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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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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.
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DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."
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Kicked out: the pain and process
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This is a group for the families of sailors who are being discharged (or were discharged) from the Navy before their enlistments are/were up. The group is for support, information and more.
Members: 16
Latest Activity: Jun 30, 2020
Discussion Forum
FAQ: How will my sailor get home after discharge?
Started by Arwen Oct 4, 2013. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Travel home after being discharged from the Navy (for any reason) is based on bus travel if the sailor is located in the continental U.S.Discharged sailors have the choice of taking a bus ticket…Continue
Help please
Started by tasstables. Last reply by tasstables Oct 2, 2011. 4 Replies 0 Likes
This was sent to me by my daughterPlease i need help getting the information.I am in Ohio .this girl is getting out next week . will be in Norfolk VAI do not know who she is. (she might be your…Continue
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Comment by Arwen on April 22, 2011 at 11:26pm
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Angie, do you happen to know what the determining factors are in how sailors are returned to their homes?
We live in a really isolated area, about 100 miles from the nearest interstate. Our bus services don't connect with an airport anywhere, and he'd have to travel 300 miles beyond our town, then back again, to catch the one bus we do have. Getting from here to anywhere via public transportation is difficult at best.
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Chris arrived in Washington (state) today to begin outprocessing. He's happy to be back in the US, sad to be leaving the Navy.
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I got some bad news this morning. Soon i will no longer a Navy Mom. My son Chris is going to be separated from the Navy.
He will fly to Washington State next week for discharge processing. He was told he will get a general discharge under honorable conditions. We're hoping they really take their time, because May 16 is his 18-month date, after which he can get some veteran's rights.
What happened? Basically he was under some serious stress during mess cranking. One day while working in deep sink (heavy duty pots and pans) he was being verbally harassed by another sailor, and after repeated requests for that sailor to stop, he physically attacked the guy, and landed at least one punch. That's really not his style (he's never hit anyone in his life), so it must have been some pretty extreme circumstances.
He's embarrassed, and avoided telling us that he was in trouble for a long time. He was more worried about our reaction than anything else. My husband told him that while he should have chosen another route to deal with the harassing shipmate, all he really did was defend himself, and there is no shame in that.
Now he has to start his life over again. What will happen? We have no clue. He already has a plan, to finish the computer training the Navy started, and go into that field. We'll have to see how this goes.
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