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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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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
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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
re:Son going to Bahrain - I have so many questions!!!!
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Comment by chriscwick on July 4, 2012 at 3:27pm
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WHEEEEE, WHEEEE, WHEEEE!
Happy Fourth everyone!
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Don't worry about the house being perfect...once he gets a hold of family everything will be perfect! Doing the "soon to be home Happy Dance" let us know when we should lace up the heavy duty shoes for a full on "he's home" HAPPY DANCE! Warming up as I write!
HOOYAH!!!!!!!
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Ladies - especially once & future Bahrain Moms - would I be speaking out of turn to say, Once a Bahrain Mom, always a Bahrain Mom?
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Here is some info that I got from a friend on another group and thought it could be helpful to many of you here.
As of May 16, 2012, the U.S. Postal Service banned the shipment of electronics that include lithium batteries to international destinations and/or military (APO, FPO, DPO) addresses. Lithium batteries are included in many popular electronic devices such as iPads, Kindles, smartphones, cameras and other electronic devices. The ban went into effect because lithium batteries can explode or catch fire in certain conditions during overseas transport. For more information, visit the USPS Lithium Battery Ban at the USPS Postal Explorer information page.
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NC will break records today at over 100 degrees. I worry about Alex out in the heat at work.
Chris "road tripped" us into a couple of sessions of CrossFit at Lackland CrossFit, when we visited him @ C School graduation last month. 'bout did in this old lady, & they scaled it down for Alex & myself, whew! I did better than I expected, but the run ran me ragged. It did, however, show us both what we needed to do now that we've both dropped a bunch of weight. Had the satisfaction of shocking Chris when he first saw us. This time, when I nailed him at a dead run to hug the dog hair off him, I didn't nearly flatten him! The kid is solid muscle. Though, still no waist or butt.
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No wonder Chris got into CrossFit training. Course, he may have done it because he has to be able to carry all his stuff, MWD stuff & sometimes the MWD! Woof!
The Academy sounds brutal, but necessary.
Re: driving? Chris says that his crazy driving he displayed, a year ago, when he was home, is more like defensive driving in Bahrain. Scared the dickens out of me!
JosephsWifey - is the black full cover outfit called a burka, purda or what in Bahrain?
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Comment by A & A's Gma on June 29, 2012 at 10:16am
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The "academy" training sounds intense.Right up my sons alley. Spoke with him yesterday... it was 125 degrees. He has been in a Hotel, now they are moving to the ship for a couple of weeks, then renting a flat.
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Comment by Barbara on June 29, 2012 at 8:42am
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The "academy" training is mandatory to all members of the Naval Security Forces in Bahrain, the "full gear" training includes, gun belt w. ammo. baton cuffs, holster for 9mm, bullet proof vest, helmet, goggles and carry a m16, with "camel back" for water, about 40 plus pounds
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Comment by JosephsWifey on June 29, 2012 at 2:20am
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chriscwick-I agree about the heat, it is ridiculously HOT here!!!!!!!!!!! I'm starting to get a LITTLE more used to it lol! I'm also starting to really enjoy it here-around where we are staying. The flat we are staying at has this coffee shop right by it thats in kind of a little mini-mall and I'm completely in love with it :) Drivers are completely insane here, so we pretty much walk wherever we need to go. Every time we are in a car I feel like were not going to make it back alive lol. Yesterday we took a cab about a 20 minute drive and he had road rage-that was a lot of fun :/!! The US is beautiful compared to here, everything is brown here and dusty. Its a big change of culture but I'm starting to try and learn about it more because its just so different. A lot of women walk around with ALL black on and there is nothing but their eyes showing which is SO different from the US where a lot of women walk around with short shorts and tank tops! Anyways, if any of you guys are thinking about visiting I would totally reccommend it!!!! It is a great experience and if I can do it with a 7 month old, you guys can too ;)
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