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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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**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 May 29, 2018 at 5:31pm: Karen Great info, I say cry the same. and begin writing so when you do receive the form letter you can number them to see how he receives them the same.

Thank You Karen for sharing, that is what we do here we share we Encourage, we pray together and we keep all close for comfort!

Comment by Karen on May 29, 2018 at 5:25pm: EliteLioness,

Hang in there! My daughter shipped out on 5/8 - and it was so hard. She was so emotional and I found myself stuffing my emotions as to not make it harder for her...until of course that van pulled away with her in it. Last week we got our first letters and then Saturday morning much to our surprise, she called us and we got 37 mins on the phone with her! The strength they find is amazing! Write your SR everyday...I do that and it is therapeutic for me, and she said she loves getting my letters. I sent the first 3 in a priority envelope since it took a bit to get her address. Lean in to all that are here to support and get in on the great FB pages too. It helps to talk about our feelings. It's like grieving their childhood but rejoicing on their adulthood...such mixed emotions and when you feel like you need to cry - I say just do it!

Comment by Phoenixmom on May 29, 2018 at 5:22pm: (Read First 24 Hours for more in this article from the PAO.)

Comment by Phoenixmom on May 29, 2018 at 5:21pm: These sites will give you much needed information as to when you will receive the Box with your Loved ones belongings and the form letter. it will also explain what will happen when they first get there. They will have long days training and learning. Please keep phones close so you receive the I'm here call.

Arrival and What Happens at the RTC and Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) and Fitness Improvement Training (FIT).

Comment by Heather on May 29, 2018 at 5:15pm: Thank you so much for the encouraging words. It's been just a few days and I wonder how my recruit is doing, how hard it will be for him. There is so much to learn and read up on. I am very thankful for this support

Comment by Phoenixmom on May 29, 2018 at 5:12pm: Ladies No one will understand until they go thru it. My Daughters thought I was crazxy for crying all the time. My husband to my Supervisor didnt understand me. But I kept busy and just thought No News is good News. Once the Communication is open then all will be fine and all the worry and stress will go away. But these few weeks will be hard. Let me tell you that all of this is a test. A test for them and us. The test for them is too see who will get depressed and who will break. Those will get weeded out to say. They must be able to cope with no Communication because there will be a time that they will have no communication if deployed, A test for us to see how we deal with it the same. I know it is hard or harsh but you have to look at it that way. You Ladies will be fine and never alone. Please come join Boot Camp Mom I help out there and if there is anything you need to know or talk about dont hesitate to reach out. My Son has been on his first Deployment already and I have been lucky to see him every 6 months so far. Trust and Believe and strength will carry you Ladies a long way!

Comment by Noabre2025 on May 29, 2018 at 4:57pm: EliteLioness, my son leaves tomorrow for the hotel and then Thursday for BC. I’m with you in the emotional rollercoaster. Everyone keeps telling me that I’ve done a great job with him and I should be so proud, which I ao truly am. But this mama’s heart is still feeling a little rough. I’m so grateful for this site and others moms who can relate and understand, not many people in my life do.

Comment by Christine on May 29, 2018 at 4:52pm: It was exactly one year today I felt the exact same. Like the wind was knocked out of me and I couldn’t catch a breathe. We are all in this together momma. It’s a sisterhood. It will get easier, we are all here for you. Saying some extra prayers for you right now.

Comment by Phoenixmom on May 29, 2018 at 2:43pm: Hi EliteLioness, is Your Son on his way to MEPS and Hotel Or on his way to BC. It will be hard the first couple of weeks and when you receive the Box you may again Break down, it is very Normal. I know I was a Mess for a few weeks. You will be fine you have so many here that will answer and encourage you. The big thing for me was to stay Busy. Google became my best friend, and I looked everything up I could. keep your Head up EliteLioness.

Comment by lemonelephant on May 28, 2018 at 2:53am: Heather, if you have not received a call from your recruit by the 10th calendar day after arrival (plus Memorial Day) saying that your recruit is being sent home, then your recruit has passed the initial run test of the PFA and has begun training or will be beginning training that day or soon after. See Arrival and What Happens at the RTC and Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) and Fitness Improvement Training (FIT).