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Comment by Phoenixmom on January 31, 2018 at 7:06pm

Just an FYI, if you have a Loved one that just barely left for BC, depending on the time they arrive at Great lakes you will receive the I'm here call, it may be late in the evening, you want to keep the phone close. these calls can come with an area code 847 or a different one, the reason being is they may be using another's cell phone if they hadn't taken theirs.

Soon after your recruit arrives at the RTC, s/he will be permitted to make the “I’m here!” call. It will be short (30 seconds or less--10 to 20 seconds is average) and to the point. "I made it. I'm here. I'm fine. Look for a box in a few days and a letter in about a week. I will try to call in about 3 weeks. Love ya. I gotta go." (Sometimes the recruits say 2 weeks instead.) Recruits are sometimes given up to 2 minutes for this call, but many still stick with the four pieces of information that they have to relay and cut the call short. This call can come at any time, even in the wee hours of the morning for some depending on the flight or bus schedule. If your recruit took a cell phone with him or her, then this will be the last call from that phone before you receive it back in "the box" a few days later. Sometimes a recruit does not get to make this call if s/he did not take a cell phone or his/her cell phone battery is dead because the recruits now must use a cell phone for this call and there is not always time for everyone to make the call on a borrowed cell phone. There are no phone banks at Inprocessing.

Comment by Phoenixmom on January 30, 2018 at 5:15pm

please for those that will be coming soon to BC soon this is a must read so no surprises come into works.

Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) and Fitness Improvement Training (FIT) for you. 

Make sure they are fit and start running. so many are not passing, these are the new standards.

Comment by Phoenixmom on December 21, 2017 at 1:33pm

To guesstimate the PIR date, count 9 Fridays after your recruit arrived to get the most likely PIR (graduation) date, but then know that it could be the week before if s/he is placed in one of the last divisions from the previous week and is in a "Push Division" (this happens more for those arriving on Monday or Tuesday, but even those arriving on a Wednesday can end up in a Push Division if there were delays in shipping recruits to the RTC) or the week after it if the current week's divisions are filled (this happens more for those arriving on Wednesday or Thursday or in the wee hours of Friday if the RTC skips a week and does not have PIR, which happens most often around the Christmas and New Year's holidays, but it can happen anytime; it can also happen if there were storms that caused flight delays anytime during the week, which changed the arrival dates for some and/or resulted in some recruits who are bused in to receive an earlier ship date thus increasing the number of recruits arriving that week; it happens often for recruits arriving in June, July, August and September when a lot of recruits are shipped who signed up prior to or at the beginning of their senior year of high school). It is more likely for a recruit to be at the RTC for 8 or 9 Fridays than for 10 Fridays. Counting Fridays until PIR may also help to make the time pass more easily than counting days

Comment by Phoenixmom on December 13, 2017 at 12:08pm

• Arrival and What Happens at the RTC
• Ship/Division--How it Works
• 800 and 900 Divisions
• Phone Cards and Phone Calls
• Some good info for those who's loved ones are leaving to BC in March.

Comment by Phoenixmom on December 13, 2017 at 12:06pm

Navy Sets New Physical Fitness Standard to Start Boot Camp

Comment by lemonelephant on March 28, 2017 at 11:39pm

Reasons to wait on The Form Letter before sending letters:

1. The PAO at the RTC asks that loved ones wait on the form letter before mailing letters. See http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/fam_guide.html.

2. The recruiter does not always give the right address and letters that do not have the correct address may be returned or may be delayed several weeks in getting to your recruit since it will not be a high priority for those in the mail room to look up the correct information.

3. Even if you do have the correct information, your recruit will not receive letters that are mailed before receiving the form letter much quicker, if at all, than letters mailed after receiving the form letter because recruits do not receive mail until they are in their permanent ship and a Recruit Mail Petty Officer is trained. The first Mail Call is on day 1-3 or 1-4 DOT.

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Note: If it has been at least 2 calendar weeks since your recruit arrived at the RTC and you do not have a form letter, then you can call the recruiter and get the address and mail letters to your recruit, but be sure to double-check the address against those at http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/contact_recruit.html or Ship/Division--How it Works.

Comment by Sandi on March 27, 2017 at 2:24pm

My daughter left on 3/20 and I got her box last Thursday, which had amazingly neat handwriting on it. Lol. I'm hoping to get the Form letter this week. I called the recruiter last week and got her address and he ok'd me to go ahead and write her. I hope to get something from her soon. :-).
Her PIR is 5/19. I can't wait!!

Comment by BabyintheNavy on March 26, 2017 at 4:15am

My daughter left 3/20, I got her box Friday. Can't wait for the letter. Proud Navy Mom

Comment by Karen on March 23, 2017 at 1:34pm

My son left for bc on Monday 3/20. I received "the box" today via Fed Ex. Had to be signed for since he was sending his cell phone back home. Got a really sickening feeling when I turned the box over and saw a big hole the size of a fist or foot spanning the whole side of the box. Thank God that he put the cell phone in the pocket of his backpack and not in his shoe. The box had the big S on the tape mark as expected to ensure that the box had been taped and not opened and retaped. Yes the pant legs were still rolled up. Now to wait for the letter with his address.

Comment by SailorMom on March 21, 2017 at 6:57pm

My son leaves for boot-camp March 28th. I am getting so nervous but he is so excited to go. I keep trying to go over check list and he is like mom I know what I need etc... I just want to make sure we are covering all basis. I am a mom what does he expect!

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