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DEP-Leavin' for bootcamp in September

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This group is for N4M members that have a loved one leaving for bootcamp in Sept..I will leave the year open so that even future Deppers leaving in the month of Sept of any year can join.Lets share stories, information, concerns, and questions

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/deppersinbutnotyet
Members: 601
Latest Activity: Sep 3, 2022

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

If you have September 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 September, ...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 jennifer1(Ship 13 Div 366) on September 10, 2012 at 12:43pm: Well, my boy has left. I still can not believe my only little boy has left. These last few months, I kept hoping he would come to me and say he wanted college instead. But no. We took him to his recruiters this morning. From there he will go to Miami, spend the night, then go to MEPS tomorrow & fly to Chicago. I wanted to go meet him in Miami tomorrow to see him off, but after we talked about it, he is right. It would have been just to hard to keep dragging out the good-byes. I am going to be on pins & needles waiting for that "I am here call."

Comment by pinkpuddles on September 10, 2012 at 12:31pm: This is for the TwoJ -I am not being mean but the recruiters job is to get your son to sign. That is his sole purpose. Kind of like a door sales man, that you would not think twice about telling him your not intrested and shutting the door. This is your sons life and it is worth upsetting him and telling the recruiter whatever you need and going up the chain of command to ensure that your son choices. If he is uneasy about it then you should be uneasy about it. My son went to MEPS we had discussed the dates that he would leave as well as what jobs we would accept which gave him a good base line. When he got there and waited ALL day, they gave him 15 minutes to pick a job and sign. Then they told him that he had to leave two days earlier than what we agreed. My son stuck to his guns and said no that the reason he was not leaving was a very important day to our family and that he could not depart before that day. The commander came out and tried to talk me into letting him leave early and not a job that we had agreed. I said no as well and explain why...he let my son go home and come back the following day. Stick up for your son...if he goes in and is unhappy it will be a long couple of years before he can get out or change jobs. Your son may not like it, but he will thank you later...Good Luck!

Comment by Kellyd on September 10, 2012 at 12:24pm: Dear Thetwoj,

The same thing happened to my son. Fortunately for us that my husband is a retired Navy Officer and knew that was a line a crap. He called the chain of command and he was told that as well.

We had major issues with our recruiter so my son left that office and went to another.

I would go to the commanding officer at that office with your son about your concern.

Kelly D

Comment by tina (ship 11 div 363) on September 10, 2012 at 11:46am: Dear Thetwoj

I think if it happened to me, I would be at the recruiters office with my son. He should be excited to go into a field, not pushed. Please call the recruiter and set up the appt. Your son may not want to cause a fuss over it and keep quiet about it, but make sure HE is comfortable with his decisions, never have any regrets or guilt just starting ..... :) hope it goes well, let us know.

Tina (jeff's mom)

Comment by tina (ship 11 div 363) on September 10, 2012 at 11:43am: Hi All,

My son was picked up today by recruiter and we will be in Boston early tomorrow 9/11/12 to watch him swear in. 9/11 is such an emotional day on top of watching your baby leave.... but chins up, we are very proud. My son told me this morning, you can cry and miss me Mom, but don't cry becuase you are worried, I will be very well taken care of :) He just turned 18 so we went skydiving.. it was wonderful, then we did some zip lining... he's my crazy little adrenalin buddie <3

Comment by Thetwoj on September 10, 2012 at 11:22am: Ladies, I need your help. When my son went to MEPS to get his job assignment he was looking to get into the Sonar Program. While he was there, the officer in charge talked him into this "great program" called the Apprenticeship Program in which he could try the Sonar and the Electrical Programs both out and then decide which one he was more interested in. After everything was signed and I joined this group, I found out that infact he was going into the PACT program AKA Undesignated. Since then I've been inundated with red flag warnings that my son was tricked and that our recruiter lied to us and this program is terrible. His recruiter keeps telling me that it's fine and that the program has changed and my son would do exactly what they said he would do. Now he leaves in 2 weeks. I was at a party this past weekend and a friend who recently retired from the Navy was there and had the same reaction about this program as previous people. He said to stop my son from going and make them give him another job at MEPS. I'm so torn. Do I trust the Recruiter, or do I send my son off to a miserable 4 years of learning nothing? I'm beside myself. What would you do?

Comment by ProudMawMaw(Ship 3 Division 360) on September 10, 2012 at 8:33am: OMG, on my way to see my baby get sworn in. I guess out of everything that she has accomplished on her life this is where I have to admit to myself that this is the turning point in her life. She is no longer my baby but her own women. I am so proud of her and have to hold it together for her today. my heart is with all you moms that is going through same thing.

Comment by ProudMawMaw(Ship 3 Division 360) on September 9, 2012 at 10:21pm: dknight75 and mquinn it certainly helps knowing that you all are out there going through the same thing I am feeling.

She text me to say she has a roomy with only one bed. The hotels here in the New Orleans area are overbooked because of the evacuatees from Isaac. At least she will have someone to talk to I know she is feeling a little uncomfortable with someone she doesn't know but she makes friends fast.

Comment by dknight75 on September 9, 2012 at 10:08pm: Hey MawMaw, I know exactly how you feel. It was a rough day for us here too. He is now at the hotel and we get to see him in the morning to say our final goodbyes at MEPS. I am trying really hard not to let him see me cry and today I did okay. We had his best friend and favorite cousin over for dinner tonight and took him to the hotel. It has been a long day. I told someone earlier that when I look at him, I see the sweet little boy he once was and not the man he is becoming.

Comment by ProudMawMaw(Ship 3 Division 360) on September 9, 2012 at 8:55pm: Welll what an emotional day. Went to gym, ate Sushi out her reguest than to recruiter for the ride to hotel. We cried together many times. It was funny my granddaughter asked her mom to shave her legs for her up high. So SR say on side of tub her.Mom shaved one leg while I put lotion on them when she was finished. We laughed and then we cried again. Tomorrow we have to say good bye again. I can't take much more. My tough granddaughter that has told me over and over she is fine is the one with the red watery eyes all day. I am so proud of that girl. Like I said in an earlier post I could she that little girl in pigtails staring at me all day, but I know that there is also a very strong women there also.