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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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Graduates PIR 08/19/11 TG 40
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Latest Activity: Feb 27, 2018
Discussion Forum
Encouragement Questionnaire
Started by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons. Last reply by Charlie Feb 27, 2018. 10 Replies 26 Likes
Places to Eat in Great Lakes
Started by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW. Last reply by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW Aug 19, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Ship 10, DIV 267 Navy Mom
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Ship 10 Div 266
Started by Pmbell 02 (SHIP 10 DIV 266). Last reply by momma'o~32020 Aug 17, 2011. 62 Replies 0 Likes
Reading Material for FUN! Navy Basic Acronyms, Laughs for the Hard Days and Top Ten Lines Home From Boot Camp...
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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on July 3, 2011 at 3:00am
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Ladies-FTLW here. My Sailor PIR'd on 05/26/2011, so I am a fairly new veteran.
He is currently going through "A" school.
I'll be posting some info I have put together...mostly in the discussion forum. It's easier to keep track of it for me up there since there are seven PIR groups right now. LOL!
Some of it will be the standard and VERY complete posts of JessicaB who is a veteran and will hopefully be retuning to this site soon.
Betsy, Sandy and a few others pop in too!
Welcome!
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Comment by gsskygirl(SECF) on July 2, 2011 at 11:54pm
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Cheryl~ Hang in there... all in time before we know it they will graduate move on and we'll be wondering if they can come home for Christmas!
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That's wonderful... we had a ship out party too. The kids all agreed to just stay in touch on FB when the can.
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Comment by Momof3kidz(IT) on July 2, 2011 at 11:44pm
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Agreed! I sent my son with 2 calling card and 2 books of stamps. No envelopes etc. I've read that they have to use their stationary and envelopes. I did send him with a wallet address book too. I filled in all phone # and addresses. We had a going away party and I had each person fill in their own info.
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yes... I plan to send one thanks for the info!! I'm wondering if he needs paper, stamps and all that too?? It stinks that he has a cell (not now of coarse)and we are locked into a contract and he still needs a phone card. I understand they don't want to be responsible for their phones. It would be nice to keep them in a box and let the kiddos use it when allowed.
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You can send him one. I was told to get an AT&T they are $22.00 for 550 minutes. You still have time they are supposed to call until week 3, I think.
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They can't call without a calling card. I was not given this info until recently... so I guess my son won't be calling me.
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By the way, I love this website! It brings me peace each day knowing I'm not crazy like I feel. So many other mom's are going through the same things I am.
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Cheryl6 - my son not only called me at work but he called his dad on his cell phone and his brother on his cell phone. He will get ahold of you but keep your cell phone by your side 24/7. I had no idea my son was going to call me when he did. He was filling out paperwork and earned a phone call. They know our schedules because they haven't been gone long enough for that to change much.
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Comment by Cheryl on July 2, 2011 at 10:39pm
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My daughter is set to graduate on this date. She is in Div 940. I got her form letter but haven't gotten anything else yet. Getting pretty antsy about everything. I am so afraid I'll miss her first phone call even though I carry my cell phone everywhere. Thanks for the help everyone! This site really helps!
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