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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
Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.
DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.
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."
Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
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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 April 30, 2014 at 2:16pm
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Don't forget to check out the Military Care Kit from the USPS. CALL 1(800)610-8734. You get a package delivered to the house including; customs forms & covers, various sizes of If It Fits... Boxes, tape & labels. I used them for all of the three years our Chris was stationed in the sand. I still use them! Oh! There is a slight discount to military addresses! I mailed a box almost every month.
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Comment by Sandy 88 on April 30, 2014 at 8:30am
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We always send our sailor care packages through the post office as well. We generally use the flat rate military boxes. The game console probably won't fit in one though so priority mail may be best. Good luck!
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Comment by Andrea on April 29, 2014 at 2:55pm
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My daughter has been in Bahrain for five months now. I send her packages thru the post office. The Flat Rate Boxes. It takes about ten days before she receives her package.
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Comment by CindyW on April 29, 2014 at 2:26pm
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Our son has been there for over a year and I send monthly packages but always through the post office. The flat rate boxes are best. I have sent everything from his xbox to his banjo and it always makes it in about ten days from here in Texas. The most I have ever been charged was $85 and that was for the banjo because of the size and weird shape of the box. Post office is your best bet. Make sure you send it to the FPO and not to the Bahrain post office, otherwise it will be lost in their system forever
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Comment by KwaidanDream on April 29, 2014 at 2:17pm
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Does anyone have tips for how to best send packages to the base in Bahrain?
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Comment by KC'smom on April 24, 2014 at 11:41pm
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During the 5 months he was there, he never got his imminent danger pay due to a clerical error. They finally fixed it his last week there & the navy gave it all back to him in 1 lump sum! So guess who just bought himself a new ( 2012 ) car paid for in cash?? You got it!! "KC"!!!! So happy he's back in the US, but we already know he will be going back. Just not anytime real soon. I think he will basically split his time between here & there. :-(
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Good morning!!
KC'mom, very Happy for you!! Have fun and Cherish those moments when you get to see him again!!!!
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My son is back in the USA from his deployment!! I haven't seen him and have no idea when I will because we are in 2 different states, but I don't even care! Tonight, he is out with his wife and friends surely celebrating his return to US soil!! So happy!!
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Do leave chits get approved pretty soon or does it take awhile? I read it takes 30 days but has anyone had a sailor not get approved on time? Has it taken awhile?
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Comment by ChrisyDVM(Chris'sMom) on March 23, 2014 at 12:10am
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KC's mom, I totally understand as well. I have a friend whose son is in the army but he's stateside and gets to come home occ or they go see him. I have a cousin whose sons live in Europe but they too are home more often than my son or they go visit them; money doesn't seem to be a big deal and her sons are really good at calling and skyping, FB etc. Bahrain is sooo far away and being in the military overseas is NOT the same as going to school or teaching in another country. Unfortunately my son stinks at communicating and says it's too dangerous to visit not to mention very expensive but I'd still like to go at least once. However, I've had a lot of health pbs since he left in June last year and just had a total knee so making that long trip hasn't been feasible anyway. So rant on; we here understand how you feel and it's nice to know there are others in the same "boat" LOL! We Navy moms have to be strong...I don't think most of our kids have a clue what we go through and that's ok...they have a lot on their minds. It sure would help to see his handsome face and hear his voice more often or get more than 2 sentences in an email or FB message every other month! LOL
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