Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones)

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hi.. the graduation form can come in various times.. I think we got ours maybe two weeks.. processing times can make start/end dates tricky until you hear from them..

BNMHs to all.. hoping you all get phone calls.. 

Merry Christmas to everyone!! I realize that this year, Christmas may seem very strange, very different, even lonely and like you don't want to celebrate. Many of us are also missing our sailors or have even had to change and adjust our Christmas Day to other times. You are not alone, and it is okay to come share your feelings. 

When I am struggling, I work on finding other projects or things to keep me occupied. I play music that my son liked to listen to, and I stay thankful that my sailor or vet, has stood the watch many holidays for their fellow shipmates, and for my protection. 

rmarie25 - as I recall, it was about 2 weeks or more before we received the "form" letter in the mail with our son's mailing address and date for PIR. It seems though that some of the SRs may opt to have their information sent via Sandboxx App and so the form letter comes electronically. This was not an option when my son was at BC, so I am not as familiar with the process. I would double check your email spam folder though and trash in case it was sent there instead of to your inbox, if you did receive something from Sandboxx App. 

Happy Tuesday!  I hope everyone had a nice Christmas.  You may or may not have heard from your SR but do know they were thinking of you!  You're getting closer to PIR - and remember, no news is good news!

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Merry Christmas everyone! We are so excited! We finally heard from our sailor this morning before the crack of dawn after 4 weeks of silence! He said all is on track for his graduation date and we told him to look out for the SecAccForm we sent on Sandboxx because we only just found it a few days ago and filled it in! LOL! We still have so many questions but we feel better having heard from him and now praying all the more for this week and next with all the assessments....Blessings to you all!

Awesome news Isa.. it's like sweet liquid to your ears hearing their voice.  Glad everything is on track too..

Good evening everyone!!

Cali Navy Mom & others - be sure to go to the Navy BC website - Home (navy.mil) - 

Here is the link to the Graduation page, be sure to scroll down and through all drop downs if they are there. - U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command > Graduation - the guest security form is there as well. They have one for 3 guests and 4 guests. I am not sure which will be valid for your PIR date. 

4 guest - GUEST SECURITY ACCESS FORM (4 GUEST) V3.pdf (navy.mil)

3 guest - GUEST SECURITY ACCESS FORM (3 GUEST) V3.pdf (navy.mil)

Here is the link to the graduation dates and divisions - U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command > Graduation > Training Gr...

More information on the Sandbox App - SANDBOXX APP for letters to BootCamp - Navy For Moms (ning.com)

If you have received your sailors mailing address from Sandboxx you may go ahead and write them as well as print off the Security Access form and mail it in. I would make a copy and mail another one after you have received your first letter, or be sure to let your SR know that you sent the security form to them, and did they receive it? 

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It lists who will be attending PIR and information about them

Trey - Did you use the Sandboxx App, or receive your SRs mailing address via it? Those of us prior to this option are not very familiar with the way it works and I am not much help answering questions with regards to it.  - Thanks!

Can anyone share how you received the Security Access Form if you only received your mailing address via the Sandbox App email?  When my son was in, it was mailed to us via the form letter as I recall. My PIR was even prior to the tickets so a lot has changed with that regards since my son was at BC. I shared the link to print the form in my post last night. 

we were in the in-between stage.. we got our security form from our sailor but we did use the Sandboxx app to send him letters everyday and the news page you can also buy.  Sandboxx has definitely gotten bigger, more involved.. 

We received our sailor's address from Sandboxx but never used it to send letters. I think we downloaded the security form from Sandboxx and returned it via USPS. I ended up sending two security forms because my sailor didn't even know what it was for when he received the first one - it may be wise to wait until just a couple of weeks prior to PIR to sending it out.

sounds about right.. they do run some checks I believe and if the pir date changes, you may or may not have to resubmit another one.. I don't remember when my sailor was washed back..

Happy Thursday!

I'll be leaving on vacation tomorrow - heading to Michigan to see son, DIL and baby Oliver!  I'm so excited ;-D  

I'll be checking in but not often....you all behave lol!

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Reminder - NO PIR this week.  Our next PIR is 1/4/2024.

I will be around, I just may not see messages until later in the day or so. B'sNukeMom - get lots of baby hugs!

We are super excited and grateful! We just got our "I'm a Sailor" call! Our sailor sounds very tired but he's upbeat too! 

Just a reminder on the Security Access form... You want to send that back at least 3 weeks BEFORE BS21 Date. Don't wait too long.  Also be sure to include a note to your SR about it!  They may not make the connection but it's critical that it gets turned in on time so that the Navy can do what they need to to get you and your party on the guest list!  Your SR is the one who ultimately decides who they want to be on the list so be sure to be in regular communications about this as well.

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ATTENTION ON DECK

WE HAVE A NEW SAILOR

BZ to ISA and her Sailor!! Congratulations!!!

Do you get to go and get that first Sailor hug?  It's always a great day to get that phone call!! Now the real work begins!!

B'sNukeMoM -- Enjoy all those baby hugs!!  We'll try and behave but we DID raise sailors, so....

BNMHs. To Isa and sailor..  so exciting and awesome...

Congratulations, ISA and family!!

ISA - Congratulations to your son!!! I hope that you will be able to attend PIR! I believe you have already joined the Beyond BC group. Feel free to join in our chats in that group as well. 

I hope some of you received phone calls this weekend. If not, maybe your SRs had a little more time to write a letter.

Good Morning!!

Congratulations to Training Group-4!! It looks like there are 11 divisions graduating from Bootcamp today. We wish all of our new sailors all the best as they move forward, may their families have safe travels and may there be lots of hugs!!

Our graduation ceremony will be live streamed Thursday at 0900 Central. Use either our Facebook or YouTube link to view. 

I highly recommend to those with an upcoming PIR that you at least watch one of the replays of a PIR close to your own. With the replay you may ffwd through it, but it will give you a sense of what to expect when you attend your own Pass in Review. 

Below are a couple of posts from the  RTC Facebook page which may be of interest to you: 

This is for the day after PIR - 

Friends & family of RTC,

Another post from RTC FB page - 

Todays PIR happening live now:

LIVE PIR 01.04.2024

Happy Friday!

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Be sure to join your PIR group.  Here are the links:

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Thinking of all our SRs and their families and sending confident and resilient thoughts and warm hearts 💕 to all on this cold, snowy, and windy weather day! 

Good Morning to all of our members and any of you that are new to the site and haven't joined this the BC Mom and Loved ones group. 

My thoughts and prayers are with those of you who are trying to travel to GL for PIR this week!! I am staying hopeful that you will be able to get there and see your new sailors!!!

Stay warm, moms!!

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