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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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Comment by QMGsmom on January 24, 2012 at 11:19am
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Thank you... My son has been waiting a year to leave for BC, and has had many friends for Seals, SWCC and Nuke recently go thru so Im hoping he has some idea of what to expect. While he was waiting he was required to train and PT here in So Florida the whole time. He had a tough Sr Chf on his tail. Iknow that the comradery is something he craves...this Im sure he will find in this group of guys.
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Comment by ColleenJ on January 24, 2012 at 9:16am
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My boyfriend went through back in March and his spec ops division had to wake up earlier than the other divisions and march over to the pool every morning to swim or do some other additional pt. I think that was the biggest difference and then like Swims said, his division got a lot more beat downs as well.
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Comment by Swims on January 24, 2012 at 8:18am
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Welcome QMG... I thing the spec ops division is different in many ways. It may not be in actual logistics (I don't remember my son mentioning specifics), but in the whole atmosphere of the division. I remember my son remarked that the division commanders in the other divisions "were actually nice people," meaning of course, that their division commanders were not. The spec ops guys look at the other divisions as wimpy and that they're the tough guys and they are treated like the tough guys because they are beat down a lot to toughen them up. Hope this helps...
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My son just got to BC Jan 18th for EOD,,, I know that all recruits go thru the same BC training and that the Spec ops have their particular physicals to pass, but are there any other different things they go thru from the non spec ops recruits?
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I know you can download the episodes from iTunes. I think there may be a few other ways to watch them but I can't remember right now. I thought the series was entertaining but I was promptly told by my boyfriend when I brought it up that the team was putting on a show for the cameras most of the time haha.
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Comment by navyarmymom on January 7, 2012 at 1:04pm
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Hello all. We do not have G4 so we are not able to watch Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan. Does anyone know where we can get the episodes to watch?
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Comment by proudeodmommy on January 6, 2012 at 8:52pm
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Kathy#1fan, Enjoy your son. Have a great time. Tell him congrat also!
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Kathy#1fan,
tried to send you an email, i must be real stupid at this site. Not sure if you got it. Anyway look forward to visiting withyou more. My son leaves Mar 14, was moved from Dec 9th.. So I was very happy.
How long has y our son been in? How old is he? Just so happy to have someone to ask all these things...Thank you Brenda
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Thanks Kathy! I know that there will be additional training after EOD school but we are just hoping that I can end up with a job around the same area that his actual job will be...it's definitely looking pretty uncertain that it will happen that way right now but hopefully everything will work out!
Happy New Years everyone!
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Renee--I'm so glad he was home for Christmas this year. It was only 1 year for us and seemed like forever!
My son's twin brother is in Afghanistan and that was hard but at least we had our other 2 sons home for Christmas.
mom2jd--best wishes for your son's safety.
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