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Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!
Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
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 as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
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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Camp Pendleton Corpsmen Moms
Information
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is home to Field Medical Training Battalion-West and Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.
Group Admin: Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom
Location: San Diego County
Members: 187
Latest Activity: Nov 15, 2022
Camp Pendleton, FMTB-West, and NHCP
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is home to Field Medical Training Battalion-West and Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.
Base access information with video
Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton is a beautiful new 42-bed teaching facility near the main gate that provides outpatient and inpatient care for active-duty service members, their family members, retirees and other eligible beneficiaries. Additional care is available at Naval Medical Center San Diego.
Discussion Forum
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FMTB-West Student Info and What to Bring
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Comment by DramaSoul on January 18, 2013 at 8:49pm
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CHN-B...According to what I have heard, it came from "Devil Dogs" which was a term the Germans used in WWI referring to the Marines. They meant it as a derogatory term but you know those Marines...they LOVED it so they have been "Devil Dogs" ever since. And of course, since their Corpsmen are 'Doc', they became "Devil Docs". It says "Devil Doc Hall" on their barracks. Waaay cool.
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Comment by CHN-B on January 18, 2013 at 6:21pm
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Happy Friday!! Does anyone know where the term "Devil Docs" came from? Is it because the marines are "Devil Dogs", so it steamed from that?
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I will! Thnx DramaSoul! Arrived at Fort Sam today! Yay!
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CHN-B...glad to help. Keep us posted on how your Corpsman is doing. I would be interested in changes made in training and what he thinks.
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DramaSoul- thank you so much for the info. I have also read your detailed reply to navymom0612 back in Oct2012. Both were very helpful. I also passed the info along to my sailor so he knows what to expect. Have a great week!
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CHN-B....Check out the website for FMTB West. My son did not take any electronics except his phone and not much in the way of civilian clothes. They will spend a lot of time in the field. They will also be issued another seabag and 'marpats' which are the working uniforms they wear in the field. Devil Doc Hall (the barracks they stay in) is set up like a ship so the bunks are small and their is less storage (according to my son) than they had in A school. It's boot camp all over again so it takes a little bit of an adjustment to be sleeping in a compartment again with everyone. Congrats on your Sailor's accomplishment! :-)
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Good morning All! My soon-to-be-corpsman is headed to Camp P in about a week. His graduation from A-school is this week! I was wondering if anyone knows what they need to bring with them to FMBT? Anything he should/shouldn't bring? I will take home any items he has that he can't take with him. Thank you!
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Comment by shinystuff on December 13, 2012 at 1:10pm
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Hi all, haven't been able to check in here in a long time. Unfortunately and sadly we couldnt make it to graduation today. I wish I could give my sons name so someone could give him a big hug for me! They have all accomplished so much and should be very proud of themselves. Congratulations to all!
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Comment by cindylou61 on December 5, 2012 at 6:24pm
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Thanks for the tip DramaSoul...just made reservations at the Ward Lodge--was actually pretty surprised they had any rooms still available, but we got one. I'm getting so excited.
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