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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

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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 ProudGMBarb on October 1, 2011 at 4:40am: Thanks everyone for the congrats and kind comments.

R'sproudmom...no, unfortunately, we did not go up to GL. I really do miss him!

Connie...actually he didn't send the pic! I kept an eye out for it on the TSC fb page and grabbed it!

Odi.. I forgot...is your son an ET or FC? Did he start "A" school around August?

Maybe others here know for sure, but I didn't think they could take leave before they get their orders. But I would imagine Christmas standdown would be a bit different, and many want to take leave during that time. We too, are hoping our sailor will be able to come home during the holidays. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Comment by Odi_Ship09_Div140 on October 1, 2011 at 1:12am: So if he finishes before Christmas does he take leave or wait for orders? First of our many advendures to come, We are looking forward to good things

Comment by Odi_Ship09_Div140 on October 1, 2011 at 12:35am: I am so excited that son is in A school until mid Dec, but wont know until he has orders where/what/etc. Just plan and pray. He has worked hard. Have not seen him since PIR and probably wont until his leave. Sent a lame pkg but it shows we care.

Comment by Kim on September 30, 2011 at 8:53pm: Great Pic. Congrats. My Daughter just started ATT school last week. she will be an FC after A school. When I was in I bought all my rating badges. they are very expenive from what I remenber but them that was 15 years or so ago. You need to realize you are not buying these all the time just everytime you get rated. Every couple of years.

Comment by R'sproudmom on September 30, 2011 at 8:32pm: Wow Barb!! What a great picture. Thank you for sharing. Did you and your husband make a trip to GL?

Comment by ProudGMBarb on September 30, 2011 at 7:33pm: Woo Hoo everybody! Our sailor graduated "A" school! Now we wait to find out where "C" school will be! Congrats to him and all his fellow graduating ET shipmates! You all studied long and hard!

Comment by Anti M on September 30, 2011 at 2:42pm: No, they don't take the advancement test, but that's basically what A school is. They do have to wait until the rest of the Navy hits the advancement cycle to go up to the E-4 they have earned by completing their school.

The old way was you got your crow when you finished school. Made future advancement cycles very confusing and off schedule.

Angie, they do have to complete their military leadership courses to advance don't they? Is that a petty officer indoc class now? We just handed in the complete workbooks (I vaguely recall???)

Comment by Anti M on September 30, 2011 at 11:09am: LOL, considering how many different patches you need to update all of your uniforms each time you advance, and how many sailors there are, it would cost millions in tax dollars. But yeah, I used to think that myself. At least ONE! And then you have to buy the collar devices too when you advance.

With the old dungaree shirts, we could use iron on crows instead of an embroidered patch. If you were very careful, you could add another chevron when you jumped from E-4 to E-5 and up to E-6. That's when every ET or FC came out of school as a petty officer, and no one had seaman stripes on their dungarees. MUCH cheaper than the new NWUs. Wore out faster too, but so, so comfy.

Comment by Vickyrun on September 30, 2011 at 11:01am: Yeah I don't get that - they earn the badge then have to go buy it at the Nex! The Navy shuold give it to them! Geesh cheap Navy.

Comment by Anti M on September 30, 2011 at 8:47am: STG is a sonar tech, not an FC or ET. They're just in the advanced electronic field too. Much shorter school.