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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!

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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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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.

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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."

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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 Karen on March 17, 2017 at 10:04am: Thank you for the reply. I did not realize he will actually be leaving the day before. Are we able to stay with him for any time at all? Or is it a drop off at the hotel?

Comment by lemonelephant on March 17, 2017 at 12:20am: Karen, Recruits ship to the RTC on Monday through Thursday when those days are not federal holidays, so a 05/15/2017 date in possible. Remember that he will go to the hotel and spend the night on the 14th.

Comment by Karen on February 28, 2017 at 11:38am: My son is leaving May 15th. I am noticing many different May dates, could mine be mistaken?

Comment by lemonelephant on February 26, 2017 at 9:30pm: movielover, no, your your future Sailor will not have a longer time at BC due to the holidays. He will have HOLD days on Memorial Day and on Independence Day, but PIR will still be on either 07/14/2017 if he is placed in one of the last divisions from the week before and ends up in a Push Division or 07/21/2017 if he is placed in one of the first divisions of his week's TG. It is possible for some who arrive on the same date to have PIR a week apart. Wait on The Form Letter to know the PIR date for sure. Arrival and What Happens at the RTC within Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) will let you know what to expect.

Yes, PIR is on Friday unless a federal holiday is at the end of the week and causes it to be moved up. That will not happen on either of the possible PIR dates.

Yes, those who fly out to "A" School will most likely fly out the day after PIR. Some who fly to Pensacola MAY fly out on Sunday, but that doesn't happen often and will not affect your then Sailor. Your then Sailor WILL fly out the day after PIR since he will be flying to Gulfport, MS unless something causes him to be held in the THU, which is rare for the typical graduating Sailor. I left info on the SW rating on your My Page previously and it includes the link, PIR Day and Liberty during PIR Weekend, which will help you when planning for PIR.

Comment by Wisconsinmom on February 26, 2017 at 3:56pm: My son leaves May 16th. I am excited for his new walk in life.

Comment by lemonelephant on January 19, 2017 at 2:47am: akevacation, 05/26/2017 will be his first P-day and then he will be on P-HOLD until 05/30/2017, which will be P-2.

Comment by takevacation on January 18, 2017 at 8:49am: Thanks. I am guessing his first day of boot will be memorial day?

Comment by lemonelephant on January 18, 2017 at 12:39am: takevacation, By counting 9 Fridays, PIR will most likely be 07/21/2017 for those who ship on 05/25/2017. Since he is shipping at the end of the week, it could be 07/28/2017 for some if they are held over for the next TG. That happens sometimes in the summer due to storms and the large number of recruits who ship in the summer. It is possible for some who arrive on the same date to have PIR a week apart. Wait on The Form Letter to know the PIR date for sure. Arrival and What Happens at the RTC within Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) will let you know what to expect.

Comment by takevacation on January 17, 2017 at 12:05pm: I am beyond proud of my son. He ships 5/25 to bootcamp. Not sure what his graduation date will be yet. How can we figure that out. AFter graduation, he is off to Nuke School.

Comment by momto navymat on January 8, 2017 at 11:41am: Hi, my name is Mary Beth. My son leaves on May 8th. I'm still having a hard time with all of this so I hope by reading your posts it will put my mind at ease.