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This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

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Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!

Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!

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.

Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak

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

...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.

OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.

DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.

DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."

Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:

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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 crazyd925 on March 13, 2012 at 12:16am: We got to the recruiter's and I hopped out with my purse and he looked at me and said, "No, mom, I've got it from here." He called later and said he really would like for us to be there for his swearing-in ceremony. Yup, you guessed it, we're going! We're really missing him and it's only been 9 hours.

Comment by Annette GM3 Mom on March 12, 2012 at 9:32pm: @ Nancy and Kim... I am right there with you. My son is at the hotel tonight also. I actually did better today than I thought I would at the recruiters office. He left with a little travel bag that will be tossed at the hotel tonight. I am kind of glad he decided to take his phone though. He called me when he got checked in tonight. Going up tomorrow for swear in. Sooo proud of him right now.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 12, 2012 at 8:13pm: TY juliebelle!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 12, 2012 at 8:13pm: Here are the current PIR groups:

PIR: April 27, 2012          TG (Will be updated as soon as infois available)

PIR: April 20, 2012          TG 23 - 5 Divisions (123—126 & 923)

PIR: April 13, 2012          TG 22 - 10 Divisions (115–122, 810 & 922)

PIR: April 6, 2012            TG 21 - 07 Divisions (109–114 & 921)

PIR: Mar 30, 2012            TG 20 - 14 Divisions (097–108, 809 & 920)

None March 23, 2012 per Recruit Training Command

PIR: Mar 16, 2012 TG 18 - 14 Divisions (087–096, 807–808 & 918–919)

All are clickable links. Please join!

Even if you have not received your Form letter yet you could join the most current one to start getting information and then simply switch to the next if it is later.

We have not formed the 05/04/2012 PIR group yet...but I do have a couple of moms "in line"...just waiting on a confirmation that there will be PIR that date...then we will form the group!

So, if anyone has received their Form letter with a PIR date of 05/04/2012...please chime in! TY!

Comment by Tiffany (NAS LEMOORE) on March 12, 2012 at 6:05pm: WHOOP WHOOP!! Kyle's old recruiter is AWESOME..He gave me the address and the letter cam today!! That makes up for the missed call!!! Ship 11 Div 132..Anyone?? HAHA

Comment by kimstn on March 12, 2012 at 5:46pm: Hey all - my son is at the hotel, heading to MEPS and GL tomorrow. We will go to the airport in Nashville to see him off (he worked there with my husband until last week). He is nervous/excited and so am I. Can't believe that my son is suddenly off to the world and hopefully will come back a responsible young adult. So many changes for him and for us!

Comment by avacadomom on March 12, 2012 at 3:35pm: My daughter heads to boot camp on March 27th. Anyone else have that ship date?

Comment by Proudmom on March 11, 2012 at 2:11pm: Hi Everyone. My son left March 1st and already received my kid in a box this last week so most of you who's kid left around the 1st will probably already have it or will be getting it soon. The form letters are next and they will have PIR date as well as a note from your son or daughter. I will tell you that is like receiving gold. and then in about week 3 your first real phone call. I just went thru this with my daughter in November of last year and you really look forward to any and all information. For the moms that are still sending kids off this month brace yourself it will be hard but it does get easier. Take it one day at a time that is what I find works best for me

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 11, 2012 at 3:16am: Tiffany - :-(...that happened to me too!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 11, 2012 at 3:16am: I am still looking for moms who are interested in creating the 05/04 PIR. I have one waiting for confirmation of the date. I will take the names of others who are interested. If you receive your form letter with this date and are interested...please friend me and let me know. I help get the new PIR groups going. It will probably be someone whose recruit arrived within the last week. TY! FTLW