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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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The heart and soul of the Navy-the cook! Let's swap stories and exchange info about our loved ones being a CS in the Navy!
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Arrived at bc on June 13-CSS
Started by Lea (SHIP 11 DIV 242). Last reply by Lea (SHIP 11 DIV 242) Jun 22, 2017. 2 Replies 0 Likes
My Bird can Cook
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Comment by therevbev on June 15, 2016 at 10:39am
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Frances - she will find out when she get's liberty. Just like for PiR weekend, she'll have to stay in uniform, you will have to sign her out (liberty buddy) and be back in time, etc.. Some weekends she will have to stand watch. But YES - if she is given liberty, you can spend it with her. We lived 1 hour north, and got to see him on 2 different Saturdays before he left for VA.
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Comment by Frances on June 15, 2016 at 10:26am
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Could we come visit her?
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Thank you and I sure will therebev
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Frances - welcome to the CS home. If you look down a few entries you will see my explanation dated March 31. This is true of ALL our sailors heading for Fort Lee. The first week at GL is naval indoctrination, after that it is a lot of cleaning and just helping around the base, standing watch in their barracks etc. The time there depends on openings in Virginia, not when or how she finished boot. So glad she was able to pass fit... encourage her to keep up the workouts and runs, it doesn't get easier and they WILL separate if you fail too many. Thank her for working so hard, she'll make a great cook!
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So my daughter may not leave GL for a while ?
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Hi everyone. My daughter was to finish 5-27-2016 but she had to pass fit but she is a Navy Sailor now and I am not sure of her date to ho to VA. She finished yesterday
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Comment by CiarasMom on May 6, 2016 at 9:50pm
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Hello moms!
My daughter will graduate BC on 5/13! She said she will stay a GL until 5/20, then off to VA!
I'm soo excited to see her next week ❤️
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Comment by MommaK on May 6, 2016 at 8:14pm
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Thank you for the info therevbev. I look forward to interacting with the other Moms here.
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MommaK - If she is at Ft. Lee, class probably starts on Monday (the Army base doesn't hold many Navy until class begins. That is why CS out of boot spend 2-5 weeks at Great Lakes). From previous posts:
School is about 5 weeks in Fort Lee, Richmond VA. It's there that they will be assigned their first duty station just before the schooling is finished. There is a nice graduation ceremony with about 1/3rd of the sailors having family present. USUALLY they will finally be permitted leave before reporting to their duty station or ship (my son went immediately to Guam after 10 days to catch a carrier that was already deployed).
This is the "normal" schedule... at least it is the average timing. The thing to always remember is that it is the military and THAT means nothing is ever written in stone. Not dates, not leave, it's always up in the air! As my Marine parents group says..."Semper Gumby" (always flexible).
Phasing up is all timed and dependent on specific class schedules. About ½ way thru school, my son was finally permitted to wear civies out in public, but still couldn't leave base for night.
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My daughter will arrive at Ft. Lee tomorrow night. She was re-rated to CS about a month ago and has just been waiting to get there. Does it take long to class up after arriving? Does anyone know much about the phase up process on Ft. Lee? I am hoping that she starts class right away so that she can get finished ASAP. I'm guessing that leave after graduating is all dependent on orders. Any info would be appreciated.
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