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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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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.
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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MY son leaves Sept. 4 from Brooklyn NY. He is going to be aHM. I'm obsess with this stie now time is drawing near it is so informative and helpful.
My SR leaves 4 weeks from tomorrow - September 18th. The past few months have been a strain on our relationship as it seems all I have been doing it getting on his case about everything. He graduated in June and thinks he does not have to do anything around the house anylonger, listen to me and take the shared car when ever he wants. Anyone else out there having issues with their son. I am counting the days when he leaves so his attitude will be adjusted and shee how much Mom was right. I am really trying to back off since he did make a comment on how I didn't know how it feels knowing you are leaving your family and friend for the next 4 years! Thought? He has wanted millitary since he was 5 years old.
Not really sure how I feel today. My baby girl is leaving for college tomorrow morning. She will be only 2 hrs away but not in the next room. My SR will be leaving for bc in 1 month from today. I am so sad but proud of them both. It's so hard to let go! My husband keeps telling me all the things we will do after they leave but I dont want them to leave. I plan to spend as much time with my son as I can during the next 4 weeks, time is not my friend. He is an amazing young man, He ask me the other day "Mom, ya'll are going to the airport with me right?" I said only if you want us too. He said 'Heck yea that would be cool, I know you got to get all those pictures for that scrapbook" He knows me to well. What a great guy! The Navy is the best thing that have ever happened to my son.
Wonderful comments, most all of which reflect the feelings and emotions at my house right now. My oldest son is leaving September 5th, right around the corner. Your candor is especially appreciated. As for mine, we are right where we should be. Boys were fighting like cat's and dog's a few weeks ago...now friends again. My SR has been in the DEP for a few months now and I see that he is ready. So are we. Through love and strength AND good humor I will support him through this exciting, scary and most definitely proud time in his life. Looking forward to meeting any SR families as we progress through. Godspeed to all of your children. Love from California
tracd93 what part of VA are you from? We live in Harrisonburg and my daughter leaves for MEPS on 9/3. Today it really hit me hard as how fast it is coming.
I am feeling all of your pain. On September 25th my son will leave for MEPs and then fly out to Great Lakes on September 26th. This is will be one year and one day to the date that sadly my daughter passed away giving birth to my grandson. There are so many emotions I cant even tell you. My youngest son will be a senior in high school so I will try to spend my time enjoying him playing his senior year of football, and enjoying my grandson, But my SR leaving is going to be so hard for me, he has been my rock this past year and I will miss him, but holding him back another year isnt fair to him, he stayed this last year to make sure that I was OK. I am so proud of him for making a decision to better his life and go on with what he wanted to do even though he is missing hiis sister and knowing that he is leaving his nephew and little brother behind. Growing up is never easy especially when your the parent! Good luck to all of you and your sailors! Looking forward to seeing who will be in our graduating class together......Oh and by the way, I got my son a kitten too...
i think being goofy will save us sometimes. my friend came up with the idea of making flat michael heads so during our scout meetings the boys can put them on ill get a pic and send it to him in basic lol
ichael James MOM we are a goofy bunch too. We are spending the day watching her favorite dvd's. It just hit me hard today when I realized her brother starts collage tomorrow. He will still live at home but it just means its getting so close for her to leave.
slyancey i feel your pain it is very hard i find myself joking with him to help ease our nerves we are a very corny family so little things seem to help. when he feels nervious and i ask if he is ok he sticks his tongue out at me lol thats my boy. i would just sit back watch her favorite movie and have her favorite food. take the phone off the hook and turn off the cell phone just enjoy a couple of hours of your time. that seems to help me
Michael James MOM I am having a hard time of it today. We have been doing so many thing together, my SR has really been staying close to us all. I know that her nerves are getting to her too. The time is flying by too fast!
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