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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

Life in Bahrain
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.

Mail
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

U.S. NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY, Bahrain -- The Oklahoma City rock band "Hinder" peforms outside the NSA Bahrain's Freedom Souq June 22. The hundreds of attendees included service members assigned to NSA Bahrain and from visiting ships USS Peleliu (LHA-5), USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52), USS Curts (FFG-38) and USS Dallas (SSN-700). The event was sponsored by the NSA Morale, Welfare and Recreation Department. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anderson Bomjardim (Released)

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Comment by chriscwick on November 23, 2011 at 10:00pm: Thanks Donna. The boys should get a laugh off naggie, needy, me!
When Chris was home he mentioned that one of his goals was to get Leo to accept him! Makes me happy to know our guys are friends.

Comment by chriscwick on November 23, 2011 at 7:49pm: Yup!

Comment by Miss Suzanne on November 23, 2011 at 6:36pm: Wow, I go a couple of days wirout checking the page, and there are pages of new posts! :-)

Donna - Thanks for the info about Belgians, I haven't had a chance to look them up yet - now I don't have to! lol! I will definitely make sure he knows to be on the lookout for 'Tarzan! (Titanium teeth - Good Lord!)

Jill - what a beautiful story! It gives a bit of faith back that there are still some wonderful people out there... tho it does seem like being the mom/fiancé/wife of a Soldier brings it out in people, right? :-)

Leta - we absolutely do need a lady Sailor & a mom like that! LOL! (But do they need *us*?!) ;) btw - i usually catch my son on FaceBook as well. But he's also in a position still to be able to call home at least 4 nights a week. Boy am I going to miss that!

Jeannie & JnRenee - these ladies are wonderful. Its really a great group, very open & caring. Welcome!

As for Christmas... I'm blessed enough to have my son Michael be able to come home for 10 whole days! I'm so excited to see him that I cry when I think about it, how silly is that?! If I'm like this now, after seeing him just back in September for 1.5 days, what am I going to do when i can only see him like once a year? *sniff*

Anyway.... I hope you ladies all have a wonderful Thanksgiving. God Bless you all!

Comment by chriscwick on November 23, 2011 at 11:12am: Donna - funny note:
Chris & I used to brush the teeth of our dog, KC, with an electric tooth brush!
Think Leo would put up with that?! lol
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Comment by chriscwick on November 23, 2011 at 11:01am: Nah, I was just venting! lol Seeing the pics of he & Cherry lets me know Leo won't be the only one to have tooth marked him!!!
He best be helping out! He gets focused...
He probably sees this inspection as possibly another step to getting his K9 school & a leash of his own.

Comment by chriscwick on November 23, 2011 at 8:10am: Welcome ladies!
Donna - Got a request! Would you please ask Steve to ask Leo to do me a favor.
Haven't heard from "Gary Cooper" aka Chris since my birthday in mid October & he's yet to pick up his birthday cake @ the NEX or respond to his Halloween & BD pkgs! He texted that it has been a busy time for him.... GGRRRRRRR...
Anyhow, ask Steve to entreat Leo to bite old "GC" in the a__! lol
With love from a, frustrated & lonesome, NAVY Mom.

Comment by JnRene on November 23, 2011 at 5:59am: Thanks everyone! I believe that Jaime will live on the ship so I'm a little worried about internet service...hoping to be able to skpye. I dont think he will be able to come home before heading over there. He and his wife have been living at Pacific Beacon ( apartment on base in San Diego) and have to move into a house on Dec 7...he ships out the 15 th and with all of the stuff he has to get done plus the move....just not enough time. They have no furniture so they really have a short time to shop and set up the house. I just went there a few weeks ago but was so hoping they would be able to come home.

Comment by Jane-Adam's mom on November 22, 2011 at 11:53pm: My son has been in Bahrain for 2 weeks. He is a M3 and is awaiting the others from his MESG unit. I do miss him, I think he is adjusting well. We have great skyping and phone service so far-I know when he goes out on ship it will be different. This sight and all of your great words have been most helpful in to know what to expect. Jane