800 Divs/Future Spec Opps Moms, Wives etc. check in here!
Thank you to Angie F.- WA: HM mom for this information :)
Hi all. Just wanted to help you get off on the right foot here. There are things that loved ones with 800 Division Spec Opps Recruits (Pre Buds/SEALS, SWCC. EOD, SAR-Rescue Swimmers etc) must be extra mindful and aware of from the get go...
FYI - posted by our former Navy For Mom's Admin Elle a few months ago:
"After speaking with NRC and members of the SEAL community, we are requesting that NO photos of any of your loved ones that are current or future SEALs are posted on this site - period. This includes profile photos. Per our existing site guidelines - please be sure to make no mention of sailor last names or contact information.
Thank you for your compliance!"
FYI: All 800 Divisions are made up solely of Spec Opps Recruits. They will have more PT (Physical Training) than the other Divisions. They develop teamwork like the others, only the Recruits from other Divisions are often scattered and sent to many different "A" schools and such after PIR for further training. Spec Opps Recruits headed eventually towards SEALS training in Coronado CA, will stay together and move as a team over to Pre Buds in GL first for further intense physical training. The Div # from BC is dropped, and they will be assigned to a new three digit Class #. The other Spec Opps Sailors will also move on to their next schools after PIR, in Florida and elsewhere.
I have made a separate OPSEC discussion. Please familiarize yourself with all aspects. We must do everything in our power to protect all of our Sailors, ESPECIALLY those in Spec Opps! Be deliberately mindful, always, think before you post. If in doubt, use that little "x' button to delete and/or edit, or p.m. a more "seasoned" Mom and ask if if would be o.k. to share what you want to post. Check with your Sailor too and see what their preferences are, or what they have been instructed to do, or not. Less said the better. Also, pictures speak a thousand words, but they also sometimes give away too much information about your loved one! Its not an easy path your Recruit has chosen. They need all the help, support and protection you can give! Best wishes to all of your amazing Recruits HOOYAH!
Hi all. Just wanted to help you get off on the right foot here. There are things that loved ones with 800 Division Spec Opps Recruits (Pre Buds/SEALS, SWCC. EOD, SAR-Rescue Swimmers etc) must be extra mindful and aware of from the get go...
FYI - posted by our former Navy For Mom's Admin Elle a few months ago:
"After speaking with NRC and members of the SEAL community, we are requesting that NO photos of any of your loved ones that are current or future SEALs are posted on this site - period. This includes profile photos. Per our existing site guidelines - please be sure to make no mention of sailor last names or contact information.
Thank you for your compliance!"
FYI: All 800 Divisions are made up solely of Spec Opps Recruits. They will have more PT (Physical Training) than the other Divisions. They develop teamwork like the others, only the Recruits from other Divisions are often scattered and sent to many different "A" schools and such after PIR for further training. Spec Opps Recruits headed eventually towards SEALS training in Coronado CA, will stay together and move as a team over to Pre Buds in GL first for further intense physical training. The Div # from BC is dropped, and they will be assigned to a new three digit Class #. The other Spec Opps Sailors will also move on to their next schools after PIR, in Florida and elsewhere.
I have made a separate OPSEC discussion. Please familiarize yourself with all aspects. We must do everything in our power to protect all of our Sailors, ESPECIALLY those in Spec Opps! Be deliberately mindful, always, think before you post. If in doubt, use that little "x' button to delete and/or edit, or p.m. a more "seasoned" Mom and ask if if would be o.k. to share what you want to post. Check with your Sailor too and see what their preferences are, or what they have been instructed to do, or not. Less said the better. Also, pictures speak a thousand words, but they also sometimes give away too much information about your loved one! Its not an easy path your Recruit has chosen. They need all the help, support and protection you can give! Best wishes to all of your amazing Recruits HOOYAH!
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Permalink Reply by Kathy #1Fan on -
Thanks for making this specific topic Michelle. We as well as our recruits will need special support from all.
I am so thankful to have my son home for this week before he ships off Feb. 2. Only 18 more days. I am so proud of
him I could burst. He has grown so much just during the DEP process and I can't wait to see what the Navy will make of him. -
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Permalink Reply by Michelle (Craigs Mom) on -
Kathy you think your proud now and just wait till you see him in his uniform standing there at graduation! WOW what a feeling!
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Permalink Reply by Kym proud mom :) on -
I can't wait till graduation!!
I just cleaned out his car and now onto his room :) Hopefully he will keep it clean when he comes back for visits...LOL
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Permalink Reply by Michelle (Craigs Mom) on
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Kym...ROFL I am so sorry to bust any bubbles BUT My son came home for Christmas and OMG I think he was messier than before he left ROFL!!! I ask him if they taught him how to clean up there and he said sure they did but he was home and didnt have to keep things as clean ROFL!!!
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Permalink Reply by MomMom on -
My son is on a plane, as I write this, for BC in Great Lakes as an 800. I'm so proud of him and he is so dedicated. This has been his dream for four years. However, I miss him already! I understand they group them together for a class/division-right? Will this possibly delay his start of BC?
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Permalink Reply by Michelle (Craigs Mom) on
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MomMom they do group them together in ships and divisions...the first week is usually medical processing....So if he left today then he will probably officially begin BC this coming Monday....Thats why sometimes you will hear that bootcamp is 8 to 10 weeks. Recruits arrive all week long from all over the country. As they arrive they are assigned ships and divisions....A ship is a building and the division is the group of recruits that they will work with for the entire time. They assign around 80 recruits (give or take) to a division. I hope that I answered your question..
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Permalink Reply by MomMom on
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Yes, thanks. So other than doing physicals, etc. is he doing anything this week?
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Permalink Reply by Michelle (Craigs Mom) on
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No not really....I think they do PT but thats about it. They are getting ready for begining of BC
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Permalink Reply by seayasoon89 on -
My son arrived today at BC, he is also an 800. From what I understand all of the 800's from this week will officially start Monday. Perhaps they'll be together? He was also a depper for over a year and has worked and talked about little else than making his chosen rate. Good Luck to You & Your Sailor!
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Permalink Reply by hooyahbz on -
I received his "box" today....crazy he hasn't even been gone a week! Miss him like crazy...when I opened the "box" the tears started all over again! I hope this gets a little easier, soon! :)
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Permalink Reply by MomMom on
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Thanks for the info and heads up on special ops. I am so proud of my son and I sure don't want to every do anything that would make it more difficult for even impossible for him.
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Permalink Reply by hooyahbz on
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My son left yesterday and we received the call last night he was there. Will he be in the general bootcamp or will they seperate the pre-buds/spec ops from the rest of the bootcamp? I understand that once he is done with bootcamp he will move onto pre-buds. Sorry...I am just trying to learn about all this...newbie here! :) He has grown into such a man...he has been working out and the physical condition he is in is remarkable. I hope that he will be able to work on it while he is in bootcamp! Any info that you might be able to provide would be awesome! :)
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