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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 Donna on May 25, 2011 at 8:42pm: Oh my gosh, I just got my "I'm here" call from my son!!! I'm so happy, it was great to hear his voice even if it was only for 5 seconds. I just can't stop crying...I miss him so much!

Comment by joel's_rackie on May 25, 2011 at 4:41pm: It has been two weeks since my SR left for BC. My husband called me in O'Hare while waiting for the bus to take them to GL. After that I missed the official "I'm here" call . A week later received his box with his clothes,shoes and a small note on the back of a McDonald's receipt. This last Sunday, day 10 i got a call from him and we talked for 5-6 minutes. He informed me that it took a while before his division filled in. He sounds good and excited. His PIR is 07/08. I got tons of letters for him ready to be mailed and i asked him for his address, he instructed me to wait for his form letter which I don't have yet.

Anyway I've been bugging the recruiter almost every day for Joel's address, he finally called yesterday. I'm sending a trial letter now just because I don't want him not to have any letters from me while the other SR's start to received theirs.

Donna and sailorwife: we are here to support each one another. Hang in there!

Comment by corpsmanwifeschu on May 25, 2011 at 4:15pm: I never got an arrival call either, Donna. I'm now at exactly three weeks since I've heard or seen him. Hoping for his first personal letter here soon, no luck today. There's always tomorrow. Hard to believe its been three weeks since I drove away from the recruiter's office.

Comment by Donna on May 25, 2011 at 1:07pm: Thanks you guys. I still have not received a phone call, which makes me even sadder. Being able to hear his voice again yesterday was the one thing that kept me going. I guess you're right, no news is good news. So it will take a week before I get the form letter? This is so much harder than I ever even imagined. :(

Comment by MidwestMom on May 25, 2011 at 11:31am: Donna - I was lucky and received my call at 8:25 pm, but if you still haven't received a call, don't fret too much (as if you have control over that)! There are others that didn't get the 'I'm here call' for one reason or another. Sometimes their kid doesn't want to wait in line, sometimes their cell phone is dead, sometimes they don't want to wake the parent. Keep repeating, no news is good news. Ugh!

Comment by Lisa on May 25, 2011 at 9:00am: Donna, forgot to mention that they'll have 4 lines on the bottom of that letter to write you a short personal message. He also had listed the 4 people he wants at his PIR...ooops he forgot his sister, LOL. Now that I can write him, I'll make sure he changes that :-)

Comment by Lisa on May 25, 2011 at 8:57am: Donna, by now you probably have rec'd your first quick call. 15-30 sec the night they begin their processing. My box arrived about a week later with only his belongings in it, no letter. I just rec'd the information letter yesterday (12 days after his arrival). Though it's not an actual letter from your son, it is a form letter, addressed in his writing with their Div/Ship and PIR info. My son is my oldest also and completely understand...keep your chin up :-)

Comment by dudiesmom on May 25, 2011 at 6:26am: Donna.. my son arrived at bootcamp on a Tuesday evening around 5. I got my first phone call at 11 pm from him.. good thing I took my phone to bed! Then this past Tuesdy (1 week later) I got the box from him with nothing in it.. but that same day my form letter arrived too. It was sooo nice hearing from him finally!

Comment by Donna on May 25, 2011 at 3:07am: Also, can somebody please tell me how long it takes before I would get a form letter from him, or the Navy rather? I'm sorry that I have so many questions but he my oldest son and also the first one to leave home and I'm having an extremely hard time with it.

Comment by Donna on May 25, 2011 at 3:03am: My son left last night and got to boot camp this evening some time. I was wondering if anybody knows or can tell me how long they have to call home. I have been sitting at home by the phone all day today and it's 3:00am my time now and still no phone call.