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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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Amphibious (Gator Navy)

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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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Comment by Anti M on October 3, 2009 at 9:47am: Okay, a BMU is a Beach Master Unit... a Foxtrot unit takes care of the small landing boats, such as the ones the Riverines use. Hubby says they can change ships, so the unit can be deployed with any gator which requires a BMU. He may be with the Comstock the whole time, or maybe not.

Comment by Cheryl on October 2, 2009 at 10:08pm: Hey Barbara and welcome to the group. My son is also with the USS Comstock. It is nice to meet you and would like to get to know you and your son better.

Comment by Elane on October 2, 2009 at 5:13pm: Barbara... if indeed your son is still assigned to the USS Comstock that is where my son is assigned. would love to get to know you better via private chat.. I know of a few other Mom's connected to that ship but we have not set up a "group" for that ship yet.

Comment by Anti M on October 2, 2009 at 10:14am: Babara, I will ask hubby, he should get home tonight. I don't like to pester him when he's driving that semi!

He was on the Dubuque, has always been a gator freighter sailor, so he should have some idea.

Comment by Anti M on October 1, 2009 at 5:15pm: He's assigned to the unit itself. if it is assigned to the Comstock, then so is he. I can ask hubby when he gets home in a few days. Can you say what type of unit?

Comment by Anti M on September 16, 2009 at 10:35am: Shirley, Puff the Magic Dragon is not about drugs unless you are a drug user. They see drug references in everything! I know quite a few (I go to Burning man, they're all over there) so I understand the mindset. Nope, for most of us, it is a song about a dragon. I loved it as a little kid... when it was new and I didn't know what drugs were.

I'm kinda down, my SIL in WV has ovarian cancer, never good news. Then I got back from vacation to find a friend had died of pancreatic cancer. And just last night I found out my 86 year old dad has cancer of some kind, no details yet. Not a good one if they discovered it through blood and bone tests. I just lost a brother to cancer in December, so I'm pretty raw right now.

Comment by Anti M on August 26, 2009 at 1:22pm: A Seabee can be a Beachmaster. Not all are, but almost every Beachmaster is a Seabee.

Comment by Anti M on August 26, 2009 at 10:31am: Sometimes there's EOD with the BMU if the beach is mined. These days they're just there first with the heavy equipment to clear a way to set a base camp or command post. In WWII, they were under fire. Now, not so much.

Comment by Anti M on August 26, 2009 at 10:29am: Hubby, who was on the Dubuque, says the BMU small boats are on the bigger amphibious ship. They're Seabees (mostly), who comprise the initial assault groups ... first ones on the beach to establish the beachhead so the troops can come ashore.

Comment by Anti M on August 22, 2009 at 11:14am: Shirley, so sorry about your cat. Nope, no word from the Dubuque. No news is good news... they're going out for exercises sometime, but I don't know when. Cold be busy. A gf? LOL, yes, busy!