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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

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So..Im sitting here with @ 3 am with my glass of wine wondering how do I say goodbye for now to my baby girl. She is leaving for bootcamp on Monday and my stomach is tied in so many knots Im not sure how to get them untied. Ive been a member of this site since she decided to join the Navy and to be honest I havent really grasped the fact that she is really leaving me and joining the world of aduldhood. Not just regular adulthood---she has decided to take on a role that most of would not do..not even me. I guess right now Im looking for someone to say to me that my baby and yes I meant to say "my baby" will be JUST fine...

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Your baby will be "just fine".......there, I've said it. Mine was and yours will be too. The 8 weeks they're in boot camp will be difficult because of the lack of communication so it's best not to let your imagination run too wild. She'll be absolutely safe, taken great care of, monitored day and night (much to her dismay!) and when you get that after-Battlestations phone call she'll make, saying "Hi Mom, I'm a sailor!" you'll know it'll all have been worth it.

When she leaves, you say "I love, you, I'll miss you, I'm SO proud of you.......now go out and save the world!"
Thanks guys for this information. She officially left this morning and arrived at bootcamp today. I JUST got my 10 second "Im here" call.lol She was very short and brief but I didnt try to make any other conversation with her. Thier flight was cancelled last night so they had to take another one this morning. It totally threw their schedules off so I got to text her all day today while she was in the Ohare airport. I feel so much better now as Im over the initial anxiety. Again thanks for all of your support.

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