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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:
Events
**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
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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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 BabyJ2015 on November 12, 2015 at 4:46pm
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Hi Karen. My son just came back stateside but when he left Norfolk it was a good week before I heard from him. I added international service to his cell phone so he was able to text when he got there. He did have to buy a local phone but only had to put s small calling plan on it.
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Hi. My son left from Norfolk to Bahrain on Tuesday night. Still haven't heard from him. I know it is a 2 day trip, and his phone will not work (has to purchase a new one once on base). However, I was wondering when other mom's got word... how long did it take until you heard they arrived safe.
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I understand that lower ranking seamen live on base and higher ranks off base in apartments. My daughter is an E5 and had to live off base.
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Does everyone live off base?
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Hi Patrick's Mom, my son Adrian is with your son in the Riverine Group leaving tonight to Bahrain. My heart is sitting in my throat knowing this us it! Any updates I get I will forward on to you and please do the same. Keeping good thoughts and love for our sons
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Oh and communications are good, he purchased a phone plan and is able to message home and FaceTime every day...no calls tho, too expensive...but FaceTime is good for both audio and video calling.
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Hi B&E,
My son has been there for a few months now and he really likes it. Those pics you found on the Internet are old, his accommodations aren't bad he says. Everyone is really nice there and he is pleasantly surprised that he's enjoying his time there. He can take a 1 hour bus ride to the other (nicer) base which has much more to offer as far as things to do, places to eat, etc. he's been doing a lot of working out and watching movies. He misses home of course but he's enjoying his time there. He will be there for another 10 months and is re I listed while there as well. Try not to worry.
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My son, who is in the reserves, is being mobilized and is headed to Bahrain during the first part of 2016. He will at the air base on the south end of the island. What of the living accommodations there? I saw one video showing canvas Quonset huts, but he showed me a web site showing metal buildings with two bunks, two closets and a small refrig.
First he is going to Norfolk for a few days and then a month in Fort Jackson for additional training. Last weekend he went to San Antonio for a meeting about it. There were about 50 reservists there and most were MA's like my son. The average rank present was E5. (He is an E4).
Any information about conditions, accommodations, meals and anything else about life at the ISA Air Base will be much appreciated by him and me .
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My Son is on his way to Bahrain. He is MA and Rivron. I look forward to chatting with other Bahrain family's.
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My daughter was allowed to choose where she wanted to go, but Bahrain was on a short list of destinations. She went ahead with it though she really didn't know what to expect. Overall she says it isn't bad but they are shorthanded in her area and that makes her hours long. It is probably different based on what the job is.
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