Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones)

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. 

USPS Informed Delivery - Sign up and receive an email from the US Postal Service showing what mail you will be getting each day (if available in your area).  

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.

MIssy32446 what Fantastic News! these days/weeks will go so Fast, before you know it you will be Hugging and Kissing Your loved One.

Best day ever! So proud! I got to visit with him for about 15 minutes. Now I'm waiting for him to call after he gets moved over to A school so I can pick him up for liberty!

Congrats Jules!!!  Awesome!!!

Jules - So happy for you!!  I am curious though, is that a picture of a picture or were they in their dress blues?  I expected they were in their dress whites. I did not have a chance to watch PIR. 

Where is the Pic with you and him?  we need a pic of you and Him jules!

Phoenixmom - She may not want to post that on the BC Mom page since it is public. 

Oh ok I did and it was fine. no names showed. but I get it.

Thanks so much y'all. SO PROUD of him!

Chipmunk The pic is a window in the building. I wanted to be careful not to post any pics of Sailors or families. 

Phoenixmom I WANT TO SHOW y'all but...I decided it's best if I dont post a pic of us together. 

Jules - that is a good idea!! And that makes sense, I was just curious! It is a neat picture!! 

I get it jules I Like the photo you posted!

Congrats to all the new sailors and their families!

I am looking forward to seeing Son#2 on the 17th!

I got a call from my daughter this morning. One of the people she put as a reference recently moved, and she needed updated information. They don't have a new address yet, so I was able to give her info for a different person, and that seemed to work. She forgot to get a phone number, so had to call back. The first call she sounded really stressed, but at the end of the second she said, with the determination I've come to expect from her, "I love you and I will see you at graduation."

MustangMom65 that was a great reassurance call, Love It!

Mustangmom65 - I am glad that you had a call from your daughter, even if it was a "business" call.