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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.
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**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
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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 May 14, 2012 at 11:15pm
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Evening.
Day 2 with Chris. Got to spend only a couple hours with him. Disappointed, but understand. He's up at 04:00, full day, Cross Fit & then we want a piece of him. We did experience a baseline Cross Fit while he did his, full on, thing. I was happy we lived through it & surprised Al & I did as well as we did!
After exploring a gun shop, we had wonderful Mexican at Los Barrios, YUM - YUM! Owner/chef has won a couple throw downs with Bobby Flay. We concur with the judgements!
Al & I spent the evening doing a bit of laundry, eating Olive Garden LO's & pop corn.
Tomorrow; we're gonna wander a Japanese garden and .....
BTW: the Best Western a mile from Lackland is lovely! Very happy with our choice.
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Yeah, Kathy, still called "sailors" although they only dog paddle! lol lol
Glad your Mom's Day was full of love!
Have had paws & eyes on "chew toy"! He looks & feels (literally) great! Am on NAVY Mom cloud 9!
We meet later today for Cross Fit PT. Dear God...pray for me!!!!!
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Good morning NAVY Moms! Happy Mother's Day!
On this auspicious day I'd like to offer my Thanks for your support, humor, & caring. We've "mothered" each other through thick & thin. Y'all are great. Hope the phone calls, skypes, texts etc., roll in heavy!
We made it to Louisianna last night, another 8 hours to TX! Getting closer to hugging the dog hair off my sailor!
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Oops! Can you tell it was a long day with the short people?!
Guess with graduation not till the 18th the guys will miss each other. POOH.
Thank goodness for FB, Skype, IM, cell phones, etc.
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Awww, Donna. N4M needs a "like button"!
Is Steve just excited as the Dickins?! Glad he & Chris will be able to say their goodbyes. I'm sure he's been a wonderful mentor for the chewtoy!
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Suzanne - my Chris, aka "chew toy"; is the chew-ee, Cherry is the chewer, & Santoucci is Cherry's handler! I do think my Chris is one of Cherry's fav chewees. (At this date, he's still in school to become a handler like his mentors; Donna's Steve & Cherry's Santoucci.) Chris is; Soft on the outside, hard in the inside & squeeks when you bite it! Yep, chew toy!
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Comment by Miss Suzanne on May 8, 2012 at 6:32am
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PS to Donna
Michael has been in Bahrain since the first week in April....so he's got a little less than two years to go! ;)
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Chris - for some reason, I KNEW that your son is the one who handles Cherry!
My son handles Leo... He's mentioned Cherry's handler a couple of times to me! (all positive... lol!)
I've disappeared this past month b/c I've been so sick, I just haven't been up to going online... So, if I missed anything major in anyone's life - or their Sailor's - I'm very sorry. I'm going to go back a few pages tomorrow and try to get caught up!
Happy Mother's Day to all the fantastic women on this board!
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Poor Chris. Two of his good buddies off to new adventures, but two wonderful pups, both of whom he's gotten attached to (literally, with Cherry lol) that may become his four legged buddy. WOW.
Great pic Heidi, what was the honor bestowed upon your son? Tell all proud Mom!
Lace up the happy dance shoes for Christine P!
Chris, too, heads beck to the sand after training. That was the deal they agreed upon. Another 1.5 years sand-side.
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Is Grim a Malinois or what? Funny, I think I have a pic of he & Steve in front of an aircraft carrier! If it's them, both are good looking'!
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