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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:

OPSEC GUIDELINES

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RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

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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 BookWorm on March 18, 2016 at 2:51pm: CrnBrdMom my son leaves May 18th as well. Are you on FB? If so joing the DFW Navy Moms page. I am new to all of this and it was great to get together with them last night for dinner and here from moms that have already gone through what we are now doing.

Comment by laughingchipmunk on March 18, 2016 at 2:14pm: Just a little over 6 weeks to go until my son's official ship date! we've been enjoying our time together over these past 6 months in DEP, it's starting to get close and we're all excited! Our special extended family dinners and outings have been wonderful. Even learned that my dad was stationed in the same town back in the 60s that my son will be in for A school!

Son opted to ship out early and paperwork is all square. Just waiting to hear if he gets the early call!

This site has been wonderful and i really appreciate everyone's help in getting us ready :)

CrnBrdMom - My son is Nuke too...

Comment by CrnBrdMom on March 16, 2016 at 7:22pm: So glad to have found this site!! My son is a Nuke and leaves May 18th. We are so excited!!

Comment by lemonelephant on March 14, 2016 at 12:11am: If you have a future Sailor who is going to be in an 800 division, let me know in a comment on my My Page or in a PM (or comment in a friend request) and I will connect you with others with loved ones who will later be in the same division. DON'T openly post your future Sailor's contract or division number. Those with a future Sailor (or recruit) in a regular division or 900 division can post the division number and can post the contracted rating or field unless it is for one of the Spook ratings, but those with a loved one with a special ops contract should NEVER post that openly. See OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes to Your Profile) and 800 and 900 Divisions.

Comment by ShannonM on March 11, 2016 at 11:39am: My FS leaves for RTC on May 10th also. Love this website and all of the helpful info I've already received! Thanks to all for being on this journey with me.

Comment by lemonelephant on March 6, 2016 at 11:39pm: New2Navy, by counting 9 Fridays, PIR is most likely 07/08/2016, but since your future Sailor will be arriving at the beginning of the week 07/01/2016 is also possible if he is placed in one of the last divisions from the TG from the week before and is in a push division. 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 will happen and what to expect.

Comment by New2Navy on March 6, 2016 at 11:25pm: I read somewhere on here that if you count 9 Fridays you can figure out when PIR should be. I'm trying to figure out our summer plans so need an idea of when PIR will be for my SR who leaves for Boot on May 10. Does that mean I start counting on May 13 as the first Friday? Or do the P-days not count and I start on May 20? Anyone know?

Comment by didntcthiscoming on February 29, 2016 at 7:53pm: Son, May 18th. > Medical Corps San Antonio.

Comment by MainemomJulie on February 29, 2016 at 7:30pm: My daughter is Reserves DEP and leaves on May 18! After boot camp she goes to Seabee A School!

Comment by MidwestMomNancy on February 29, 2016 at 10:52am: Blessings to all of you whose loved ones are preparing for boot camp in May. I realized it's time for me to leave this wonderful group as my son went to boot camp LAST May; it's hard to believe it's been a year already! He is doing well, and I've had wonderful support and understanding from those of you who walked this path with me last year.