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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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Comment by T-Lynn on October 15, 2009 at 11:36pm
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Surprise !!!! Love it to hear stories like that. So glad for you Denise. Get all those hugs and store them in your heart. Thanks BTW Sweet rReams everyone TLynn
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Hi and Welcome New Moms!
Only thing I ask - since your sailors are in Japan NOW and weather getting cold - did they pack long johns? if not - you might like to send send them a couple or three pairs! SOS - SOS need advice. Son called this morning - one of the crew still on crank duty is having an allergic reaction to the soap used in cleaning the kitchen. It ate one layer of his skin off. the doc of the ship told him to keep his hands dry. He is on crank duty?! I've never kept my
hands dry working and cooking in teh kitchen! Ideas to help this sailor out ? TLynn PS Family arriving for weekend and the gossip has started. PSS I think the ship is Yoko
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Comment by Anti M on October 15, 2009 at 7:13pm
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I really, really miss BBQ now that I can't have tomatoes anymore. Waaaah!
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LOL, only expert in Yokosuka ... but if you hit the lottery, I'd be happy to play tour guide.
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I saw houses with narrow garages that had lifts, you parked one car, raised it up, then parked another one underneath it!
We paid $30 a month to park our motorcycle in someone's front yard. Our house was up a flight of stairs on the side of a hill.
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Tokyo is high end, unless you just hit the ancient temples and find the hole in the wall places to eat.
I lived off base, but I sure knew which of the tiny restaurants were good places to eat and cheap. If they can order in Japanese (not half as hard as it seems) they can get along well in the local places. I knew Yokosuka far better than I did Atsugi area, and Yokosuka seemed to have a more bustling town right outside the base. They aren't too far apart by train, 45 minutes? An hour? I truly don't recall, I didn't go to Atsugi very often, except for a C school. As fro how many miles?. LOL. Distance is measured by travel time sin Japan, either train times or driving times.
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Hi Michae;'s Mom. Welcome
jump in and start sharing. The group is lively tonight! I love chocoalte - but chocoalte covered bacon - ? Ok Navy Dad - need your imput on this one. So enjoyed the email from you son BigD Mom. Have to looks at the web site you sent. Talk later TLynn
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US citizens may visit Japan without a visa, but with a valid passport, for up to 90 days.
http://www.myvisapassport.com/Visa-Japan.htm
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Butter burgers? Hmmm, doesn't sound heart healthy, LOL. I can't criticize as I like chocolate-covered bacon.
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The university programs were good when I was there, and with the internet, possibly much better now. Each base has an education office which can tell him about every program available, and what, if any, tuition help is there for them. The best advice will come straight from that office!
I had chiseled away at my degree for decades, I finally finished my first one through University of Maryland on base. I did wait until I was a dependent; I worked too much for classroom time. Which is why I speak bar Japanese and not academic Japanese.
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