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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
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
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A common place to let others now where our sailors are and what they are doing.
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Liberty is different than Leave. Leave is similiar to requesting time off for vacation at work, they must submit a chit and have it approved. Liberty basically means that they have "liberty" to…Continue
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they look so handsome in their dress blues and cute in the whites ...,lolol...like Popeye..hahahaha
I received this pic the other day and of course started crying. It happens:)Charlie is doing well,going on short "underways" He says he will come home in Sept. thats a long time since he was here in January....
Anyway I was just reading all your news, Janna sorry to hear about the breakup. Hope Chris is o.k. He is young...I amsure someone better will come along one day and make him happy:)
Sylvia I hear ya. These boys are pretty crazy.Hope it works out.
Trish thanks for the call. Too bad my son didnt say he needed to know right away if I could go. he told me like on the last day. Needless to say I am not going..,,typical Charlie.
Btw Lauren, love the new photo you uploaded of Niko. He looks so handsome. What's he holding up, btw?
Thanks, Trish. You girls are awesome! You don't know how many times in the past month, (since learning this news) that I've wanted to come on here and hash this out. Just venting has done wonders for me. To answer your question Trish: No...we don't know this girl at all. They weren't even really a couple. Just work in same environment...and hung out a few times. Evidently, that's all it took. You're right, it would be nice to get to know her, however, things are a bit strained right now. Plus, shouldn't we wait until after the DNA paternity test after the baby is born? Just to be sure of paternity. The girl had a boyfriend 2-3 weeks before they got together. And now, (again, they were never a "couple") she has a new boyfriend. Somewhere in between all those boyfriends is my son. A stupid, stupid one-night-stand. sigh...
Janna, I know you're hurting for your boy. A broken heart is hard enough, but away from family and out at sea....just awful. At least this girl (isn't vindictive) Her actions of getting off this group, shows me she had the courtesy/decency of leaving and not "spying" or seeing what you or others would write. So in that respect she was decent. I've seen others on other N4M sites where it gets nasty between people.
Lauren, I laughed so hard (thank you! I really needed that!!!) when I read what Niko's wrote on his Facebook, "Domestic Partnership?" Really??!!??!!!!?? LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He's still a babe in the woods. ;)
I forgot that she was on her. Smart move, to leave the group. I know that this isn't easy to hear, but at least she recognized it now, before they got married and there really never is a good time for a breakup. At least he's busy with work, and has people around him. Im sure that he has some close friends who have been through this sort of thing. Think of it this way, you want someone strong for him, to deal with the Navy and she couldnt cut it.
Janna - We hurt when our kids hurt. Looking back, at Caseys dad, I did what was supposed to be the right thing and got married (I know, did that backwards), but I was from a small town, a good family, this didn't happen to us. Long story short, got married when I was 3 months and five years later got divorced. Funny, I don't regret it, as I got 2 great kids out of it, but for me, it was different and 20 years ago. I will alwasy regret my kids going through a divorce and luckily now, their stepdad is great, they consider him dad, but still wasn't what I wanted for them.
Sylvia - sorry to hear of the baby mama drama. His CO is right, keep her happy, at least for now. DO you know much about her? Is she close to where you are? Strange as it may sound, might be good to get to know her a little. I hope this works out that he isn't the dad, becuase, yes, it will complicate alot, but if so, if you have a relationship with her, it could help. My stepson is 24, lives with his girlfiriend and I just PRAY that she doens't get pregnant. They can barely take care of themselves. They both have good jobs, just really irresponsible with money. My husband is ready for grandkids. Nice, but Im not. Give my 10 years and Ill think about it.
I did talk to JoAnn today and I know that I put on here my experience on the tiget cruise. I did want to clarify something. While it was tough and no, I did not enjoy alot of it, I do NOT regret doing it. It was a once in lifetime event for me, cross it off the bucket list and I can say, the sailors that had familiy with them, you could see how much it meant to them. If any of you get a chance to do one, do it. Its tough, but its your kid, trust me, do it.
Look at us, almost 2 years after our "kids" left for bootcamp and we are still here for each other. We don't talk as often but when one of us is hurt, sad, burned, etc, we rally. Gotta love Navy moms!
God, I love you guys!!!! Thank you for the kind words, Janna & Lauren. (sniff-sniff)
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