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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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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 Tobianne on May 15, 2010 at 8:57pm: I feel it everyday!! My daughter leaves in about a month on the 16th.
Just a word for us moms, I got to speak to a wonderful Ombudsman , she is from California. She said in the weeks before it is very natural for arguing to go on with the stress and rushing around to get things done.
I know in my house it has started. We gained my son back home and an extra and have things going on for the daughter. Then I get to do this fun, fun stuff again in Sept when the son goes to BC. We always apologize knowing this is what it is. Always saying I love you be it over the phone, text or in person (my personal fav since hugs follow)so that no one goes on with a bad day or night.

So for the moms that have been through this you can understand and I am so glad to have other moms that are going to be going through this with all the rest of us. We are not alone Thank God.

Have a wonderful weekend ladies.

Comment by SHIP 4 DIV 822/ PIR 10-8 AWSOME on May 14, 2010 at 7:29pm: Hi.
My name is Sue, and my son's ship date to BC was just moved up. NOw leaving on June 3, out of Tampa, I am already missing him .... :o(
Anyone else leaving from Tampa on 6/3/10 ?
~Sue~ "Awesome's" Mom

Comment by Tobianne on May 9, 2010 at 10:35pm: Trace {C's-wifey} I am not offended... I can understand the whole crying thing, do it often.
I also get some laughs in here and there.
My mothers day was was sort of funny, kids home and hubby (after begging him for 2 months) worked on our dryer (making noise), the son and I fixed the 2 hour dry time last week, hubby says "I fixed the dang thing"... UMM now my clothes do not dry at all... and it is still making the noise!!! This is life in my crazy home... lol
I live for these kind of days.
I hope you all had a wonderful Mothers Day, full of Love and Laughs.

Comment by Tobianne on May 8, 2010 at 11:28pm: hey we are all in this together, and together we can support not only our children but each other.
I also find myself crying... we are on that countdown... I want her to spend time with us as much as possible, but then I know she needs to be with her friends also. It is a trade off and it just makes it harder I think when she runs out the door with her friends.
I miss her then and I know it is gonna be far worse when she leaves.
On a different note, my son who goes in Sept. moved back home and brought his girlfriend along. Wow what we do for our children....

Comment by Jaz04 on May 7, 2010 at 12:09pm: I have already started jotting short letters to Steven just reminding him of how proud I am of his accomplishments he is making before he leaves so that he can read them on his way to GL (like his progress in training and finishing his CAD class).

Comment by Tobianne on April 28, 2010 at 3:07pm: I will always support my children in any right decisions. That is what we are to do as parents... I understand children pick the other branches and for those parents I am full of empathy and hope for them. I also support our other branches, however I am so glad they both (2 going Navy) have chosen this branch. My son may (if he gets what he wants) be into a somewhat dangerous job. However all branches are Noble and deserving of support of the non-enlisted. I am so glad your son was backed by many, that helps. She also had many friends that said good for her with the choice of the Navy.
From my family to all enlisted "Thank You" we are proud to be part of this branch and are proud to be in a country where our children can have the choice to do they want.

Comment by Jaz04 on April 28, 2010 at 1:27pm: TobiAnne, thank you for sticking up for Kayla! I think it is awful that she was being treated like that.

Steven didn't go through that, but had comments about the Navy being the best branch to go into because they are not always on the front line. It would not have mattered to me which branch he picked, as long as he made it his choice.

Comment by Tobianne on April 28, 2010 at 9:23am: Everyday gets kind of worse around here. Kayla feels it and then her sisters read/feel her nerves. The littlest sister (4 yrs old) is going crazy every time she leaves since all of Kayla's friends are trying to do something with her everyday, and she is not around until later in the evening. I know we will have "our" time with her. Plus 2 of her friends and I are going to stay overnight to watch her swear in "for real" so this is kind of our time then as well.
She (Kayla) says everyday I wish it was just here now, I am gonna just be a mess the longer I am here.
In time its all gonna work out for the best, and yes they are doing this for us, and the others that wont and some that can not and wish they could.

Did any of your kiddo's go through the whole "why would you go into the military" BS?
Kayla missed 2 weeks of college classes due to her class mates and even the profs. telling her that she was gonna be sent right to Afghanistan and left to die!
We took a lot of the same classes and I was out at that time due to illness, she did not go back until I did. I was able to hush them by asking why they never went to help this Country that was giving them money to go to school on!! That they should be thanking all of our military for going in place of them so they can have a better life to live.

I am sorry but that just upsets me to no end when a man tells a female this kind of garbage, why do this? Or for that matter anyone telling anyone this!!

Comment by Tobianne on April 23, 2010 at 8:27am: Jaz04, we started out with a 12 week. Just Weds. Kayla's recruiter called and ask would you want to change your leave date?? She said to when, he said April 30... she graciously denied. I believe she said loudly (they joke around a lot so glad she got a good recruiter) NEGATIVE!! She is also going to be a Seabee, but she will be a CE. It is going to be very hard on me as well. I am also going to have many extra tears since my/her 4 yr old daughter/sissy is very attached to her. She does not say much about leaving around her, and when we do talk the little one says you should be able to be on a pink and purple boat!!!

I hope all goes well for you and all of us moms and families waiting for our loved ones to leave, we will make it! We raised our kiddo's to do the best in life they can and now they are starting and have made a pretty good decision in enlisting in the Navy.

Have a great day,
TobiAnne

Comment by Jaz04 on April 20, 2010 at 2:51pm: My son leaves/starts for BC June 8th. My final day with him is the 7th as he has to be in Lansing, MI. He will be a BU/SeaBee. We started out with an 11 week count down. Can't believe there are only 7 left. It will be so different without him at home. But I know this is such a great change for him. He has been doing some working out, but is going to trade school in the AM and working every PM. We are hoping after his job is done (his final day is 4/30) we can go to the gym together every night.

As for learning all the stuff in the Navy book, he just rolls his eyes at me when I try to quiz him. I guess he just wants to learn it on his own. So I read it myself so I have a bit of information.

As for a party, we left Memorial weekend alone and went the weekend before. We used facebook as a source of invites. I took a picture of his "property of the US Navy" shirt and posted that. I plan on making phone calls for the rest of those that don't use facebook.

If you have not checked out any of the bootcamp groups you may want to so you know about the box that comes home and the first, I'm there phone call. I was fortunate to learn about these from a friend whose son is in the Navy.