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DEP-Leavin' for bootcamp in March

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This group is for N4M members that have a loved one leaving for bootcamp in March...I will leave the year open so that even future Deppers leaving in the month of March of any year can join...Lets share stories, information, concerns, and questions

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/deppersinbutnotyet
Members: 575
Latest Activity: Jan 20

Hello everyone and welcome to the Navy!!! This Group was started for the loved one of DEPPERS leaving in the month of March (although everyone is welcome).......What year you say? Well ......any year!

If you have March 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 March, ...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 OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on March 2, 2011 at 8:58am: B and his girlfriend have been together for over 2 years. She has been liveing at her sisters so they have been seeing eachother alot now. Her parents are not happy about it. But anyway he says they are going to get married after BC or Aschool. I know he may not be able to come home after Aschool but the recuiter said most of the time you can. Both my nephews did.

Comment by Navy Wife Ginnibean on March 1, 2011 at 8:16pm: valtameri ha ha ha I need someone to take over my crying in public!!

OMG it is March whoa did I miss something? wedding reception? Do something now, because there is no guarantee of getting to come home in between! = (

foreverMom H's mom celebrated our bdays together early, mine is March 14, his is April. I'm glad you will be able to open up a relationship with her and who knows you may find that you are glad she isn't just around the corner lol...that was borderline mean, but you get it, a little bit at a time is probably good enough = )

Comment by Valtameri on March 1, 2011 at 6:32pm: I'm not big on crying, but I made a woman cry yesterday. I told her that in the space of a few months, my dog died, my son is going in the Navy, and my daughter is getting married (I know, it sounds like a bad country song). I didn't know it was so upsetting, all at once like that, until her face crinkled up and she asked "HOW can your life be changing so much all at once?!" I had to calm her down; she said she just HAD to cry hearing that, so we made an agreement that since I'm not big on public crying, she could do it for me.

Comment by jdmom on March 1, 2011 at 6:06pm: Cannonpark I found myself telling a woman at the grocery stor not to blink because her kids would be grown, I can remember "old" woman telling me that when I was a new mom.

Oh it is so true, I think because of the first of our kids leaving today was not a good day the tears were always simmering just behind the eyes. Thank God that I work with a bunch of wonderful people that know this is not normal for me and understand.

Comment by Cannonpark03/Div 152 PIR 4/29/11 on March 1, 2011 at 4:45pm: Hazel: freak away! We've all been two weeks out. No longer being two weeks out I can honestly say, for me it hasn't gotten any easier. I'm sorry...I wish I could report otherwise. I just feel like a yo-yo. One minute happy the next a blubbering idiot.

My son is excited and ready to go...today I saw a lady at the store parking lot with cute, little toe-headed boy in her arms. I started to cry. I wanted to tell her that my little toe head was leaving for the Navy... silly I know.

Tomorrow we put him on the bus. J's recruiter had to leave town and can't drive him to MEPS. He's to take the bus to Montgomery. He'll have his phone til he gets to GL and then he'll be "Black" like ITSN_2BE.

Comment by Chimelle 3/149 on March 1, 2011 at 4:14pm: We just dropped B off at the recruiters so he can go to Columbus. It was strange to come home without him but we'll have to get used to that. His recruiter has been great. Tomorrow he swears in. I didn't cry yet today but I'm thinking it'll happen tomorrow.

Comment by hazel85208(Ship12/Div164) on March 1, 2011 at 2:05pm: Exactly 2 weeks left...is it okay to start freaking out now? I've had my moments already, one minute I'm fine, happy, confident...the next I'm crying. My son is keeping his cool, hasn't talked much about the fact that it's so close. He says he's prepared and not to worry. Yeesh...how can I not? I'm a mom, that's what I do! That's my job. He's the youngest of three sons and yet, he seems to have it all together. Protecting him and caring for him has been such a big part of who I am...It's hard to redefine myself and accept that my job is done. He has freedom, independence and adventure on his mind. Here I'm reminiscing about the "baby" and he's moving forward to be the man. I love him and I'm so proud of him. I keep reminding myself, I'll see him in 8 weeks! It helps...time goes by so fast. Good luck to all those mother's, wives and girlfriends who have a loved one leaving this month!

Comment by OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on March 1, 2011 at 1:32pm: I usd to be "is it march yet" I think his A school is 4weeks, Culinary spec.

Comment by OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on March 1, 2011 at 1:05pm: Well I think we will just have a small family and close friends dinner for B. I am thinking it would be better to have the Big Going away party when he is done wild A-school and comes home before he goes to his first base. It may have to be a wedding reception too...UGGGG Im not sure how I feel about that....

what do Y'all think about that??

Comment by OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on March 1, 2011 at 12:57pm: OMG it is march.....Well I say "HE BETTER CALL ME!" but I know it is a possibilty that he doesn't....I will cry if he doesn't...I just can't think about it...