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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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Started by diannep. Last reply by Terry'saproudmom(Ship02-Div936) Jul 22, 2013. 15 Replies 0 Likes
No need to respond to this. Just wanted to get the divisions listed at the top of the page and haven't seen Donna on the group for a while. Only she can post them to the name of the group....so…Continue
Started by TinaZmom 02/936. Last reply by Terry'saproudmom(Ship02-Div936) Aug 19, 2011. 56 Replies 0 Likes
Make your own Countdown ClocksContinue
Started by nursememrie. Last reply by nursememrie Jul 21, 2011. 118 Replies 0 Likes
Carol....just checking to see if you got a letter today? I still didn't and was really surprised. I am about 850 miles away, but still...if it was mailed on Monday, I should have gotten it by now. …Continue
Started by diannep. Last reply by diannep Jul 18, 2011. 27 Replies 0 Likes
Here is the link to provide you with the BattleStations info:…Continue
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For anyone who rides and is in California....there is a ride this Sunday from Pt. Mugu to Pepperdine U. Here is some info.
By Operation Gratitude
Join Operation Gratitude supporters and others as we honor and remember the victims of 9/11 at the Ride to the Flags event on Sunday beginning at 10 am at the Pt. Mugu Naval Base in Oxnard, California and ending at Peppderdine University's Alumni Park in Malibu. More information may be found at the Ride to the Flags website: http://www.ridetotheflags.com/ and Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ridetotheflags
UFQ202 AND DAVEMOM2: Thanks for your responses. I was glad to hear that what I was seeing is not so unusual. I talked to a friend who was in the Navy. He said I should get use to this "new norm". We laughed when he asked me if my Sailor ate really fast. I said yes he was just shoveling in the food like he hadn't eaten in a week. LOL....he said for him that was the last thing to change after he got out of the Navy and sometimes his wife still has to tell him to slow down, He served in Desert Storm so it has been awhile. I just want my son to feel comfortable here when he is home and wonder what if anything I can do to help him feel at home. I just tried to go with the flow and let him do what ever he wanted to do.
UFQ202: Glad you got your Sailor home for the weekend. We did too! I too will be driving him back (only 55 miles) early to make sure we don't get caught in the holiday traffic. I have a question for you and anyone else who has their Sailor home...do they seem different to you? I don't mean more mature, I saw a restlessness. My son seems uncomfortable. He did tell me that everything seems different and that it feels weird to be "out" or "off base". He went to the place where he worked to visit and told me it was "really weird". Many of his friends were busy or out of town so he only got to see a few...didn't say much after being out with them but still seemed uncomfortable. I am hoping this is just a temporary condition. He has always been my quiet kid but this seems different. Do you think I'm just over-reacting?
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