This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
FIRST TIME HERE?
FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO GET STARTED:
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:
Events
**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:
**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.
Format Downloads:
- Graduation Info
- PDF – 2.7 MB
- PNG – 2.3 MB
- JPG – 3.4 MB
- Printable PDF – 2.0 MB
Latest Activity
Navy Speak
Click here to learn common Navy terms and acronyms! (Hint: When you can speak an entire sentence using only acronyms and one verb, you're truly a Navy mom.)
N4M Merchandise
Shirts, caps, mugs and more can be found at CafePress.
Please note: Profits generated in the production of this merchandise are not being awarded to the Navy or any of its suppliers. Any profit made is retained by CafePress.
Navy.com Para Familias
Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
Badge
RCU SHIP 04 DIV 741
Information
Seamen Recruits are here getting medical treatment for minor injuries. FIT DIV is also in this area.
Location: RTC Chicago, IL
Members: 203
Latest Activity: Jul 20, 2023
It's hard not knowing! That is the purpose for this group. Most likely if you are here your SR has had trouble keeping up or not passed a PFA due to some sort of minor medical issue. Often it stress fractures bringing SR's here. Know this when you don’t get a call that is a very good thing. Calling them is not a good thing and it can negatively impact your SR to have his or her “Mommy“ calling! They are harder on them in this DIV than any other. They want them up and out. The best thing you can do is sends tons of mail. Send scripture and motivational mail. I know my SR said reading the Bible was considered a sign of weakness here. When you get a tearful call motivate. Stay positive and encourage you SR. This is a small detour to greatness and getting the I'm a Sailor call! Recruit family and friends…“Navy mom friends are the best“…to send your SR mail as well. NMH for you all!!
Discussion Forum
NOT KNOWING
Started by Navyvet. Last reply by Navyvet Jul 13, 2021. 2 Replies 0 Likes
My daughter left June 30, 21 ended up being sent to the ER before going to RTC to have her gall bladder removed. She left the hospital on July 5th and is now in RCU. I have not heard from her to see…Continue
Looking for an explanation of the RCU process- please share your insight!
Started by KarinD Mar 18, 2021. 0 Replies 0 Likes
My son was sent to the RCU unit on 3.8.21 for having an inhalant in his medical record for treatment of bronchitis/pleurisy when he was 15 yrs old.Would someone be kind enough to explain the process…Continue
Comment Wall
Comment
-
Comment by WestonsMom (FL A School) on November 5, 2011 at 10:37am
-
paces...another thing to consider, if your SR decides to finish boot camp in RCU there will be no PIR, as was my son's case. my son just turned 23 and reminds me all the time that he is a grown man now and not in boot camp. then i remind him that i'm still his mother. lol this time is extremely hard no matter how old they are.
coltens mom...that is great to hear! glad you finally get some time with him!
-
Comment by paces on November 5, 2011 at 7:46am
-
sbarber... Thanks for the information. Yes, you are so right. He is a man now and the decision is his to make. It is hard to let them go. He is 24, but it still isn't easy.I will share it with him.
Colton's Mom... I know it was truly wonderful to see him. Where is he going again? I know you told us, but I can't remember.
-
Comment by sbarber on November 5, 2011 at 12:15am
-
@ Colten's Mom : Wasn't it wonderful!!!!!! We had the same kind of reunion. I have photo's my family took from the balcony because I left them all behind LOL. Have a nice visit at the airport the time will fly by.
-
Comment by Colten's Mom-Nuke A school 1207A on November 4, 2011 at 11:52pm
-
Seeing my sailor was absolutely AMAZING!!!!! It was better than I ever could have imagined. I stood in the stands trying to see him while everyone was on the floor he spotted me walked passed my entire family that was there and came straight to me and we hugged and cried for 10 min. it was amazing!!! He had watch today from 12- 2 then we had him the rest of the day. We will meet him at the airport in the morning and stay with him until his plane leaves at 0930
-
-
@ paces: The only positive about completing BC in RCU is they will be monitoring his leg and the reinjury is less likely to occur, if he goes back to a unit and is reinjured he will be discharged medically so he needs to keep all of that mind. I don't believe that his contract can be taken back unless he is proven unfit for service or fails to hold up his end of the bargain. When my son re-entered with a new unit they had already meshed as a team it was hard for him to fit in at first but that can happen at any change of duty station as well. The new unit was close to where he was in training, they try to get them back in where they dropped off at. Lots of kids just do BS21 out od RCU and go on to their A school it happens all the time. If he's concerned about the leg then he probably doesn't need to go back out to a unit. Hope that helps some. Ultimately it is up to him he's a man now and he knows his body better than anyone. Hopefully he gets to call you this weekend.
-
-
Received a letter today. Good news and bad. Good news is he may get out of his brace on Tuesday and begin physical therapy. He has been given the choice of completing bootcamp in RCU or re-joining a unit. The problem is that noone seems to be able to answer his questions. Even the people who are supposed to know can't give him the answers he needs. He wants to make the decision that will allow him to keep his Spec Ops contract for EOD. He doesn't know how finishing in RCU will affect that. We also don't know exactly where he will have to re-enter the unit and if his leg will be strong enough. Does anyone have any information or experience they can share?
-
-
@ WestonsMom : Shoot you know how these kids can be when they get bored LOL bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do :-) And about that RDC thing well anything to help out.....us mom's have to stick together you know.
-
-
RCU was supposed to be able to call every other week when my SR left a couple weeks ago. Did RCU get in trouble again?
sbarber...LOL @ the RDC hearing his mama in his sleep!!
-
-
Dang that stinks!!!!!!!!!!!!! Somebody did something real stupid to get phone calls taken away......... I bet they are kicking themselves in the butt right now. Hold tight to the letters and keep them going their way. I will say a special prayer that some RDC hears his mama tonight in his sleep telling him to let those reecruits call home :-)
-
-
Wonderful!! I know you were glad to hear from him. No letter for us today. Hoping it will come tomorrow. How long has he been in RCU? I would love to get a phone call. Feeling a little down tonight. Fingers and toes crossed!!
© 2024 Created by Navy for Moms Admin.
Powered by
You need to be a member of RCU SHIP 04 DIV 741 to add comments!