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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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Welcome to the deep, silent world of submarines! If you're new to this world, start by reading the "Pages" of info found in the right-hand column, below the strip of member avatars.

We welcome your questions. But, while you're here, maintain silence... don't slam doors or the lid on the toilet!

Please, if you no longer want to be a part of N4M's consider NOT deleting your profile as everything you have ever posted will disappear when you delete it . You can leave a group but don't permanently delete your profile!

Group Administrator: Kaye S.

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These articles are the "reference library" for moms, ready to answer FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) 24x7 (twenty-four hours, seven days a week). You may not have to post a question after all! Thanks, Kaye S.

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Comment by Mark on April 10, 2009 at 6:30pm: Oh, my son is hoping to be sent here, but that's a way off. He knows that ST is a pretty boring rate on a boomer though, and wants one of the two SSGNs stationed here. His second choice would be fast attack (SSN), and there are only two here, stationed at the shipyard in Bremerton, which he isn't too keen on (Bangor is much nicer), or the Jimmy Carter (ugh...sorry), which is a "spook" boat at Bangor, but very hard to get. So, his likely west coast bet, if he can't get one of the five SD boats, would be Pearl.

Comment by Mark on April 10, 2009 at 6:24pm: ST (sonar tech), ET (electronics tech) and FT are sister (brother?) rates on submarines.. Together, they comprise the Submarine Electronics and Computer Field (SECF). Their early training is together, until they branch into their specialties which have roughly the same length of training. On the boat they work closely together, especially the FTs and STs, and are the core enlisted rates in the tactical (i.e. target identification, tracking and targeting) team.

Comment by Mark on April 10, 2009 at 6:08pm: Hi Kaye - yes, he called me about an hour ago, and we're all set up. If you're watching any of the Masters, I hope you saw Fuzzy Zoeller come up the eighteenth fairway with his (16 yo?) daughter Gretchen on the bag. She was beaming, and having no problem hauling that big ol' tour bag around that extremely hilly golf course. Eyes were a little damp here, and I'm sure all around eighteen green. I love those kind of moments at the Masters...

Comment by Mark on April 10, 2009 at 6:04pm: Ah-ha - an FT, he must be a pretty sharp kid, then. My son is in Groton now for ST, he's close to finishing ATT now. Yep, there is very little patience for being late for morning muster, especially if you're living in the barracks and can't blame traffic (prolly not much sympathy then, either). Fourteen months in Groton?...wow, were the holds between training phases that long, or did he have another school after his FT "A" school.

Comment by Kaye S. on April 10, 2009 at 5:32pm: Aha, Terrie! I see you found Obi Wan before I got back to you... there's only one COB (Chief of Boat), but as Mark says, there are many other chiefs (at least one per division). Remember that "Chief" means Chief Petty Officer. It's not used as in civilian life, where "Fire Chief" means "top boss."

Mark, has my kid called you yet? He thought he'd take you up on the invitation to the Silverdale meet 'n greet. AND, if you happen to have a TV tuned to the Masters'... Hugs, k.

Comment by Mark on April 10, 2009 at 5:31pm: ugh...that's no fun, but it'll get better. E-3 is pretty junior on boats, so he'll be glad to get that PO third class crow when it comes. Has he been to an "A" school, or is he striking for one of the rates like MM, SK, CS etc...?

Comment by Mark on April 10, 2009 at 5:10pm: Yep, Kaye's great; it varies, but usually there are about a dozen goats per boat, give or take a couple. What's Chance's rate?

Comment by Mark on April 10, 2009 at 4:52pm: Oh - in that case, I'll be sure to pass that on to Kaye's son, Drew... :))

Comment by Mark on April 10, 2009 at 4:17pm: Hi Terrie,
Fedex will only deliver to the addressee. The message means that he has to pick it up at the Fedex office across the highway from the Bremerton airport. I think they're open until six PM for that.