Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones)

Good morning & Congrats PIR Families!

Sarge Taxi Service is an affordable option and they have been moving military fams around GL a long time. Meaning they know the ropes! Safe travels and Enjoy every moment...

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Stay organized and connected with your Sailor

For our new members who are looking for something to help pass the time remember that you can join your local Blue Star Mothers group.

Here's the link - you can look for a group in your area.

https://www.bluestarmothers.org/

Here's the Wikipedia link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Star_Mothers_of_America

And here's the link to the Blue Star Mothers group on here:

Blue Star Mothers

Good Morning all.. Doing okay here. I did contact Sarge's taxi service for our visit the 10th. They will get back to me next week so I guess they have to work on their schedules, with covid and all. Looking on their site, prices are reasonable. We may use uber between hotel and base but will see, if I can get the taxi will use that first.

I wish I knew what week my SR was in, seems like new stuff starts on Thursdays and weekends don't seem to count so pull hair out. 

Good Morning All, hope today finds all well. I'm at work already starting the day with a Dr. pepper not much of a coffee drinker, had a very restless night could not go to sleep and when I did it was already to get up, UGH! tried to clear my mind but it didnt work so i'm lagging a bit but I'm sure I will start with the Hustle and Bustle soon.

Well today more I'm a Sailor calls will be coming Through so please keep your Phones close by side and On High!

Remember folks if you havent received the Call of I'm a Sailor make sure to change your message on phones, you may be in the sky flying out and if your Loved One calls at least your Message will satisfy them. "leave Like I'm sorry i missed your Call but I am on my way, I Love you and so very Proud"! I received my call a week prior to us Leaving and on a Friday, so it just depends. but you always want to be ready!

Hope you all have a very blessed day!

Trey - I am not the expert on BC weeks. When mine was in, it was plain and simple and my son graduated on the date the recruiter told us he would. And my son knew that was the date I was expecting so did everything in his power to make sure it happened. That was 4 years ago and I wish I could say since then it has stayed the same but it hasn't. 

Do you have your sailor's division #? If you have that then you can check out his graduation date on the RTC bootcamp website or ask one of us to help you figure it out. 

Usually you would count 9 Fridays including the week he/she entered to get a date of PIR, but now you have to add on a few more weeks because of the quarantine process.

He has a grad date the sept 10. div 399. so I know he is getting close, I just like to look at the what they are doing this week to have some idea of what he is doing.

Good Morning everyone! I am playing catch up on messages in my email feed and I just wanted to remind all of you - PLEASE be sure to scroll back through the pages and look for your name and a possible reply to a question or post. I know that BelovdbyHim has responded to a lot of you and so I won't comment as well. If you still aren't sure, please don't hesitate to ask again. 

FYI and I stand to be corrected on this as well - but I believe if you get a hotel with a swimming pool for PIR weekend and you want your sailor to be able to swim with you, they must be in their PT running shorts or swim trunks because that is issued gear and the same as them being in uniform for the pool area. Otherwise, civilian clothes are only allowed inside your hotel room, when out in public they must be in their uniform. 

For those of you going to PIR this weekend - Love, hugs, and safe travels!! When you get back be sure to share your experience and also come join us in the Beyond BC group! We look forward to helping you through A school, and keeping up with your sailor.

3 letters in the mail today from my son all dated 8/16.  I am going to assume thati's it until after testing and BS.  Im not going to lie - i am a bit anxious.  Next week can't come soon enough!!  Congrats and good luck to you for tomorrow!!!

October 1, 2021 TG-45 

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October 8, 2021 TG-46 

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October 15, 2021 TG-47 

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PIR AUGUST 2021

PIR SEPTEMBER 2021

Be sure to join your group.

Very Good Info, This is Mrs. Beloved post that she has put together.

Please read my blog to give you an idea of what the first few weeks may look like.. First Things First-- The Quarantine Edition Up and to the Left is a link to all the Navy Lingo! It is titled Navy Speak and you can find it here. We are here to get you through the “Great Silence” of the next 4 weeks (ish) and the 10 weeks of BC (ish). You will come to learn that No News Is GOOD News and everything is Needs of the Navy. You life will be Hurry Up and Wait and it’s ok to make plans but they are subject to change until after they have happened so it’s best to embrace the Motto: Semper Gumby!! (Always Flexible!!)

The Expected timeline will look like this
Day 0 -- Travel, Arrival and "I'm Here" scripted phone call

Week 1&2
Day 1-14 -- ROM (Restriction of Movement/ Quarantine-- Lots of studying and waiting) Unless they are Fully Vaccinated (2 weeks after final shot) in which case they skip straight to Week 3.

Week 3
Day 15-21 Arrive Onboard RTC and begin P-days (P-days- Initial Processing Days) including 2 days of P-hold (Weekend)
Day 21-- Complete P days. (Initial PFT & Run)

Week 4- First week of training 
Day 22-- Begin training and mail form letter out. Look for it to arrive around 1-2 weeks later

Week 5 -- First inspections and tests (Dental May be this week or next... Not Confirmed)(Form letter/ Personal letters usually arrive this week)

Week 6 -8 -- More training, Drilling (Flags and Marching), Fire Fighting training, Marlinspike (Line handling- How to tie up a Ship to the Pier) and weapons lessons, Confidence chamber( May or may not be happening yet, we don’t know for sure).. Warrior training in here somewhere.

Week 9 & 10 -- Stressful!! They have all their final inspections, PFA, Drills, BS21 and Tests. This is the lead up to the end!!

All of this is assuming no exposure to COVID with additional ROM
Training typically occurs Monday - Friday but we have heard rumors that Saturday’s are now training days as well.
Normal PIR will be 10 Fridays (8 if they arrive fully vaccinated) after departure from Home but it can be less by 1 but it can be extended by ???? (lots!!) It just depends on how many times they get caught in the “Ring of Fire” but do not get COVID. IF they get COVID, Once they are recovered they will not be removed from training again even if they are in the “Ring of Fire”. (so there is that small silver lining if kids get sick) Some Divisions are taking longer to fill and some Vaccine verification's are taking longer than expected so just remember, No News is GOOD News!!!

chipmunks discussion

What PIR weekend may be like for those flying out of GL

Trey - That makes sense, I know when my son was in BC my husband found me a timeline of activities through a Google search. Later though we found out from my son that it was all different than what they had posted LOL! But it made me feel better!

JenningsMom - Congratulations to your son on his jobs well done!!! 

Please help me welcome L's_mom76 - to our group as well as I know we have had some others that I think I have missed. 

Welcome  L's_mom76 so glad that you have joined, please come Introduce yourself to us all here on BCM. We would like to know where you are at in this Journey. and Please ask away if there is anything that is on your Mind. we are here to help. I have a Son in the Navy and he will be going on his 5 yrs soon. so any Emotions you are feeling believe me/us we have endured the same. So welcome again!

Reading well at least trying read through all past questions not easy on a cell that for sure and this my first time really ever using a online group thingy lol

Hello all.. my son is 1 week in today.  He is fully vaccinated so I am thinking he will be there 8 weeks,  assuming he passes everything.   I have to wait for his letter to know his exact PIR date, correct? And to know his group number? 

Dadyoftwins360 - You are doing great and you will get the hang of it. Stick around and we will help you through. Hopefully, you will be getting a form letter from your 1st one soon. 

drc2873 - Yes, your form letter will have his PIR date and also his Division #. Those can take anywhere from 2 - 3 ish weeks if no quarantine. If you happen to get a call from your sailor prior to the form letter ask if they have a Ship and Division # yet. If you can get a Ship # and a Division # then we can help you get an address to go with it. If they don't know their ship # but the name of the ship, it might take a little more work but we can hopefully get the right ship # to go with the name.

Always be sure to keep phones close, ringers on loud and answer every call. 

Dadyoftwins360 drc2873 Welcome to the Both of You, dont worry about reading past questions Please just ask. At one time if you counted 9 Fridays including the week he left you would get a PIR date at least close. But Now they have to quarantine so that adds a few weeks. I Will put some sites down and this will let you know about the testing he will be doing and when the form letter will be sent. Welcome again.

HERE IS A BREAKDOWN OF BOOT CAMP IN TIMES OF COVID

Day 0 -- Travel, Arrival and "I'm Here" scripted phone call

Week 1&2
Day 1-14 -- ROM (Restriction of Movement/ Quarantine-- Lots of studying and waiting)

Week 3
Day 15-21 Arrive Onboard RTC and begin P-days (P-days- Initial Processing Days) including 2 days of P-hold (Weekend)
Day 21-- Complete P days. (Initial PFT & Run)

Week 4- First week of training 
Day 22-- Begin training and mail form letter out. Look for it to arrive around 1-2 weeks later

Week 5 -- First inspections and tests (Dental May be this week or next... Not Confirmed)(Form letter/ Personal letters usually arrive this week)

Week 6 -8 -- More training, Drilling (Flags and Marching), Fire Fighting training, Marlinspike (Line handling- How to tie up a Ship to the Pier) and weapons lessons, Confidence chamber( May or may not be happening yet, we don’t know for sure).. Warrior training in here somewhere.

Week 9 & 10 -- Stressful!! They have all their final inspections, PFA, Drills, BS21 and Tests. This is the lead up to the end!!

Once you know your recruit's PIR date, be sure to join the group for that date. PIR groups are posted on the Comment Wall below once they are created. 

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Informed Delivery®

First Things First-- The Quarantine Edition 

When will the Form Letter come and what is in it?

The form letter will arrive in your regular mail around nine to fourteen business days after the recruit's arrival at RTC since it is not mailed until a division’s 1-1 Day of Training, which takes place after your recruit has taken and passed the run portion of the Baseline PFA, which is on or about the fifth business day after arrival (later if the division that your recruit was tentatively placed in upon arrival did not fill until a later date). See Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) and Fitness Improvement Training (FIT).

For guests unable to attend the boot camp graduation ceremony, the National Museum of the American Sailor, located by the main gate of Naval Station Great Lakes, offers live stream viewing of the boot camp graduation ceremony on Friday mornings.

This viewing is limited to only 40 guests and masks are required. Free tickets are available for pick up from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and on Friday morning prior to the event should there be any remaining. Tickets may not be reserved and guests must pick them up in person on a first-come, first-served basis.

The museum location is: Building 42, 2531 Sheridan Road, Great Lakes IL 60088. If you have any questions, please call 847-688-3154.

ATTENTION! Please do not click on any links in the comments section as they are spammers and scammers. Never offer your financial information to anyone claiming you can watch the live stream through them for free and then they attempt to charge viewers. The live stream is available to everyone for free from this Facebook page as well as our YouTube channel for RTC Public Affairs.

I MADE IT to Chicago! I just checked in to the hotel, already got my ticket for tomorrow. My SR called right after I got off of the plane! FINALLY! I'm only about 10 minutes from RTC. I'm so excited!

Yay Jules!  I'm excited for you ;-D

BZ to your new SAILOR!

Jules Very Excited for You! YAY! give big hugs to your loved one for us and Congratulate him as well!!!!

Jules- Whoo Hoo that is awesome!!! Give your loved one a big hug from us and have a wonderful time!!!

 Dadyoftwins360- It will get better. The waiting can be hard I know. Hopefully you will hear soon.

 drc2873- Hi and it's good to see you on here. The other ladies posted some really good information for you and that should help you. Let us know if you have any questions.  :)

Start writing now so when the form letter comes you can mail those letters off right away.  :)

Keep your phone on you at all times and that ringer on loud so you don't miss any calls!!

October 2021 PIR group is up - here's the link:

OCTOBER 2021 PIR

So sweet Jules.. yeah!

Jules, YAY!! It is so exciting to hear about families being able to attend graduation!! 

Congrats to all the new sailors this week!! 

I got letters!!!

He put all of his ROM letters in one envelope, and there was another one from this past Sunday. They were so funny! He said he felt like he was going to starve to death, and when he's done he's going to eat a whole pizza by himself!

After the ups and downs of this week, it was so good to get these. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers for our family.

Hopefully there will be a form letter from our daughter soon.

Mustangmom65 - that’s awesome. I’m so glad for you!!! 

Thank you chipmunk

Jules - WooHoo!! So happy you got your call!! 

All the best to all of our families at PIR tomorrow!!

JenningsMom - You are welcome! Those are the things that stir our Momma Hearts when we heard good news like that. 

MustangMom65 - That is so wonderful!! I am glad you got letters!!!

Jenningsmom- hey, I am so glad you got some letters. They are the best and it does our momma's heart so good.   :)

MustangMom65- Whoo Hoo I am so glad you got your letters. Now your heart can rest a little easier. Also, you can read the letters over when you are missing them.  :)

Big hugs to you!!

Good Morning Everyone,

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR BRAND NEW SAILORS AND THEIR FAMILIES. MAY GOD PROTECT THEM TODAY AND EVERY DAY AS THEY BEGIN THEIR NEW JOURNIES.

FOR THE FAMILIES AT GL ENJOY EVERY SINGLE MOMENT AND HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME!!!!

   ON FRIDAY'S WE WEAR RED TO REMEMBER EVERYONE DEPLOYED!!! GOD PLEASE PROTECT ALL OF OUR MILITARY MEMBERS AND KEEP THEM CLOSE TO YOU AS THEY GO ABOUT THIER JOBS PROTECTING US. 

GOD BLESS AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY EVERYONE!!!

Another day closer to some of our members for their PIR. I know it's hard but remember No news is good news.

Always keep your phone on you at all times and that ringer on loud. You just never know when a call will come thru.

No question is ever dumb and someone will answer you!!

Good Morning Everyone!!

Have a Wonderful RED Friday!

Thoughts and prayers for all of you in GL at PIR - remember Semper Gumby, Semper Fortis - Always Flexible, Always Strong!! 

For all of our newcomers we look forward to getting to know you more as you share on here. Also be sure to join your PIR groups, I see B'sNukeMom just posted the October PIR. 

PIR Groups!!

 August 2021 PIR

September 2021 PIR

October 2021 PIR

To our new members - if you are having trouble finding this area on BC Mom and Loved ones group to post, hopefully if you get this message in your email feed, you can click on the link and it will bring you to this comment wall area. This is where we do most of our daily chatter! 

  I am watching the live PIR right now!! If you want to watch you can go to fb and go to their page RTC. 

Hooyah!!!!

Good Morning All, hope this friday finds all well and for those in GL Have an amazing time. For those in GL if and when you return if you wouldnt mind breaking down all the information that came across and let and know if everything went smoothly. It would Be nice for the next group what to look out for.

For those that are New please come and ask questions and Introduce yourselves.

Have a great day!

Good morning everyone! I watched last week's PIR.  It was amazing. I am all set to see my SR on Sept. 17.  Flight, hotel reservations and rental car done....now if time would speed up.  Hope you all are well!!!!

Missy32446 - Getting excited right along with you!! May everything go smoothly for your SR!

Good Morning Missy32446- Hey and it's so good to see you post. It sounds like you are doing well. 

Yay. It will be here before you know it. Now the countdown begins.

Busy as always but have been doing well. It's good to hear from you.