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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

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Hi! My son left for boot camp on 11-27-18. Still waiting on his address to mail the letters and cards I have for him. Missing him so much but tremendously proud!!

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Thank you for these times! My wife left on 11/28 and I love when I can see a estimated time frame for an idea! My box came at about the same time as yours from arrival date so hopefully I'll have a letter this week!

Welcome Candice my son left on November 28th. So I'm waiting for his address also. We got this they will be fine and the time is going to go faster than we expect. I think this experience will help teach us to let go of control of our kids. It is definitely teaching me a different kind of patience. As I cant wait to hear from my son and not knowing his every move can be frustrating. I am also very proud of him.
#we all have awesome children doing great things #love our children
My brother left on 11/18. We got his PIR info and address this Wednesday (12/5). He got his first phone call on Saturday 12/9. We also received his first letters home on Saturday. If your timeline ends up being similar to ours, this week or next is your week! Congrats.
Thank you all for the encouraging thoughts and words! My son called today to get some information for paperwork!! It was so good to talk to him. He gave us his address and said he has mailed us some letters so we're looking forward to getting them. He has a cold, along with everyone else, he says. But otherwise, everything is going well. He is in division 082 and says his PIR is January 18.

Well my son is almost there..dropped him off at the hotel and he will be going to RTC tomorrow 12/11....anyone else out there have recruits shipping 12/11??. The waiting game begins and ao have the tears...love my son and I can't explain how proud I am of him

Hi Candice
My son left on the 28th so you should be recieving it soon. I got mine today

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