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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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Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on May 11, 2011 at 7:06am
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nicksmum - Your son must know that he really doesn't get to choose the ship he is on, right? They do ask them for a 'dream' list of 3 - destinations they would like to go, but the Navy sends them where they NEED them. Katie didn't have any reservations about the size of the ship and Japan was on her list of 3. Katie hoped that her first ship wouldn't be a carrier, but she is on an LHD2 which has about 1,200 sailors and onloads about 1,800 marines (I'd have the check #s for sure) when they go out to sea since heres is an amphibious ship.
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Comment by nicksmum on May 10, 2011 at 11:17pm
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@marianneKt, when I talked to my son after graduation he told me he wants to be on a small ship, I couldn't believe it because he has always talked about how much he wants to be on a carrier. I finally asked him on our last day together why he had changed his mind, he said that there is so much to remember and that it is very confusing and hard to find your way around the ship. I hope he doesn't limit himself and his opportunities because he thinks it will be too hard. He has never had a job or been away to college so I hope it is just that things are all new and maybe a little overwhelming. did your daughter have any reservations about what type of ship she would be on?
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Nicksmum - Glad you had the weekend together. It is nice that he will have a phone so he has the opporunity to call. Seemed to recall during A school my daughter called just about every weekend.
Yesterday I started the morning with a pc from Katie in Sasebo and then ended with my daughter Alicia calling from Sault Ste Marie, MI. My sons picked me out some perennials after church and made lunch.
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well my weekend with my son has come to an end, and his A school starts tommorrow. I am so glad he has a phone.
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Have a wonderful Mother's Day!
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nicksmum - Have a wonderful time! Safe traveling. It's been over 2 years since Katie's PIR, but I still remember the wonderful time!
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going to watch my son graduate from bootcamp on friday, so excited and proud to have a u.s. sailor
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Comment by cathyo Ship 11 Div 063 on May 3, 2011 at 8:29am
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Marianne - happy for you! Australia! That's exciting!
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mysteryfan - The Essex was called over to Operation Tomadachi immediately after the tsunami and earthquake, but she did not go on shore. The Marines and many of the male sailors did. Currently she is in port for a short maintenance inspection before their next deployment. Australia is one of her destinations this summer.
Hope your sailor's doing well.
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Comment by mysteryfan(ship 12 div 102) on May 2, 2011 at 12:41am
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MarianneKT's Mom-Glad you got to have a long talk with your daughter! Does Katie's job entail doing relief or rescue work on the mainland in Japan?
My sailor's still in A School doing his strand, still no official word on his orders.
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