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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)
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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!!!!
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 Mary on March 1, 2014 at 7:35pm
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Thank you chriscwick
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Comment by chriscwick on March 1, 2014 at 3:33pm
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Remember the travel time. Ziplock liquids, creams, etc. no batteries, silence items that rattle, jingle, etc.
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Thank you amotherslovex2. Does anyone know where I can find a list of what I can and can not send to my daughter in Bahrain?
I am so glad for this site. Most questions I have are answered when I read the comments. Thank you!
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Paces > it is interesting the similarities. He rode a Ninja 500 prior to enlistment! Does your sailor have contact info for Secret Squirrel? If not have him FB him or you can message me for his cell. Course, he can always check for him in the kennels.
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Comment by paces on March 1, 2014 at 11:22am
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chriscwick... Ours is already planning for his relocation to LA. He will be just outside. Not sure what the name of the base is. He is hoping to find something close and furnish it with IKEA. Amazing how much these two are alike. He is looking forward to doing some dirt bike riding though. It depends on if he gets assigned to a ship or not. If not, he wants to take his bike out.
Ours had his passport prior to going, so has not been any problems except he wasn't told to bring it with him and we had to overnight it to him. When he was in high school, he was a member of the Voyagers International Concert Band and they traveled to Europe for 3 weeks and performed. How much easier those days were.
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If your sailor doesn't have a personal passport; Chris mentioned that it would have been easier & faster to get his while he was in Bahrain. He blew it, but didn't know about it until too late when he was rotating out of the sand.
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Sorry Nancy for not noting you regarding your San Diego question. Not caffeinated sufficiently when I answered!
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On the trips to & from the sand, our sailor was worn to a frazzle. His butt drug for a couple days. The minimum trip is 21 hours, but is usually much more. Twice he's gotten stuck on flights with parents who don't parent. He thanks the creator of noise canceling headsets & commercial flight attendants. His MAC flight home, this last time, was a nightmare.
Andrea, some kind of dermatitis maybe? I do know that my son's acne went ballistic in the sand. He had the medicos baffled to keep it from going toxic. You forget that your skin is the largest organ on your body. Now that he's on the "left" coast it has cleared.
Paces, from what we hear, which is next to nothing, he does love it. He is sooooo still "secret squirrel". I think he's so busy with his own agenda we just don't exist, for now. That sounds terrible, but it is what it is. He's gotten into an archery league, a skill he's wanted to perfect. He's found some "Mom & Pop" stores he loves. Got an apt near his base, that he furnished with things from a nearby IKEA. We are supposed to visit sometime this coming summer. We'll drive out, so we can sightsee. We'll take one route out & another back!
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Thanks for all the good information ladies! Mary, start by getting a passport. My son is still in A school and will depart for Bahrian in April. I am getting my passport and will make plans on visiting him as well. You can start by researching online the area and places to stay or a travel agent is good if you dont have the time.
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My Sailor arrived in Bahrain February 10th. She is station there for Two years. I want to visit her March of 2015. I have never left the country. I do not know where I start. Do I go through a travel agent?
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