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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 Diana (Proud Navy Mom) on August 22, 2011 at 1:47pm: Did I happen to mention that I feel like I have a split-personality disorder??

Comment by Diana (Proud Navy Mom) on August 22, 2011 at 1:43pm: My 14 yr old son has gotten really close with his big brother who is leaving for Boot Camp 9-2. I am sooo proud and excited for my older son (20 yrs old) but at the same time I am so sad sometimes! Anytime I think of something that will happen after my oldest leaves I feel like crying! I try really hard not to show it in front of my boys because they are both having a hard time also. I am so glad I can come on here and vent to other moms who are feeling the same way!

Thanks everyone!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 22, 2011 at 4:37am: Bandito's Mom - Pull your head out! Sorry, couldn't resist!

Of course your grouchy 'cuz your son is leaving. What you are feeling is VERY normal, so don't stick your head in the sand! You're doin' okay!

I'll tell you something...when we were going through pre-deployment...I went into ANGER mode...both times. The first time...I stayed there...not good. I VOWED not to do it again. So when I found myself there this time.. not only was I angry, I was confused! WHY was I sooooo angry?!

So, I went to a book about deployment I was given by my husbands command at a going away dinner for him and his team. There were no books 10 years ago and being a reservist wife I do not have the military around me all the time (though we are also Law Enforcement so I "get" it). Anyways, guess what the very first chapter and the very first page was about? Pre-deployment and the games we play: The I'd-rather-be-angry-than-sad game.

Whoa.

Now, that doesn't mean it's OKAY...but it was so helpful to KNOW that I wasn't the only one. I didn't feel like a failure or incompetent...I just had some learnin' to do! And apologizin'! (The learnin' in this case was to be able to recognize it for what it was...and to learn NOT to play it!)

It's easier to be angry than sad...anger "feels" powerful...sadness or fear does not. Every time I tried to let go of the anger I would start to sob...so I snatched it right back...even though I could SEE the damage it was doing. What was I afraid of...seperation...loss...being alone. Also, sometimes anger- "pushing away" -happens as a mechanism that we think is going to "help" make the seperation process easier. It doesn't. BTW...some of your recruits might do this...just love 'em where they are ladies.

While BC is not deployment it has SOME aspects of it. When will I talk to them again? Are they okay? Eight weeks is LONG! The list goes on!

What did I do? Well, the book helped...but for me...I had to get on my knees and PRAY for help surrendering it. It was getting in the way of the precious time I had left with my DH.

I am NOT trying to impose my values on any of you, not my place here, just relating my experience.

What I want you to get is that you are not alone...WE...get you. We're here to help you through educating you, supporting you, loving on you and yes sometimes correcting you...but you are NOT alone!

So I am glad you come here to vent...better here where we understand it and can help you with it.

Y'all are doing great by starting to connect up. As we say in the Navy ladies...Bravo Zulu..."well done"!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on August 22, 2011 at 2:33am: Hello Ladies!

I've been lurking and trying to familiarize myself with the group for about the last week.

Okay...who the heck am I?! Well, I am a Navy mom just like you! Also, a 27 year reservist wife. Air Force...just came off our second deployment. The first was right after 9/11.Our Sailor son PIR'd in May of this year and is currently going through "A" school. Actually, he is in holding right now as he is rerating...but that's another story! He is a reservist also.

I have stayed on N4M...because I felt the need too! Okay...I definitley "get" something out of it for myself BUT I want to help support all of you. I feel that one of the ways to "serve" even though I am not the servicemember is to support my own. Easy to say, but it is a learning process and that is why I am grateful for this site and all of you!

I mainly try to stay in the PIR (Pass in Review=Graduation) groups. I have branched out to a few others (my own personal ones notwithstanding) and have found myself now on the monthly ones as ...well...that's where all of the future PIR "moms" are!

So, I will pop in as often as I can...answer what I can...what I can't I will try to find ...and I will also be "recruiting" moms ( I say moms but I know there are GF, wives, etc) to start the PIR groups. We like a mom that belongs to that weeks PIR group to the create the group. This site is for YOU. It should be your "home" with your new family...the Navy.

So, some of you be thinking about that over the next week or two as we get closer to your recruits leaving. Check out some of the PIR groups if you already haven't to see how they work. Here is a link to the page that lists the PIR groups. There are typically about seven running at a time.

http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/groups-listed-by-pir-date

Just give it a click adn it will take you there. The most current are at the top.

I am looking forward to "meeting" you, and here is a big (((HUG))) just so you don't think I am "all" business!

FTLW

Comment by Bandito's Mom on August 22, 2011 at 12:02am: I am being a grouchier and grouchier person. Hubby thinks it is because my son is leaving for BC in Sept,,, I refuse to admit that (time to go stick my head in the sand!)

Comment by jacketfan24 (corpsman mom) on August 20, 2011 at 7:09am: Mine is coming from South Carolina.

Comment by Bandito's Mom on August 19, 2011 at 9:10pm: jacketfan, maybe they will. Mine is going from So Calif, but I think they scramble everyone together

Comment by trisha'sA1Son on August 19, 2011 at 7:13pm: Right now, he knows everything. All I can do is pass along helpful tips!

Comment by jacketfan24 (corpsman mom) on August 19, 2011 at 6:42pm: trisha7, mine runs in the hottest part of the day to make it more difficult on himself since boot camp won't be easy. He has always been singleminded! Try to get yours to run some if you can...shin splints are painful (mine had them in track) and if he's not used to running, BC will be harder on him. He doesn't have to do what mine is, though! Good luck!

Bandito's mom, mine goes to MEPS on Sept. 6 also...maybe they'll be in the same division.

Comment by trisha'sA1Son on August 19, 2011 at 9:38am: Last night after dinner my boys disappeared. I found them sitting in my oldest room, just hanging out! My husband is so cool and calm, but it's difficult for me. I'm trying to be more supportive by convincing my son to run in the mornings, but he figures he'll wait til BC. God is good and he will protect him.