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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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A place were we family members with Sailors on amphibious boats can come and talk ask questions and just hang out.. so anyone out there with a loved one on a amphibious jump on in lets share stories..
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Latest Activity: Jul 6, 2023
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How to Communicate with a Sailor on Ship Deployment
Started by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom. Last reply by 10mileloop Jun 18, 2017. 17 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Miranda Nicole on August 17, 2010 at 2:29am
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Hi everyone and welcome Cheryl. Just an update. The Bataan pulled out off the yard and is off into the atlantic as of yesterday morning at 8. I had an eventfull day after our son actually realized he was waving Bye to daddy and his ship. lol
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Comment by Arwen on August 17, 2010 at 1:51am
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Welcome Cheryl. My son is about to report to the USS Denver. This is really odd for us because my husband and I are both from the submarine Navy (he from a submarine, myself from a sub tender).
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Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on August 16, 2010 at 10:21pm
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Hi Cheryl, welcome!! My son is currently on the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7).
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Shirley, that's so great! I'm just learning about them, too. Share some links about your son's ship and their activities if you can.
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LOL, I don't have to worry about breaking OPSEC, I don't know any dates yet. But the Navy news releases say that the Denver and the rest of her group is preparing for "fall exercises."
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Arwen, my son has two pairs of coveralls aboard the Iwo Jima. There's a sea bag list here - http://www-nmcp.med.navy.mil/EduRes/AcademicAffairs/Contacts/Chapter3.pdf but AM's right. Let us know?
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We're getting conflicting information about Chris' uniform needs for when he hits the fleet next month.
His instructors said they should have a minimum of 10 coveralls in their seabags when they report to their ship, yet a uniform directive he received says that use of coveralls is restricted, and use of coveralls is to be replaced with digis when the uniform changeover is complete next month.
He hasn't heard from his sponsor yet, and he wears an uncommon size that has to be special ordered, which takes time.
So, does anyone know what he should be buying? Coveralls or digis?
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The Navy gave him specific tickets for meeting his ship in Japan, so it's not really up to us. But yeah, when it's regular leave and flights are up to the sailor, then I agree, you need to give an extra day, just in case flights are screwed up.
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And don't cut it too close at the end of leave......
It's funny, I've adopted a Navy mantra for myself - "If you're not early, you're late" - use it all the time!
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How long of a leave they grant is sometimes inexplicable.
Two of Chris' classmates are going to the same ship he is, and they graduate together tomorrow. One of them is a recent boot camp grad, the other has been in for the same amount of time as Chris. Yet the two of them got 10 days' leave, Chris got 17 days. None of them can figure out why.
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