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900 Division Duties
Here is a description of the 900's Division duties written by a former Sailor:
900 divisions are performing divisions. There are 3 types of 900 divisions which will be explained in depth a little further down; staff, state flags, and triple threat. 900's PT less and have much less slack for people who can't pass their PFA or their swim qual, not because we're assholes, but because our "free time" is spent at the drill hall.
Staff divisions, which are all male, run graduation. Their division provides the reviewing commander, master-at-arms, and adjutant for the graduation ceremony. Basically those are the guys that stand right in front of where the CO is sitting and issue commands to the divisions, etc. Their division also has an honor guard that gets inspected by the reviewing officer and/or commanding officer (not 100% sure on who performs the inspection lol). Other than that, they have door openers, bell strikers, bodysnatchers, etc. They go off of very specific cues that help graduation run smoothly.
Next is state flags, which is an integrated division. Obviously they carry state flags, along with U.S. territory flags, and they're kind of like one giant color guard. Their division also provides the actual 5-man color guard (2 rifles, U.S. flag, Navy flag, POW flag) and the drum line.
Last, but not least, is triple threat, which is also an integrated division. They have a band, a choir, an armed exhibition drill team, and non-performers if you don't make the cut or get cut from one of those three. Not sure if all MUs have to be in a triple threat, but I know if you are an MU in a triple threat division you will be performing a solo while the band is playing. The Navy band plays at the beginning of graduation and provides the music you hear in the drill tape during the ceremony, but the triple threat band plays a few songs by themselves and with the choir. I wasn't in band, but I heard the music was prettyyy easy. As for the choir, most of our non-performers came from not making the cut for choir. If you've never done armed exhibition and only have experience in band color guard or armed regulation, you can still do triple threat drill team. For the band people, the rifles are a lot heavier, but you'll get used to it pretty quickly. For armed reg. people, most drill teams do simple, clean moves and save the cool fancy spinning for the RPCO or ARCPO, so as put in the work you're fine.
If you're interested in being in one of these divisions, be aware that only one 900 division is formed per week, but not all week. For example, I arrived on a Tuesday which happened to be the first day they were screening for triple threat. We got a majority of our division strength on Wednesday, with a few stragglers on Thursday. We're housed in ship 02, the USS Reuben James, which is the closest ship to pretty much everything. Only 900 divisions live in ship 02, and when you first get there you'll be sharing a compartment with a senior division that's about to graduate.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
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Comment by Juniboop on June 26, 2010 at 9:49pm
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My daughter finally got to tell me what she is doing in the 900 division--she is in the band :) Cute!
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Comment by arlene40 on June 26, 2010 at 9:20pm
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oh let me brag...my grandson was in the 900 unit, he was the band leader, so when the band came into the building he was the first one you saw carrying his wand... it was so exciting... got great pictures... wow.... I was so proud...
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Reading all these post, just carried me back to Jan 13th this year when i saw my grandson off for his boot camp at Great Lakes...yes, this 70 year old woman made it there for his graduation on March 12th. Wow, what memories, now he is in San Diego and we have not seen him since we left him there in from of the NEX on that Sunday night March 14th, how I hated to leave him, cried all the way back to Georgia, and cry now as I am reflecting back.. I miss him so much. He has added two more years to his enlisted time to get some type of promotion. Finished his A school last week and will start another school real soon. He has met another sailor and they have been dating since he got there. She has been in service 3 months longer than he. Seems to be a very sweet girl and they are so in love... he has actually bought her a ring and proposed to her...so we will see how this turns out. He is trying to come home the end of July but we know for sure he will get home for Christmas and New Year. His girl friend is from Austin TX. She is very pretty and they do not plan on getting married for another year... so we will just pray that if she is the girl that God has for him it will all work out, if not it will fall apart... They are doing lots of things together enjoying the site-seeing and the different parks etc. She is studying the same thing he is studying. Now this is only one of my three grandchildren in the service.. My grand-daughter went in a year before this one and she has already been in a year. She is really missed too. Her little boy is turning 3 years old this month.. Her mother has been keeping him here but she came a few weeks back and got him but he will be back soon. He seems to adjust. She seems happy at times but then this week she was wishing she had a regular job and not in the navy, but then immediately she changed her thoughts that she is very pleased with what she is doing. She is a Engineer on the James e Williams Nuclear Fighter Ship. Then I have my oldest grandson that is in the Coast Guards.. he was home recently, finishing up his 2nd year. Oh how I miss these children. I have aged fifty years since they have been gone and I am 70 years old so you know I cannot afford to age 50 years. .. I will be glad to see them all back home. I am on facebook also. You can look me up as Arlene Robinson Murrell, my email address is arlenemurrell@att.net. please join me on facebook. I have several mothers, girlfriends etc that are already my friends and i would love to have you join me there too. God bless you all... I pray daily for our sailors and service people... God will protect them...
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If you manage to find me on Facebook, just look in my friends. You'll find Kyle there. Facebook told me she didn't exist about 4 times before It finally found her.
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Aww Kimmydee! What a sweet story! And I'll watch the news and see if you won :)
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Can't find you either Kimmydee! Facebook is driving me crazy. Find me. Janet Robinette Howard
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Maybe I'm just over thinking things, but now I'm worried about getting a phone call so early on. Did anyone else on here get a call way before you expected? Scares me that something is wrong, like maybe she isn't dealing very well at all. I know she gets homesick.
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Comment by Deanna_H_Proud_FC2's_Mom on June 26, 2010 at 5:40pm
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And watch for calls coming in from the 847 area code.. That's your Recruit!! I remember I felt like I could fly the day I was driving home and my cell phone rang with an 847 number. I answered so fast and just said "Andrew?" I was so glad to hear his voice!! I was afraid I'd cry. But, I'd been preparing myself that I'd probably get to talk to him that week so I wouldn't. And I didn't.. and we laughed and talked and .. IT WAS AWESOME!!
Proud Sailor's Mom (PIR 4/9/10)
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That's good advice Kayzfam. I burst into tears, and then she burst into tears, and I didn't ask her anything I needed to know!
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Comment by Kay(Daughter is a gunners mate) on June 26, 2010 at 5:02pm
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You get 2 free drinks at the meet and greet:) Kyle M's Mom, order the room service pizza....it is awesome....
Some advice, hold the emotions in on the phone calls:) It makes them cry. Be strong! Write a list of questions that you have because the minute you hear their voice you will forget everything.
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