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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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RTC Graduation

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

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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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Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on March 30, 2012 at 6:51pm: she really wants dahlgren but i don't care which one in va she gets. dahlgren is only 5 hours from home and dam neck is 2

Comment by togo on March 30, 2012 at 6:47pm: my son went to Dahlgren. He got the AEGIS system. Seems happy with it.

Comment by duhhuh58 Ship 10/Div 267 on March 30, 2012 at 6:44pm: my daughter is hoping for dam neck or dahgreen. she wants the AGIS system

Comment by Sandy's_sailor son on March 30, 2012 at 4:34pm: GoldnG8r, where is your FC going to school?

My FC son is in C school in Dam Neck. FCs used to go to C school for 3/4ths of their education, and then go to the fleet for awhile before returning to C school to finish. Things have changed. This is the first year that FC CWIS (C)school students don't do that.

Comment by Anti M on March 30, 2012 at 4:19pm: A quad zero is a sailor who hasn't gone to C school, assuming he's in a rate which normally have C schools.

Comment by Anti M on March 30, 2012 at 7:10am: Sorry I was having such a blank out! OK, it makes sense... but yeah, very odd. I have rarely heard of such a thing for FCs. C school must really be backed up, or the training gear is down hard. At least he has a secondary and isn't a quad zero. He'll get to do a lot of interesting things.

I guess a few of my NECs were secondary. I never thought much about it, which is why I blanked on it.

Comment by Anti M on March 29, 2012 at 9:02pm: NEC is navy enlisted classification. It designates what C school or specialty a sailor holds. Commands request billets for sailors by NEC. A primary? Not sure what that means (context, please?)

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/navynecs/a/et.-urm.htm

http://usmilitary.about.com/od/navynecs/a/fcm.htm

Comment by Anti M on March 29, 2012 at 8:25pm: I was so glad to leave Glakes, that I didn't mind I was being sent to an Army base in Georgia.

Comment by Anti M on March 29, 2012 at 8:07pm: Normally, they cannot take leave until their C school orders are in hand. But as we all know, there can always be an exception. I've heard about it just often enough to know it can happen. When the holds after ATT were super-long, some sailors went home for a few days, usually in conjunction with long weekends when everyone in the COC knew there would be no classes starting up. If there was a special family occasion, the requests were being approved... couple years ago.

Comment by ProudGMBarb on March 29, 2012 at 6:09pm: BR549... "but then again Everyone is glad to leave GL" Now that's an understatement!!! LOL.

My theory of not being able to take leave until they have C school orders in hand might be wrong. Maybe I'm just mixing up the mileage distance thing that they allowed to go. We are in AZ....so too far!