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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)
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USS Barry
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Site for Families with Sailors on the USS Barry
Members: 35
Latest Activity: Nov 25, 2017
Do you have a Sailor on the USS Barry?
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Comment by judymg on August 27, 2013 at 7:03pm
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Praying for all the sailors on the USS Barry and all the ships in the Mediterranean fleet.
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Hello and welcome. No one is told where or when they'll port until after the fact.
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Comment by kat09-88Texas on July 26, 2013 at 11:17am
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Hello my son just got on the Barry this week, dose anyone if they port yet and where
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Comment by tygerh on April 30, 2013 at 2:16pm
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Hello everyone! I haven't been on NavyforMoms in forever. Iwas talking about how it helped me survive boot camp the other day and thought that I ought to check to see if there was a group for USS Barry. I am happy to have found all of you. I am from Texas and my son joined Barry in December after being in Pensacola for the past year and a half. He is really enjoying the places he has gotten to see while he has been to sea!
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Hi Christina;
My son is also an ET on the USS Barry. I just sent a care package on the15th and used the same address as when he was in Norfolk. If you're not sure of the actual rank, I think using ET and last name, first name should be OK. I'm cusious to see how long it'll take to get there. Where was your boyfriend stationed before joining the USS Barry?
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For Navy, you just need the name, and Ship/FPO info for the USS Barry address provided in the link - there is no Unit. If you don't know his designation, I am not sure what you put. Maybe someone else on this knows (e.g. Sailor firstname lastname if you don't know?).
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Yes, FPO box goes to a central location where the military then gets it to the ship wherever it is at. Here is information on the customs form you have you fill out (which you have to fill out even if they are back in US) but you pay domestic rates. https://www.usps.com/ship/apo-fpo-guidelines.htm
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Hi Christina, welcome! Here is what I have. I sent a package to my stepson while he was still in Norfolk. Haven't tried one since they deployed - it will probably take awhile to get there. The post office has the forms you have to fill out for FPO shipments. http://www.barry.navy.mil/
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Thank you rorysmom! Very neat stuff at the FB site and their corresponding web site! Will check it frequently.
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Thanks for the Facebook info! Just spent about an hour looking at the pictures....VERY COOL STUFF! Also read the Businessweek article and that was awesome too.
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