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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 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 MyLAS (My Lips are SEALed) on April 21, 2012 at 9:56am: My son is leaving May 14th. I know he can take a phone with him on his way up and then it will be mailed back to me. Should I let him take his iphone or get him a disposable phone. I would hate for something to happen to an expensive phone. Any one have any experience or advice? Thank so much

Comment by AliciaG (Ship 12, DIV 204) on April 17, 2012 at 3:05pm: Hi to all the other May DEPers' Moms! I am brand new to the group and my son Christopher is leaving May 3 for BC. This website has been a great source of information for me in the short time I have been a member. Anyone else from Florida leaving on that day?

Comment by Recruit Man - Ronny on April 17, 2012 at 2:37pm: Just thought I would let everyone know about CallsforRecruits.org...get FREE phone cards for Recruits in boot camp!!!

Comment by HossLuvinNavyMom(S09 D205) on April 16, 2012 at 4:26pm: Is there anyone in the Northern Cal (Sac) area that have a loved one leaving May 7th or 8th to BC in Great Lakes?

Comment by StarOklaCity on April 11, 2012 at 11:36pm: My daughter leaves to BC on 5/14/12 - 32 day :(

Comment by channa1 on April 11, 2012 at 11:43am: I see a lot of people commenting about leaving the 15th or 16th, my daughter is due to leav the 14th for MEPS and says she has to be in GL on the 15th. How appropriate, the week after Mothers Day! No easy is it. I am wondering though about the comment on pay. She told me should would not get paid right away and that they take the cost of uniforms out! Really, is this why I always support more money for the military??? Anyway, we will have to pay her bills while she is gone and the hubby is on unemployment! Does anyone know if this is fact? I really would like to know. Thanks...and hope to see lots of folks here at graduation!

Comment by Recruit Man - Ronny on April 6, 2012 at 11:22am: Hi all... Just wanted to let you all know about a great program for Recruits. CallsforRecruits.org has FREE phone cards for recruits in bootcamp. If you or someone you know is leaving soon for bootcamp, go to the website and get some phone cards for them to use while they are at BootCamp. Just thought I would pass along the info....

Comment by Avaya0805 (Ship 9/ Division 201) on April 5, 2012 at 2:08pm: I found this on a different Group's page and thought it might be helpful to some of us:

I agree that reunions can be very stressful times. In fact, there's something called the emotional spiral of deployment (and it can be applied to boot camp / A school as well). We all go through them differently (and sometimes we can sort of skip over some of them), and they can also overlap. It sounds like you all have the triple whammy going on of being in one cycle for homecoming from school, and another cycle (with some overlap) because of the upcoming deployment.

The stages are:

1) Anticipation of Loss

2) Separation and Withdrawal

3) Emotional Disorganization

4) Recovery and Stabilization

5) Anticipation of Homecoming

6) Renegotiation of the marriage contract (personally, I think this could also be called renegotiation of the family contract, since if you have kids, the parent child relationship also has adjustments)

7) Re-integration and Stabilization

Homecoming can be stressful as well as exciting, because you've been apart a long time, you're nervous about the changes in each other, having to re-adjust, all that stuff, and that can be stressful. Also, because you know another separation (the deployment) is coming up, it sounds like you all are also experiencing some Anticipation of Loss (basically you know he's going to be leaving, and you know it's going to suck, you aren't happy about it, and it stresses you). Add to that, when you go through the Separation and Withdrawal phase, it's like, ok, I know this is going to suck, and I don't like it, so I'm going to get mad, or I'm going to withdraw, or we're going to be irritated with each other and fight more.

Looks like we all go thru these phases at some point. Hope it was helpful :)

Comment by Avaya0805 (Ship 9/ Division 201) on April 4, 2012 at 1:50pm: Does everyone get E1 pay at boot camp? Also, what about BHA and separation pay durring boot camp? I just want to be prepared financially eithier way :) I heard that at boot camp you won't get your first check until it's been 4-6 weeks. Then part of that check is taken away because of uniforms and supplies. Can anyone clarify this info? Thanks for help.

Comment by StarOklaCity on April 4, 2012 at 12:18am: Wow! 40 days and my baby will be gone! (Ships 5/14) Interesting that SHE doesn't want to know how many days she has left. I think she has stuck her head in the sand and is in denial. I am starting to worry, she isn't working out, running, studying, NOTHING....doesn't live at home anymore but I see her almost daily when she comes over for food (LOL). We have tried to warn her that she is going to have a tough time physically if she doesn't start doing something but she is a typical 21 yr old who has been filled with BS from her recruiter *sigh*....do they still hold the SR back a few weeks if they aren't meeting physical requirements or do they just discharge them???