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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)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
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Comment by KImNavyMa on October 22, 2014 at 3:09pm
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You will have to let your sailor know because he will have to put your name on a list in order for you to get onto base.
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Comment by tisa008 on October 22, 2014 at 3:09pm
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I didn't think about access to the base, I guess there is no way around that hurdle.
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Comment by Kaina on October 22, 2014 at 3:08pm
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We will be there too. Ive been waiting on 1st Leave or 2nd leave to determine how long to make my reservations. :-))
Remember OPSEC.
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Comment by Mike's mom on October 22, 2014 at 3:06pm
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Can you make it a surprise or he needs to put you on the list in order to get access to the base?
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Comment by Katiem on October 22, 2014 at 3:00pm
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I am also going to be there when they come back, my son told me last week, their return date is a definite. Hope he's right. What a great surprise for your son!!
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Kaina, or you others who have experience with deployments do you know if the Cape FRG will give us plenty of lead time prior to the Cape St George returning to home port? I am planning to surprise my son by being there when the ship arrives and need to make travel plans.
Thanks
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So much to learn, huh Liberty. You'll be a pro soon. It helps if you get to see the base too. As far as the 2 bedroom apartments (the nice furnished ones) they have to be a certain rate/rank to live in those. That's what will dictate which apartments he'll be in.
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My son has ATT. I am not sure how good the service is. Apartments and rooms are furnished. I do not think you will need to ship the futniture.
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Comment by Liberty on October 19, 2014 at 3:54pm
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Thank you Mary, Kaina, BR549 and Mike's Mom! I really do appreciate you answering my questions! I have two more...First....We have a family plan on AT&T but since they were not all started at the same time we only have two lines that have unlimited data. My son and daughter had the lines WITHOUT unlimited and my son was always going over what he was allowed so my husband switched lines with him. Believe it or not, my husband has been using more than my son ever did! He listens to Spotify for music and is costing us too much. He doesn't seem willing to stop, so I am looking at other options. We may break up the plans and keep just the two unlimited lines and go with Sprint for two (they will offer us unlimited). So...here is my question- What cell service is considered the best for San Diego? Cell phone is the only thing that we still cover for our son and we want to continue to do so.. AND I want him to have excellent service while he is there so we an contact him if we need to do so.
Second question...When (and if) my son gets into one of the apartments are they furnished? If not, will the Navy ship his furniture out to him (he put everything from his apartment into storage before Boot Camp) or does he have to pay to do it?
Thanks again!!!
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Comment by Mary on October 17, 2014 at 10:12am
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My sailor did not have a car when he first arrived. He did fine without and was able to explore the city, but he drove his car back to base after his first leave. I know he prefers to have it, but having a car is not a necessity.
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