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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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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 March 15, 2012 at 12:19pm
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Donna - let Ashley know that many of the kids trade movies. Chris has done it a lot, has terrabytes of them. He's gotten separate portable storage drives (terrabytes, again) for his music, movies, photos. Sadly, he's in TX at the moment so can't get with her to help her out. He should get out of school & back to the sand in about 3 months. Have her check around in the interim. Folks will gladly share & she may have music or a movie they want so she could return the favor.
Leta - awesome pics! Good grief Suzanne, don't feel dumb, you are not alone! Was also in the dark about Diego Garcia! Will Google too! Never fails...I learn something new on here everyday!!!! Thx.
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Comment by Jane-Adam's mom on March 15, 2012 at 4:08am
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Oh you are not dumb- I had never heard of it-had to Google it! It is part of a coral reef, 2700 miles SE of Bahrain, seems we share a base there with the Brits. It is below the equator. He is not stationed there, just getting a new boat from there......
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Comment by Miss Suzanne on March 15, 2012 at 12:11am
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Thanks so much for the info, Jane, I'll be sure to pass that on to my son, Michael.
Pardon if I sound dumb, but where is Diego Garcia? :-)
LETA! Absolutely wonderful pictures! Thanks so much for sharing them with us!
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Suzanne-Adam liked Bahrain and Dubai, saw things he could only see on TV. He was not there long--out on mission twice. He said Diego Garcia was beautiful, great weather, but only there briefly and out on mission to whereabaouts unknown!!
Stay strong and carry on-guess that's all we can do, oh and PRAY alot!!
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Leta - safe journey for Daniel. The waiting must be awful, but the payoff will be stellar!
Kathy B - thanks for the site, been a migraine sufferer since elementary school. Am over the worst of this one, but have a headache "hangover". Moving very s l o w l y & carefully for a while. We went with friends to a evening at a town restaurant featuring a four course dinner accenting a local micro brewery's wares. The food was outrageously good being cooked & paired with selected beers. I know I can't tolerate certain wines & liquors, but I didn't expect such a virulent response to these potent potables. My head started doing it's thing just after the beer float we had for dessert. Am into blandness for the time being.
Donna - Was Steve's dog Grimm a Dutch Shepard? I've been wandering the web offerings on MWD's and on Lackland's pages. I saw a dog that looked very much like Mr. Grimm, that handsome devil..... Course I hit the puppy breeding program pics too. OMG! What cuties, all feet & ears!!!! Just want to grab them up and hug, hug, hug. Got the giggles sitting here, made me think of a line from "Despicable Me"; "It's so FLUFFY!" Makes me long for our sweet (late) Miss KC.
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Leta - Seems I shouldn't use my cell phone when I have a migraine! Meds are a bit strong...
Sorry Donna, Meant good news for Daniel. Friends will be missing him at work.
Hope this sick headache gets done with me soon. Am tired of it & it's little friends nausea, etc.
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Thank you so much ladies! You just made my month...actually, the next 18 of them! :-)
And Chris, I'll definitely look into "WhatsApp", thanks!
I'm very happy for you, Leta! You must be so excited...!!
And Jane - how did your Sailor like Bahrain? My Michael deploys there on the 27th... He's both really excited, and a bit nervous... depending on his mood! :-)
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Donna, good news! Sad day for his buddies though.
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Comment by Mary...Brittsmom on March 13, 2012 at 11:06am
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Happy for you Leta!
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My MA has left Bahrain for Diego Garcia and a new assignment. He thinks he will be gone awhile, but of course can't be specific. Any other sailors just ship to there? He said he had over 20 sailors with him.
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