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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

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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

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RTC Graduation

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

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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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AECF - FCs and ETs

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For families that have a loved one serving the Navy as an FC or an ET. This is the place to share and learn more about their jobs and schools. For subs - look for the SECF group.

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Latest Activity: Aug 6, 2024

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Comment by ProudGMBarb on July 24, 2012 at 10:52pm: Concernedad...never heard of that. I'd wait to see if Chief Angie answers this for you. Are you talking about A school or C school?
Our sailor graduated C school with honors....after C school they usually get leave and soon thereafter join their ship out in the fleet. Not a long wait...different than the long wait to start C school after graduating from A school.
Might not be a "one answer fits all" type thing.

Comment by Concernedad on July 24, 2012 at 4:11pm: My son was telling me the only advantage to finishing higher in your class is that you get sent out sooner. He said the guy in the top of his class was sent out right away, although not where he wanted to go.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on July 23, 2012 at 1:10pm: Who's in Malta?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is my homeland! Well, my dad was born there but his family came to the USA when he was just a baby so we were born in the US. I hope they get a chance to do some fishing and eat good pasta!!! A friend of mine just went in March and had a great time.

Hey all, hope you are well. I never get here enough anymore with my travel schedule but think of you often. For those that have sent me messages, I'm alive and well...well most days!!!

Our FC is still with his command in Pearl Harbor --- and they are busy participating in the RIMPAC exercises that are going on.

Dream Sheet --- yeah ...it is where the Navy needs them and those needs are getting smaller each year BUT if they have a dream sheet on file and the Navy JUST happens to need someone with that NEC and they are in the right place at the right time... Stars do align on occassion!!!

For anyone that lives in GA, we will be getting together for lunch in August. See the events section for details or holler at me!

Comment by Anti M on July 20, 2012 at 11:58am: The dream sheet matters more for the second command, although orders are always up in the air. I was sent to Diego Garcia as an E-6, not exactly my choice. The main reason they have to fill it out in school is because it has to be on file, even if it does get passed over.

Comment by Vickyrun on July 20, 2012 at 10:53am: That Dream sheet is a bunch of BS. The Real Truth of How Orders Work:

Yuor Kid Goes Where the Navy Needs Them. Period.

Comment by Anti M on July 20, 2012 at 9:23am: Day of the Dead is celebrated in Mexico, the day after Halloween, when they decorate the graves of their ancestors and pay homage to loved ones passed on. Lots of skeletons and so on, it is a cross between a religious celebration and a festival. Many sugar skulls and little skeleton figures.

http://www.dayofthedead.com/content/cancun-celebrates-day-dead

Comment by R'sproudmom on July 20, 2012 at 9:12am: BR549, I do envy you in your visit to SD. Can't wait to hear about it. We tried very hard to make it work for us.

Day of the Dead Anti M? Sounds interesting. Anything like the event you attend in the desert? I loved checking out that website!! Have a great day.

Comment by Anti M on July 20, 2012 at 8:29am: First pick used to be common practice (I had first pick as an ET). The detailer would set up a pool of orders for the class, trying to fit in the dreams, then the sailors would pick by class standing. HOWEVER, that is not so usual now. More likely they simply get handed a set of orders.

My dad went to Malta, I would love to go there. We still travel and try to go places we've never been. This October we will go to Cancun for Day of the Dead. The navy has made me a wanderer for life.

Comment by R'sproudmom on July 19, 2012 at 9:40pm: Thanks for taking the time to explain all of that Anti M!! So much for us moms to absorb. So this is where the dream sheet comes into the picture. I recall reading about it when he was in BC. He said something about the top of the class gets first pick??! Hopefully that is correct info. Gives him a reason to try and stay there.

Comment by Anti M on July 19, 2012 at 11:43am: Then the detailer (who issues the orders) looks over the orders and open billets from commands and lines them up with the dream sheets. ..... and available warm bodies with the correct qualifications.