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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.

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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 kpbmamma on May 19, 2013 at 3:24pm: Hi Shahida. Will keep your husband in mine, as well. We had to stop at the recruiter's office on our way out of town (about a two hour drive to the hotel/MEPS) so I was able to speak with his recruiter. He was super nice and patiently answered all of my questions. He even gave me his cell phone number in case I had more! We got very lucky from what I've read. I'm greatful! He gave me the graduation date at that time... he said he was pretty confident that it would be July 12, but that would be confirmed with the form letter. The day after my son left, the recruiter posted his address info on my son's Facebook page (as promised) for anyone who wanted to write while he was at BC.

allisa and shahida~ i can't wait to hear if your husband/son may be in the same division/ship! (and to receive confirmation that the info I have is actually correct!)

Comment by allisa92 on May 19, 2013 at 12:16pm: Hi Allibarwill - my son left on May 15th as well, and you are far more informed then we are!

Comment by Rosa91 on May 19, 2013 at 12:06pm: So i just got home and run to the mail box to see if I have a letter from my husband. thinking there would be one because others are getting theres and hes only a day behind there SR. So i get to the mail box and with each letter in my hand that i sit off to the side because its not for him I feel my chest sink more and more. i still havent got a call and i know its because my letter just has not come yet. I know he is wanting to wright to me and will get contact with my as soon as he can. I just am dying to know his PIR date so i can start to book things. and count down the days until I can be in his arms again and be a family again.. I guess im asking if any of you have heard anything (besides the first call) of the may 9 shippers? if so what.

Comment by Proud mom 2013 on May 19, 2013 at 7:05am: My son leaves Tuesday for BC...having his goodbye party today... I'm so sad but yet so proud!!!

Comment by lemonelephant on May 19, 2013 at 1:31am: allibarwill, even though you have the address and I know it's hard; don't send letters until you get the form letter. See Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit within Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones). I invite you to join that group while you are there and to check out the other Pages (found under the pictures of the Members) as well. Arrival and What Happens at the RTC will let you know what is happening.

Comment by LadyShai85 on May 18, 2013 at 10:28pm: Hi allibarwill! I'm not a mom, but a wife. My husband left the same date as your son. I did not know you could call their recruiter for info like that. How did you get so lucky? Your son will be in my thoughts and prayers.

Comment by kpbmamma on May 18, 2013 at 5:54pm: My son left for bc on Wed. May 15th. Miss him like crazy but so very proud of him! Anxiously awaiting the box and form letter! Per his recruiter, he's in Div. 260, ship 13 and his tentative PIR date is July 12th. Any other moms with these numbers/dates? :) Thanks for all the good info on this site. It has been so very helpful to know I'm not the only mom who's an emotional mess!

Comment by MIMI1414 ship 9 div 255 on May 18, 2013 at 12:03pm: My daughter left for bc this past monday 5/13/13 we received "the box" Thursday and am anxiously waiting "the letter' anyone else's son or daughter arrive on Monday ?

Comment by Ladichez on May 18, 2013 at 7:41am: My daughter leaves on Monday so so sad but very proud of her.

Comment by daisy72 on May 17, 2013 at 4:33pm: I got the "box" today from my son. Had to smile. Everything was just thrown in there. Reminded me of how his room used to be. Miss him but still proud. Cant wait for letters to arrive.