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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)
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Hello all fellow shipmothers, girlfriends, best friends, aunties, grammas, sisters, etc...
Just wondering who is in the same ship and division as my son. I live in Wisconsin and will be staying at the Navy Lodge for the PIR ceremony.
My son will be going to Groton after PIR. I haven't gotten a phone call from him yet but am excited to hear from him.
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That makes me feel better, I thought it was just me! I thought I was doing pretty well, but when I didn't get a letter, I kind of lost it for a minute.
I know how you feel, I get my email sent straight to my phone, so all day I was reading about how everyone got letters. I work 2nd shift so I was so sure I'd come home and have a letter, but no such luck! :( They have to come today!!
You all should get your letters today! Somebody posted that they always got letters on Thursdays and it seemed like everyone else was getting them on Wednesdays! My SR wrote that he has made a few good friends in our division, gave me last names (I think)...maybe one of them is your SR!
my son is in this division i am hoping to get a letter today! not hearing from him is killing me!
I got my letter yesterday so maybe all of you will today.....He sounded very upbeat and not too depressed....Of course I cried and cried....I hope all of you get one today
Yes I know what you mean I couldnt even read it to my husband which is out of town I cried so much.... especially when I read that he had all his wisdom teeth pulled that same day. :( But the rest of the letter he sounded happy and oh so grown up WOW. I just know you guys will get your letters today.
HOOORAYYYYY. for those of you that I am not currently "friends" with here...I sent you a friend request! just accept me please!!! I promise not to be pesty!
I got a letter too! Yah! He sounds good, misses us alot; talked about 'watch' duty and told us about how his days are going. He also said the days are getting easier. I can't wait to see him on March 2!
thats GREAT news! congratulations!
I got two letters today! Both were two pages and front and back. They were from the 20th and the 21st. He also said something about training days which I was a little confused about. Does anyone know what training day they're on right now?
Did he give you actual days? Maybe we can help you figure it out.
If I did it correctly, they are on week 2, day 5 today...or I will be VERY close! On Jan 19 my sailor wrote he was on Week 1 Day 3.
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