We have her going away party set for the 5th. This will give her the next weekend with family and then the 15th we are going to Cleveland for the night so we can be there for her to swear in and leave on the 16th.

Well off and running have a great day.

Comment by diannep on May 24, 2010 at 7:15am: Steph: Please tell Tyler that my son, who left for bc in Nov and just arrived at his first duty station a week ago, said he has met the best friends of his life in boot camp and A School. Many of them are stationed near him. There is something about the military that "bonds" these sailors together...Tyler will experience this too. He may be sad that he is leaving wonderful friends behind, but he will now have an "extra set" of friends in the Navy! These sailors "have each others' backs" and there is a wonderful comraderie there. Yes, there are ups and downs for our children in this adventure...and for us too! Many times, we are only as happy as our children are....tell him that he should be so proud that he made such a great decision for his country! Of course, there is always a fear of the "unknown"...but he can do it! He will be one happy boy at PIR!

Comment by diannep on May 23, 2010 at 7:48pm: Hi, TJ's mom. So great that your son has a "mentor" friend ahead of him in the Navy. Good for him to begin this adventure. I too am sure the Navy can guide him...as it does all of its recruits. Mine has learned alot...he has now finished bc and school and is at his first duty station. He isn't always HAPPY with the Navy, but it has done good things in him. So I wish the best for TJ and for you! I know it has been a long wait for him (10 months for my son), but it is almost here! Good luck to him! Be sure to get on boot camp group.