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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.

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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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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 Ozzy on January 8, 2011 at 9:26am: March 9th for my son, too. Navy Diver. Any other Diver's out there?

Comment by STG3_VeNard on January 7, 2011 at 11:40pm: I leave march 2nd as well. Maybe we will be in the same Ship!

Comment by jdmom on January 7, 2011 at 11:22pm: I know in earlier posts we have given dates of everyone leaving but now that it is around the corner it would be great if everyone would post their date again. I want to be able to keep track, I feel very close to everyone in this group.

My son leaves March 21!

Comment by Ozzy on January 7, 2011 at 8:31pm: 60 days for my son, too. WOW!! Can't come soon enough or too soon...depending on the day. lol!

Comment by Nanette on January 7, 2011 at 7:49pm: OMW seriously I just counted and we are already down to 74 days before my girl ships YEOW! now that it's the same yr. and not NEXT yr. It really IS just around the corner.

Comment by Navy Wife Ginnibean on January 4, 2011 at 10:39pm: Well we just fell below 10 weeks, 69 days left, not sure H is going to put in to leave early after all. With the holidays and such it is taking a while to get the transcript evaluation done and then we will have to wait for a new contract with his new rank. So he might just be sticking around for the whole 69 days = ) clearly I'll be happy about that.

H has had his 2nd "monthly meeting" to go over his file to make sure all is in order, it was like yesterday that they were explaining what that meeting was about. We have DEP meeting tomorrow and then only 2 more left. Wow time is just flying by. We still have to do the POA and his advanced directives, I'm going to type those up tonight, might as well do mine as well. I hate doing them but better to have it done than leaving our parents to deal with tough decisions.

is it march yet? = ( makes me sad that your son is putting friends ahead of family, I can almost promise you he will feel different once he is at boot camp, would he object to a "family" weekend, something super fun just for you all, a chance to make some fun memories and get some good "before" pictures? I'm hoping to get H to the beach for a weekend as a surprise = )

jdmom you find a way to slow time down and speed it up, you better share! = )

Comment by jdmom on January 4, 2011 at 8:22pm: Happy New Year Everyone....time is going too fast now can it slow down again for a couple weeks...although my son would have it go faster!

Comment by OMG hes a Sailor (div180) on January 3, 2011 at 11:33am: time is movin on......84 days for my boy! I just wish he was spending the time with his family, not his friends. I miss him so much.

Comment by STG3_VeNard on December 29, 2010 at 12:37pm: It might have to do with the rate he chose. Did he go special forces, seal, diver, search and rescue??? If so then he has to complete a physical fitness assessment. He has 3 tries to pass it. If he can't pass before he ships he will have to pick a new rate usually at boot. Or it could be for his personal qualifying standards (PQS) that's just navy knowledge. If not that then I don't know what else it could be... Unless it's the NAPT (Navy Advanced Placement Test) usually given for anyone going into the Nuclear field. It gives them an idea of which field of the nuc you will go into I.e. Machinist mate, electricians mate, ect. Hope that helped.

Comment by STG3_VeNard on December 28, 2010 at 9:00pm: Yeah my recruiter isn't letting me have leave for more then 2 weeks because I have to be back in Tx by Feb 2nd. And also because my bf goes back to the fleet at the end of Jan to go on a 7 month deployment. (reason I am in Texas, he got HUMs to take care of his mom we are originally based out of Norfolk, VA. Anyways I am doing my best to keep this all hush hush from my family I wanna fly in take a taxi home and walk in and say "miss me???????!" lol but my father (who is an old salt himself) probably won't like that and will drop me for suprising them lol. That's ok. It will be nice to see my mom and dad (sir) again. Super excited!! Though I do wish my bf could visit with me but he is navy and he has a job to do.