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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.

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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

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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 Navy mom x2 on August 19, 2012 at 10:16am: we had a good day saturday went to a civil war battlefield, then next sat is putt putt, movies, bowling and dinner. its getting so close wish these butterflies would just stop fluttering already.

Comment by Future Doc's mom 09 001 on August 16, 2012 at 4:34pm: Thetwoi,

I am the same way. The closer it gets to Sept.18th the more freaked out I become. My poor son I am supposed to be supportive of him and I think the tables have turned. Oops. If he asked for a pony I would get him one also. lol

Comment by Navy mom x2 on August 15, 2012 at 5:49pm: karis i can relate we have been doing the same sort of things he is even going to his little brothers open house so he can say good bye to all his old teachers. this is going to be a wild ride

Comment by karis on August 15, 2012 at 9:47am: Michael James Mom, I had the same kind of day this past Friday. He leaves Sept 17th. I had not allowed myself to think about what it would be like when he leaves and tried to focus on the fact he would be bettering himself through the process. Now I becoming selfish and thinking about the holidays he is going to miss with us like Thanksgiving and probably Christmas. For the next month I am going to celebrate those holidays with him so he doesn't feel like he is missing out. Fix his favorite meals get copies of some of the Christmas movies we watched together as a little kid and he would hate for anyone to know but he still watched "A Year Without A Santa Clause" just last year! He will probably think I have gone nuts but hopefully he will appreciate the sentiment when he is gone.

Comment by Thetwoj on August 15, 2012 at 9:13am: Zach's Mom, LOL, thanks. My sons father has never really been around, so its been just the two of us for 18 years. I think maybe I'm a little freaked out about him leaving home. At this point if he asked for a pony I would probably say yes.

Joshuasmom, thank you so much for sharing that information! I wrote to them yesterday and received my phone cards right away. How awesome is that? Great tip!

Comment by Future Doc's mom 09 001 on August 14, 2012 at 7:54pm: Thetwoi, I think it is wonderful that you would get your son a kitten before he leaves. I would have done the same thing. So I auess that we are both certfiable. lol. The things that we do for our children.

Comment by joshuasmom (SHIP 11 / DIV 006) on August 14, 2012 at 1:23pm: Hello everyone. If you need phone cards for your recruits, go to callsforrecruits.org. This site will give you 9 (yes 9) 20 minute calling cards for your recruit. All he asks for in return is that your recruit share them with other sailors recruits that do not have any and to send names of people not getting any mail. You are free to get more cards as well. He has a lot of information on his site as well. Check it out. Oh yeah, my son (Joshua) leaves for BC 9-18-2012 from Vegas. Anyone else from the Vegas area?

Comment by Thetwoj on August 13, 2012 at 11:16am: Zach's mom, I'm doing the same thing. I adopted a kitten yesterday because my son really wanted one and was willing to spend the entire day with me running around to all the rescues in the area. I'm certifiable! He is leaving in 6 weeks, and I got him a pet? Who does this? LOL!

Comment by Navy mom x2 on August 12, 2012 at 10:45am: getting ready to book my hotel for michael swear in on sept 4 cant believe this is coming up so soon. we are going to litlle rock on sept 3 for some one on one before he flies out sept 4 taking with for the biggest steak i can find lol

Comment by Future Doc's mom 09 001 on August 7, 2012 at 9:02pm: I feel the same way ladies, my son is spending some time with me, but mainly his friends since they will all be leaving for school in the next few weeks. Than he is home for a couple of weeks with out them. Maybe I can get some mommy time in, if I am lucky.