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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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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
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DEP-Leavin' for bootcamp in May
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This group is for N4M members that have a loved one leaving for bootcamp in May...I will leave the year open so that even future Deppers leaving in the month of May of any year can join...Lets share stories, information, concerns, and questions
Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/deppersinbutnotyet
Members: 412
Latest Activity: May 29, 2024
Hello everyone and welcome to the Navy!!! This Group was started for the loved one of DEPPERS leaving in the month of May (although everyone is welcome).......What year you say? Well ......any year!
If you have May 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 May, ...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 shannon04 on May 3, 2012 at 12:19am
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I have to agree Twinz it was so amazing to see them sworn in. We found out so last minute about it, but it was worth the swapping of shifts with me co workers to see it. I am just two days in but I can already see a light at the end of the tunnel. It's a little dimmer than I would hope but it's there.
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Comment by Twinzplus1(Ship 12, Div 203) on May 2, 2012 at 7:40pm
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My son left today from Jacksonville and I just got the call that he landed in Chicago. I guess the fun begins now. The day was very hard but also very gratifying. If anyone out there is trying to decide whether or not to accompany their future sailor to MEPS, I highly recommend you do. It was so amazing to see him sworn in...I was (and am) so proud!
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Comment by Shelly on May 2, 2012 at 7:07pm
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Shannon, Congratulations!! You have so much to look forward to. Marrying a sailor and a new home! At least where ever you go, you will be together. Your sister sounds special, especially to help you out like that. She will be good company while he is gone. Take Care.
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I agree Mrobinson this site has been a lot of help, and really Monday and Tuesday were really hard but it is getting a lot easier. I have so much finishing up to do so I can get the rest of his stuff to storage because I am selling my home so we can get married once he gets to A School. While it's not ideal we have been together almost 5 years and from what I hear being on the final moving orders is very important.
It's funny because my sister, who lives with Tim and me, has really stepped up and helped me out. She offered to pack boxes and cook dinner, but I know the boxes will have to wait because Tim really did do as much as he could before he left, and I still need to live here until he is done with A School.
It really is nice to have a place to talk about our recruit while they are away.
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Hi AliciaG, I love the picture of you and your son!! My son is Christopher also. Hope things are going ok for you. The I am safe call is quite a relief when you get it. Some one told me this: What the catapiller sees as the end, the butterfly sees as the beginning. Its all good now, so keep smiling!!
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Hi Shannon, My son left yesterday. We got our call at about 9pm our time. I agree it was a very emotional day. My husband & I did the same thing. After we got our call, we were able to sleep. It was amazing to see him sworn in. We were lucky to get a call from the airport and the I am safe call from RTC. Hang in there, I personally think that the hardest part is done. The actual goodbye tears at your heart and mind. I can distract myself and surround myself with things for the next 2 months. And I think coming here and helping others through it is good for your soul. Good Luck!!
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Did anybody else have somebody leave yesterday? My soon to be husband went, it was a very emotional, but getting to see him swear in was really nice. It wasn't until I got the nervous I am safe call at 12 am that I finally settled down and was able to even try to eat something.
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My son is leaving on May 21st from Dallas, TX. We are taking a 5 day trip to NYC to celebrate his 19th birthday from May 10th - May 14th. My emotions keep switching from happy to sad, but always proud! Glad to know everyone is having the same feelings!
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Comment by AliciaG (Ship 12, DIV 204) on May 2, 2012 at 10:58am
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To AliciaG, well it's done. The swearing in was great. So proud to see him stand at attention and take the oath. My boy, although not so young, is a man,soon to be a sailor and I am very proud. Today was a little easier. He was set to leave shortly after the swearing in go we left quickly but we still had time for pictures and lots of hugs. My thoughts will be with you and your family in the next days. Just take it one moment at a time. Each one is precious. Enjoy the little things, they will mean so much later. Take care everyone.
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