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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 jsefamily on August 18, 2018 at 5:42pm
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Tab should have been “tab.”
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meadow, a large part of this correspondence issues depend on the Drill Instructor. Of course you don’t know his/her personality so it is better to be safe that sorry. Our LO left for OCS in July 2014, graduating in October 2014, in Class 01-15. I hadn’t heard any rules about color of envelope and all that business. I knew not to send birthday cards. Our LO’s birthday was on his fifth day of OCS. I didn’t let anyone send him birthday cards but I didn’t want to have the day pass unnoticed. I wrote letters every day he was gone. Yes, EVERY DAY. On his birthday, I subtly put “HB” next to the date on the letter. He noticed and mentioned it. He said it felt “just right” at the time.
I mentioned that I didn’t know all the “white envelope and plain letter rules. I sent many cards and some were in tab or blue envelopes. (Oh, my!) No worries! There were no issues. When I mentioned it later in OCS, our son commented that the instructors have much bigger issues to manage than the color of envelopes. LOL That sounds about right to me, too. Also, we were encouraged to send bits of information to him from the outside world. My husband sent the baseball trade deadline deals from the newspaper. Our LO said it was a huge hit and he shared it with many interested candidates. Again, no issues with instructors. So, my suggestion is to write letters and feel out the situation but don’t lose perspective.
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Comment by M's mom on August 18, 2018 at 4:04pm
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meadow,
Search Wikipedia for "List of U.S. Navy Acronyms." I find this list very helpful when my son lapses into Navyspeak in an email, and I have no idea what he means!
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Comment by topdog1p on August 17, 2018 at 8:03pm
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welcome meadow to mom of Officers. My son was at OCS in 2015. He is now currently on deployment on a sub. We all were at the place you are now. Please feel free to ask questions. I still am learning what all the acronyms mean.
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Comment by redheadlass on August 17, 2018 at 10:54am
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Meadow: Welcome! My son is finishing up week 7 at OCS currently. It is a whole new world to experience and learn about! The first three weeks are the hardest for them and also for you. Good luck and please ask questions as you need to.
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Comment by meadow on August 17, 2018 at 9:58am
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Good morning, my son is in OCS now. Week 1 is almost behind him. I am beginning a new adventure as well. Trying to learn as much as I can and way to many acronyms. My goodness. I will have questions and thank you to all in advance for your experienced information.
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Welcome Vicki,
I too am learning all the navy lingo. My son was commissioned 9/2015 and is currently on his second underway on a sub. His first 2yrs after being commissioned he was in NUPOC. (nuclear propulsion officer candidate).
We are here to learn together and support each other.
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Welcome VickiB,
My son was commissioned in 2012, and I'm still learning about the Navy too! Sometimes when I talk to my son he will lapse into Navyspeak (all those acronyms such as RIMPAC) and I will have to ask him to spell it out for me. If I'm speaking to him on the phone, I can hear him rolling his eyes skyward. He knows he'd better not do that when we're face-to-face!!!! hahahaha
If you have questions, just ask. Some of the Moms here will probably know the answer. That's what we are here for!
Congrats to your son, and anchors aweigh !!
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Comment by VickiB on August 2, 2018 at 3:12pm
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New to this site- my son commissioned in Dec17 after completing NROTC and is on a ship in San Diego. Still learning about Navy.
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LeAnn:
Thanks for the explanation about ODS. I wasn't sure when those officers actually received their commissions. A friend of mine was in the Navy while he was going to Optometry School, and I assume he went to ODS afterwards. I knew ODS was for those attending some kind of professional school, and then becoming active duty after that.
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