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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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Please, please remember before you post: our sons are part of a Special Operations community, even while in training, and it is vitally important to form the habit of not divulging any information that could possibly compromise the safety of any of their members. This would especially apply to names, dates, places, procedures, etc. You might like to read the "Discussion Forum" titled "OPSEC" for some guidance. If you are still in doubt, please ask one of our members for their opinion by private message before you post. We are here to help each other, but we must be careful at all times.

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Comment by wellen(ship04/DIV818 PIR 9/1) on September 19, 2012 at 2:55pm: Hello from SC! It's been a long while, but I felt it time to check in now that my son graduated from SWCC training 9/13. Anybody else there??? He was in 818 PIR 9/1/11. He is now moving on to SOCM school in Fayetteville...so thrilled he is closer to home. I can not say enough about the graduation, the biggest surprise was the dinner Wednesday night being dedicated to the MOTHERS!!! It was delicious and by NAVAL standards, quite a nice affair. The graduation ceremony the next day was also excellent, wonderful speakers, who truly understood the blood, sweat and tears our boys have gone through during BCT and CQT.

PAMOM: I have kept up with you through Kelly and my heart is with you as deployment looms...as they say, worry about nothing, pray about everything.

Kelly: Thanks for the heads up about the cermony being recorded, definitely worth getting. Hope your travels went well.

Bless our boys and all you moms out there loving your boys.

BTW, I don't have a Harley, it's just on my bucket list, along with playing the piano and going to Australia...for now I am happy and proud of my SWCC.

Comment by pamom on September 19, 2012 at 2:33pm: Hi BJA57, hope all is well with you. 3rd time:( wow! Our W will be deploying for the 1st time in about 2 weeks or so... nervous, scared, ( ME, not him!!)

He is ready. So many bad things going on in the world right now though...I just need to keep the faith, pray, and trust that he is so well trained.

Hope you all have a great day!

Comment by BJA57 on September 19, 2012 at 8:09am: Third time around isn't any easier...... Our W deployed on Monday. Haven't heard from him yet, but his first stop was Europe. You do get used to the code talking, and the absence of communication..... no news is good news!!

Newbie Moms--- it is all worth it!!! Seeing our son happy and proud is heart-swelling!!! While at Coronado, I adopted the motto of "do what you have to do to him to bring him home"! Be strong in your words, be encouraging and cheerleading. Your sons are strong and sure and proud. They will be motivated by their desire (and someone screaming in their faces :) ), they need to know that you know they can do this!!

Thank you all for the men you have raised that want to do this for a living. They are truly a band of brothers!!

Comment by floridabeachgirl on September 14, 2012 at 8:43am: Good Morning Y'all!! my son is still in GL @ BC. Graduation is 10/12. So glad this page was suggested...I have learned so much from reading a few pages of posts. It will be some time before my boy gets to Coronado but I am hoping I can encourage and motivate my son through all the encouraging words y'all write. I will feed much of this back to my son to get him thru the challenges he has yet to face.

Have a fine Navy day!!! :)

Comment by Fancy Nancy on August 25, 2012 at 7:57am: Hi all,
I am a real rookie here. My son just completed his first week in training. His class is 73-1. He PIRed in Great Lakes 7/13. Any other moms here from 816?

Ha! I thought Boot Camp was rough! I am going to need all of you and your wisdom in the coming months. It is hard facing this by myself!

Comment by SWCC'Em on August 22, 2012 at 9:47am: Thank you to all the vet moms for your encouragement and support! :)

I did get to go to Coronado this past weekend and am so thankful that I was able to spend a fair amount of time with my "W." I'd like to think it did us both some good (I got to see him and 'take care of him' and he got 'taken care of'). He was tired but he also showed us around town (I really thought he'd simply want to sleep but that was not the case).

My "W" also invited some of the guys to go to dinner with us. It was so wonderful to meet these guys and what an impressive group of young men-- they were simply awesome!!

I'm relieved that the Tour is off my worry list-- so now I guess I'll start worrying about the next phase ;))

Comment by BlessedMom on August 19, 2012 at 12:36am: Congratulations moms and your sons of class 72..you can now exhale, they did it!! Rhonda blessings to you and your son..we'll be here for you always. pamom I have kept every text too. d'smum thank you for sharing the medic blog, mind boggling what they do, yes..grabbed my kleenex, they are life guardians! I am so proud to be an American & very grateful...THANK YOU TO OUR MILITARY FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WILLINGNESS TO SACRIFICE EVERYTHING TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM!

Comment by rhonda0366 on August 17, 2012 at 11:03am: I am leaving this group. My son was dropped Wednesday morning. The instructor told him to try again in 2 years and that he just needs to gain more confidence in himself. He is ok with this now. There is something else out there for him for now until he decides if he wants to give this another try. At least he will know what is expected of him if he does try again. Congratulations to all your men who made it through The Tour!! Best wishes for all of them and you.

Comment by chrisinoregon on August 17, 2012 at 10:42am: I remember being on "the edge" waiting for the phone call! So hard to wait. But how wonderful when it comes. Congrats!!!

Comment by pamom on August 17, 2012 at 6:18am: YAH!! Congrats to 72-2!!! I remember that so well... I got that same text too!! I actually kept the texts he sent me... one right before he went out on The Tour... telling me... "Thank you for all the support, he loved me and he WASN"T QUITTING NO MATTER WHAT!".. and then the 2 word "Made it" after it was over.

Sooo happy for all of you!! Makes for a great weekend!! Although I think they will sleep through half of it!! haha. We were lucky in the fact that my son's class finished BCT, and it was in Dec. right before Christmas... so they were able to come home for a week!! He was battered and very bruised, but SOOO happy.

D'sMum.. Hey there! How have you been? Hope all is well with your family!

Well congratulations again!! So proud of all these young men:) Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!