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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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**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.
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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
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!!!!
Started by julie(Shane's Mom). Last reply by DiG Jul 13, 2018. 15 Replies 1 Like
Our son has moved on ...
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Comment by trashline27 on January 10, 2011 at 9:43pm
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Wow you moms are the best. Deborah thank you thank you thank you. You made my night so much easier. I love everything you said.. I read it aloud to my husband who said..."now there is a woman with insight". I do pray...everyday and every night....I have my special people I call upon to intercede for me....my mom who was the most wonderful grandmother my kids could have asked for who passed suddenly but peacefully in her sleep at age 62...my grandmothers who were polar opposites - memories shared with both of them still make me laugh...my son Terence's very good friend who was killed by a drugged driver when the boys were in high school and St Anthony...he seems to be listening to me a lot lately....anyway...your wisdom inspired me tonight..tonight I include you and yours in my prayers.
To all the other wonderful moms out there - thanks for being here - and my name is Theresa ( trashline27) haha long story...have a wonderful night and great day tomorrow
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Comment by chriscwick on January 10, 2011 at 8:28pm
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Not at all, in fact, it may be used by Marines & the Navy!
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Learned it from my squid & proud to voice it!!!
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Just found out that Oriental Trading gladly ships to FPO addresses! Just thought it would be helpful to know.
Fixin' to get some snowy-sleetie weather. The flakes that were promised are trying their best to come down. Chris will miss yet another snow this year.
Been "listening" in. Our sailors are growing into the wonderful men & women the should be. Like moms of old, we are left to wonder, worry & at times weep. This gig ain't for wussies! We N4ms stand together & behind our sailors. Oorah!!
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Hi Ladies....how about when your son calls and you can tell just by the sound of his voice that something is bothering him and he keeps saying I am fine I dont want to talk about it...that is awful...your gut aches...your head is spinning...what is bothering him...then he contacts you later and says it was really nothing just feeling homesick and tired of the routine...but he feels better now...glad he does because I made myself sick with worry haha...oh well no one ever said motherhood was easy. I hope all of you have a wonderful week and get a Hi Mom I am Happy and Healthy call before it is over.
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Ooooweeeeeooooo! Cool.
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Happy tears for you. We got a call on Sunday, we were exstatic. We all can relate, Leta.I have a list of songs I've associated with Chris. Just change the Fine Young Cannibals lyric to "He Drives me Crazy"! If you're curious about the list, it on my blog. Oh dear, that does sound lame-o!! Just keep busy, do your thing, keep letting him know your out there in his solar system (he is the "sun") even if at times you feel like poor little "demoted" Pluto. Hey, you're still in his orbit! You what you can do. (((( ))))
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From my "Military Ranks" app, going up in rank: commander, Captain, then the Admirals (several levels of them), then I guess Sec Nav, the Joint Chiefs, then the Prez?
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It's sailors "jumping ship"! I, too, have been "jumped". lol I think they are reveling in their independance. I had to get "permission" to have a profile on Fb. It was supposed to be for communication & to get photos. Uh huh, no photos yet, been six months in Bahrain..... Sifting sand seems to be all consuming....
We do grow them to leave the nest....but HEY!!
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I don't know 'bout you all but I'm seriously considering "Facebook for Dummies", wth (what the heck), it couldn't hurt!
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