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Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak

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 snowmc on February 23, 2011 at 11:27pm: Julie...I must say I could not agree with you more. However...our rules of engagement are such that we actually put our military and thus, any of our citizens in such situations, at risk. If our military were to treat the pirates in such a manner, we would be reamed in the press throughout the world. Not fair, but it is the sad truth. Allowing the pirates to live and then support them with our already stretched tax dollars is a true crime.

Comment by Julie on February 23, 2011 at 6:42pm: on a lighter note- my mother in law was all excited because she thought Andrew was coming home (only deployed in Jan.) because the pirates and the Americans are on board and they had to get them to the US. My husband gently told her they would probably fly them off.

Thanks Leslie- I appreciate it more than you know

Comment by Julie on February 23, 2011 at 5:51pm: You are correct flyboymom- Andrew is on the Enterprise- I didn't sleep too well last night- no communication going out- only coming in. I can't wait to hear from him!!!!

Comment by Michelle on February 22, 2011 at 4:46am: Leslie, I'm jealous. We just got 18 inches of snow last night, and a week ago it was -40. I can't complain too much, we spent a week in Hawaii at the end of Jan. While there we sent a Post-a-Nut, put stamps on a coconut and mailed it to my son at Vance. At first he thought some kids had stuffed an old pumpkin in the back of the mailbox, so he almost didn't take it out. Then, never having seen a whole coconut before, he assumed it must be some strange thing for one of his roommates. Eventually he noticed his name on it. He was talking about turning it into a pina colada. Navymominohio, it won't be long now before they really have something to celebrate.

Comment by Suzi-OH on February 21, 2011 at 2:51pm: Thanks ladies! I really appreciate your posts....for guidance and information. This site has been an amazing resource for me.

Nancy W. - thanks for sharing! I'm so happy to see how Lynch is adapting. I think he loves all the tradition and rules...yes, he is one of those people who do better with clear rules and from someone other than mom, lol. I know it is early in his Navy career, but he LOVES it so far, even BC and hopes to make it a career. He knows that not everyone is being offered re-enlistment and he signed up for 6 years and has a little time. So, he is looking ahead and taking in all he hears from everyone. It's not like he was ever delinquent or a problem or anything.....but I have never seen him so focused on anything in his life.

Comment by Suzi-OH on February 21, 2011 at 12:12am: Thanks so much!!! Lynch was disappointed at first. His roommate had not gotten orders, was the same rate and had graduated weeks ahead of him. He was the only one in his A school class for a little while who had any orders at all. He is fine about it now, fortunately, he adapts to change right away.

I did all this reading up on what I thought he was going to do. I just want to educate myself and be able to have a conversation with him and support him......he knows I love him. :) I'm just so thrilled to see what a perfect fit the Navy, especially Aircrew, is for him. He's watchbill coordinator for his duty section and watchbill coordinator for barracks support and seems to love the responsibility. :)

Comment by snowmc on February 20, 2011 at 11:29pm: Hi Suzi: My son just reported to Tinker with AQ-7...he is NFO. He is very excited to be working on the E6...seems like a good fit. The deployments are short...average of 3 weeks. I sent you a friend request.

Comment by Suzi-OH on February 20, 2011 at 9:32pm: Hello Everyone.....I see that I'm in the wrong place, but wanted to post before I bowed out.

My son is not a pilot. He is Aircrew....AWV. He is very early in his training. He finished his A school a few weeks ago and is now waiting to leave for SERE and then on to Tinker AFB. I was wondering if any of you now much about Tinker and the E-6B Mercury??

Originally my son was told he'd go the way of the Orion and then the Poseidon. He was excited about that path. One day during A school his orders were the first to come up and found there was a change. Now, I know things can change at any time. I'm fine with that. My first husband was Navy way back.

Thanks for any thoughts.....

Comment by Paymaster on February 20, 2011 at 9:21pm: Mine deploys on Tuesday. This will be his fourth deployment.

They are happier when they are in the middle of stuff rather than being home and training