This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.
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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.
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- Graduation Info
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Navy Speak
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Navy.com Para Familias
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DEP-Leavin' for bootcamp in May
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This group is for N4M members that have a loved one leaving for bootcamp in May...I will leave the year open so that even future Deppers leaving in the month of May of any year can join...Lets share stories, information, concerns, and questions
Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/deppersinbutnotyet
Members: 411
Latest Activity: May 19, 2023
Hello everyone and welcome to the Navy!!! This Group was started for the loved one of DEPPERS leaving in the month of May (although everyone is welcome).......What year you say? Well ......any year!
If you have May 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 May, ...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."
Discussion Forum
RIMom
Started by RIMom. Last reply by Phoenixmom May 21, 2018. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Hello
Started by Trish. Last reply by lemonelephant May 20, 2018. 11 Replies 1 Like
The box
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Proud and worried
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Boyfriend Leaving May 30th, 2018
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Comment by Carla on April 25, 2014 at 1:00am
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Hi! My son leaves for BC on May 1. I'm feeling emotional but I know he is ready.
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Comment by give them wings on April 24, 2014 at 8:38pm
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Navywife14 I'm surprised at how few may 13 dates I have seen as well. So do you understand how long they have from graduation until they fly out to Charleston . I guess I am confused as to if they leave Saturday or Sunday. Are you excited?
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Comment by Razorbackfan214 on April 23, 2014 at 11:28pm
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My son leaves May 6th. He is entering the Nuke program. We are excited for him and this amazing opportunity. He has been waiting to leave for close to a year. The reality of his departure has just hit us. I have already learned so much about what to expect, just in the last 24 hours (since I first found the site). I'm hoping this support will keep me from shedding a lot of tears.
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My son leaves may 13 and is going nuke. Sorry not a spouse but it is exciting to hear about other people doing the same thing.
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Comment by lemonelephant on April 10, 2014 at 11:55pm
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I have left info on "A" School on many of your My Pages, so check your My Page.
If I didn't and you need more info on your future Sailor's rating (job/specialty) leave a comment on my My Page with the contracted rating and I will give you info on the rating and groups to join.
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therevbev, make sure that you file a change of address with the post office so that your mail will be forwarded. Let your SR's recruiter know the new address and s/he may be able to enter it into the system. Give it to your SR in your first letter so he can make the change in his paperwork.
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Comment by Psalm150.1.6 on April 10, 2014 at 8:30pm
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Cherbear! My son is also in the SECF! He will be going to Submarine A school in Groton, CT! He is in the DEP. He just completed his third year of college when he decided to enlist in November. My mother pass away in September. I think that had a hand in his decision.He enlisted when he was 18 and decided he wanted to go to college. I guess he is ready to serve his country!
Someone must have dropped out. The recruiter had offered my son a date much sooner,because some in his rate dropped out. He declined.Three weeks to go. Feeling apprehensive even though I know what to expect.
This site has answered most of my questions and fears. I prayed and I know God is covering him! He will cover our children too!
Cherbear, our sons more than likely meet each other!
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Comment by Beaus mom on April 9, 2014 at 1:27pm
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Cherbear, what a roller coaster that has been for you and your family. Hopefully his May 6 date won't change. After bootcamp my son will be going to A school in South Carolina, he's in the nuclear engineering program. So, he will be a long way from home :-(. I have learned so much from this site about what to expect in the coming months, it really is a lifesaver! I feel like my son has a pretty good grasp of things and sometimes I tell him things that Ive learned from this site that he hasn't heard before. The recruiting office where he has his DEP meetings is awesome. He enjoys his DEP meetings and the physical training. He is kind of a gym rat anyway so he feels like the physical training part of bootcamp won't be a challenge. He says the PT at bootcamp will be a "piece of cake", I hope he's right. How is your son feeling? With his delays he is probably just ready to get this started! Take care and have a great day :-)
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Be sure to check out the discussion, Things to Do in the Last Month before Your Future Sailor Leaves for....
If you have not yet joined Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones), now is a good time to do so (especially if you have a recruit at the RTC) and to begin checking out the Pages (found under the pictures of the Members) starting with OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes to Your Profile) (some of you have changes that you need to make--at least change 3) and Arrival and What Happens at the RTC.
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Comment by cherbear on April 9, 2014 at 5:49am
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Hi Beaus mom and Psalm150.1.6 !! So happy to connect! We are from MI about an hour north of Detroit. This has been a bumpy yet long wait for my son. He was suppose to leave in December and we were all ready. Then was delayed due to a surgery and he waited some more. Then finally he got an Oct. 1st ship date which meant more waiting. Then last week he got a call that said he was leaving May 6th. Now I feel unprepared, which is weird because I've had all this time. After boot camp he will be going to A school in Groton CT for SEFC. How about your kids?
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