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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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Hello All,
Can't wait to see our boys and girls become Men and Women!
If you have a SR in this group please contact me.
Logan's Mom (or Sherry when I get to have a name) LOL
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Hi Betty,
My son will be going to Pensacola for A-School. He will be in IT :)
My daughter is staying in GL for about 9 weeks then off to San Diego. She is a sonar tech
Does anybody know what time our SRs have to be back on base Saturday night?
Thanks!
Hello Ladies!!!
Only 9 more days to go!!! I am in Belgium this week and heading to Germany next week. I will arrive in Chicago on the 10th after flying 9 hours.... after scooping my daughter at the train station we will head to Great Lakes! We will most likely attend Sarge's meet and greet. I can't wait to meet you guys!!!!!
Please post as many details about info you get from your SR's ...like results of Battle Stations... final inspections... general observations... lol I obviously cannot get any phone calls or letters from mine and will live vicariously through you :)
I will check this site as much as possible in the next 9 days... can't wait to read the first "I got my I am a Sailor call"
Take care and safe travels to PIR from whereever you are! See you soon!
:) Sherry
My son is going to Pensacola for A-School too!
My son is staying in GL for 29 weeks and then off to San Diego! Less then 8 days now!! Got letters from Matt this week, but was just a few lines, he said they were all very tired and not slot of time to write! Battlestations are coming up and they will need all our thoughts & prayers!! Can't wait to met you all at Sarges!!
Hello Friends!!!
I just added Sarge's Meet & Greet to my events. What a great place to meet you all before PIR. If there is any way you can make it please go to Events and reply to that one.
See you in less than 7 days!!!!!
Logan's Mom (Sherry)
Sherry, my husband and I will be at Serge's. I just went and added it to events.
I just took this off of the RTC FB page.....
Congratulations to this week's Captain's Cup winners! Taking top honors for the non-integrated (all-male) divisions was Div. 812; and taking top honors for the integrated (male-female) divisions was Div. 147.
YES!!!!! Isn't that GREAT!!?!! So proud of EACH ONE OF THEM!!!!!!!
So proud of them all for winning the captins cup.. that is so awesome
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