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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 October

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This group is for N4M members that have a loved one leaving for Boot Camp in October. I will leave the year open so that any future DEPpers leaving in the month of October of any year can join.Lets share stories, information, concerns, and questions!

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/deppersinbutnotyet
Members: 490
Latest Activity: Oct 11

Hello everyone and welcome to the Navy!!! This Group was started for the loved one of DEPPERS leaving in the month of October (although everyone is welcome).......What year you say? Well ......any year!

If you have October 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 October, ...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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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 Bellamom2 on June 19, 2012 at 9:26pm

Comment by MamaKrayKray on June 19, 2012 at 7:20pm: Thanks b'snukemom! Reading some of the posts re: PIR. The recruiter here mentioned a date after Christmas but before the New Year. BUT he also mentioned that they try to push the date ahead & Christmas at home might not be out of the question. Guess we'll see. For all the warm climate families, dress in layers. Ohio weather is not that far off from Chicago's but it sure would be nice if we had another winter like last year - very mild with little snow.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 19, 2012 at 10:32am: Welcome MamaKrayKray!

Comment by MamaKrayKray on June 19, 2012 at 8:24am: Hi everyone - my son has been given a leave date of Oct. 30. He has signed to be an AZ. Feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the information out there. Trying to keep it all in perspective.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 14, 2012 at 1:55pm: Hi All - today is FLAG DAY! Don't forget to fly your flag in honor of our Great Nation!

Comment by SpecialK on June 8, 2012 at 8:42am: B'snukemom - I agree. It looks like we might be spending Christmas or New Years up in Great Lakes! Of course I have been told that PIR won't be exactly 8 weeks from the date they go but it looks like it will be pretty close. Being from the sunny south, I don't know if I can take December in Chicago! Brrrrrr....

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on June 7, 2012 at 8:56pm: Hi All - my son doesn't leave for BC until 10/23/12 but I have been reading up for months now while he is in DEP. He is going in as a nuke. We are from Riverside, CA. I have joined another group called "Inland Empire of SoCal Navy Moms" (among various other groups that I have joined!). There's not a lot of activity there so I wanted to put it on here so if anyone is from the IE maybe you would like to join that group too! The mom that runs it is planning a lunch in July.....I am hoping we can get together and share information. I too am wondering about when PIR would be - my sons looks like it will be right around Christmas. Thanks all!

Comment by SpecialK on May 15, 2012 at 1:02pm: My son is leaving for boot camp on October 29th, 2012. He has an EOD contract. Any one else have a child leaving at that time? I was wondering when the PIR might be for this time of the year. According to the calendar he should finish the 8 weeks right about New Year Eve! Do they do them during the holidays? That could be a mess getting up there.

Comment by fmsnavymom on April 30, 2012 at 8:46am: October 3rd for my daughter. She's going to be a UT. This site is so helpful.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 11, 2011 at 3:45am: From RTC FB:

U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command The recruits graduating Jan. 6 & 13 will be eligible for the Christmas Adopt-A-Sailor.

November 1 at 6:34am

U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command
.....Recruits eligible for the Christmas Adopt-A-Sailor program will be those graduating Jan. 6 and 13. They will be sending home the necessary paperwork about two weeks after they have arrived to RTC.....
November 5 at 7:08am