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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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FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:

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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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:

RTC Graduation

**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.

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: 411
Latest Activity: May 19, 2023

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 Phoenixmom on June 7, 2018 at 4:52pm: I think they may be moving recruits around not sure, may have to do with PFA, but as Long as you received a Div. and PIR I wouldnt worry to much. That is why calls are coming in like that.

Comment by Heather on June 7, 2018 at 4:45pm: Is that type of call not the norm?

Comment by Phoenixmom on June 7, 2018 at 4:31pm: Yes many are receiving calls like that, not sure what is going on.

Comment by Heather on June 7, 2018 at 4:28pm: It definitely sounded like he was reading from a script and / recorded?

Comment by Phoenixmom on June 7, 2018 at 4:25pm: Heather it may of been a scripted call that is why.

Comment by Heather on June 7, 2018 at 4:24pm: I guess I thought the phone call would be more personal. ; ( he didn't even sound the same.

Comment by Phoenixmom on June 7, 2018 at 4:20pm: Dama Mafroda More than Likely that will be your Loved Ones PIR they havent put the site or PIR together yet, they are trying to get it put up unitl Aug. 3rd I beleive just behind some. As soon as the PIR's are up I will post.

Heather Yes very typical, you should receive the form letter with the Date your Son gave you. There was word something going on with the form Letters being sent out. I wouldnt worry to much.

Comment by Heather on June 7, 2018 at 4:08pm: I just got a phone call from my son. I was in the car driving so I heard it on bluetooth. He was very business like just told me the graduation date and division he was in no other talk just the fact then the conversation ended. I couldn't write anything down as I was driving. So just heard through bluetooth. I could talk with him at all, very professional. I haven't received the form letter yet. I will get that right? Was that conversation typical.

Comment by lemonelephant on June 7, 2018 at 3:53am: The divisions for the 07/20/2018 PIR date have not been posted at http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/tg_grad_dates.html, which is why they are not included in the listing of the current PIR groups.

Did you receive your recruit's address from the recruiter? If so, then wait before mailing letters because things sometimes change.

There is info on the Sandboxx App in Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit. It allows you to send letters that will get to your recruit in one or two days.

Check your My Page.

Comment by Dama Mafroda on June 6, 2018 at 11:19pm: Phenixmom, I see that you posted some PIR graduation dates and you posted July 20 with some divisions, but I don't see my son's division there (287). According to his recruiter his PIR graduation date is on July 20. Do you know anything about it?

Also, does anybody know anything abou "Sandboxx" and how does it work?