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Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
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
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."
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RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
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Bahrain Moms
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If you have a son or daughter in Bahrain or going to Bahrain heres the group for you!!!!!!
Members: 402
Latest Activity: Feb 26, 2024
I have many moms asking me, hows life in Bahrain? So I thought I would put a few things together, post it and update, make corrections as I remember something. Well aside from the very hot sun, nice beaches,museums,malls on and off base,the sand storms , which reak havoc on the weapons some carry :). Here are a few thing that might help.
New Arrivals
1. 2 or 3 weeks of training and classes to learn Bahrain customs,laws and the Navys do's & don't's
2. Not allowed off base til the training is complete.
3. No family housing. Non military persons were removed after 9/11. ("09" spouses allowed back )
4. Lower rank personal(I'll check the rank) must live on base in barricks. Others live off base in rental units.
Duty
1. Shifts are 12 hours long.
2. No uniforms are to be worn off base at any time only civ's (civilian cloths)
3. Unlike the States, there week is Sunday - Thursday weekend is Friday and Saturday.
Misc.
1.They buy cell phones on base at the mall or Nex. They can call you for about 10 cents and send texts for 10 cent per text. (Tho in Bahrain they go by BD'S Bahrain Dollars).
NOTE: They CAN NOT text to some cell phone services. The ones I know are Nextel,Verizon and Sprint.
2. Everything they need can be bought on base at the mall or Nex. Even computers,tv's, music,movies .....everything......
3. Drinking: 18 is the legal drinking age in Bahrain on and off base.This goes for the military personal also with one Navy rule in order to buy/drink liquor or whiskey you must be 21, but at 18 they can consume/purchase beer and wine.
1. They have a on base post office. Which is closed I belive on Monday's.
2. On packages/letters you send DO NOT write Bahrain,middle east or Manama anywhere on the outside of the mail. This may make it arrive to the town P.O.(Manama) instead of onbase. The military ships its own mail but if it does not arrive to the state side base to be shipped to your sailor than its put on a internatial mail flight and sent to the town P.O. Your sailor will have a p.o. box with a FPO address on base only use the address he/she gives you and your return address. It will look something like this.
*Rank Name*
PSC ??? Box ???
FPO AE 09840-2800
http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/home.asp
http://www.bahraintribune.com/index.asp
https://www.cnic.navy.mil/bahrain/index.htm (This one is the base news)
Sailors on a Liberty Tour
Discussion Forum
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Comment by chriscwick on December 12, 2012 at 8:41pm
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And here I thought I was the only one drinking that wonderful ginger ale! Hope it arrived safely.
Welcome aboard NENavySis!
Congrats to the new POs, rising POs & MAs!
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Comment by paces on December 12, 2012 at 7:36pm
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NENavySis...This is a great group. Welcome.
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Annie...Congratulations!!! Our son has been in Petty Officer Indoc. Haven't heard the outcome but he made Third Class just before Thanksgiving. He is a MA also.
doenglish...I'm glad you shared. I didn't know what that was. You will have to let us know how that turns out. It will be a good story either way.
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Comment by NENavySis on December 12, 2012 at 3:14pm
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Hello All,
I am actually a Navy Sister and stumbled onto this group when I was searching for ideas for a care package i will be sending to my brother on monday. Im making it this weekend with his son and trying to get some ideas on what kind of stuff to stick in it? We have heard from my brother once and he has said so far he likes it so hopefully this deployment goes by fast! Im glad i found this group and read through the comments Im not as worried as I used to be for him . Thanks!
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Comment by SierrasMom (Bahrain on December 12, 2012 at 12:33pm
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Annie- Congratulations to your Daughter!! My daughter will be an MA
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Comment by doenglish on December 12, 2012 at 6:58am
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Thanks for the welcomes. One package got through. Still waiting to hear about the other one. I'm a little worried. The MIA package has a 6pack of Vernors. I was so worried about getting everything packaged and sent, I forgot that maybe the cargo plane may not be pressurized. I hope the pop didn't explode in transit. If you can't tell I'm from Michigan:Vernors, pop. If it did explode this will be one of those memories we talk about years from now. That and my very Polish uncle wanted to send Kielbasa!
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Comment by Annie on December 12, 2012 at 6:23am
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Moose and Sierra's Mom: Moose since your son is IT, he will quickly learn to put smartphone on military hold and use it with apps for texting, skype, etc with base wifi. Sierra's Mom: what is your daughter-in-A-School's job? Our daughter finally made Petty Officer yesterday:)
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Welcome ladies... I have been busy lately with the end of the nine weeks and grades coming up, but I have been keeping up. Our first package got to our son on the 5th. It took 11 days to get there. I am hoping our last package will make it on time. He asked for mistletoe for their Christmas Party. I was a little surprised by that request. I didn't realize how difficult it was to find any kind of mistletoe. I thought I could just run to WalMart and get it. I was surprised. I finally found some at Cracker Barrel.
Anyway, hope everyone has a great week. Looking forward to our break on the 19th. It has been a long year already.
doenglish...This will be our 2nd Christmas without our son. I don't think this year is any easier than the 1st, but I am glad that I have these wonderful ladies to go through it with.
Thank you ladies for all the support.
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doenglish > welcome aboard! Jump in the conversation is fine!
It is tough around holidays & other special occasions when our sand sailors are far from home & out of hug range. Have you sent your pkgs yet or have they already arrived?! We're all on pkg watch of late. Hope yours get through unscathed!
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Just want to say thank you to all you WOnDERFUL people. I joined this group a while ago and have been following from a distance. This is our first "military" holiday, and I will admit it is much harder than I thought. It's comforting to know that we (my husband and i) are not going through this alone. Thank you for your company.
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