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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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RTC Graduation

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

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USS COMSTOCK

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This group is for anyone with sailors on the Comstock to come for advice/help! Any questions you have feel free to ask and someone in this group will be able to help you get the answer you need!

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Latest Activity: May 9, 2022

This is one of the many pics I took after ship had left pier and was on its way toward the coronado bridge! Awesome sight!

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Comment by Michelle on March 1, 2011 at 1:21am: thanks for the fb info I found it. yea Yes I am in San Bernardino. Who is your sailor navynana? This is my sons first real deployment so I am getting used to this stuff and getting ready to send him a package. Do all three ships have the same FPO address?

BM3Simswife what is a boatswain mate?

Comment by navynana on March 1, 2011 at 1:10am: Welcome Michelle. Just go to FB and type in USS Comstock in the search box

I see you are in California. I am in Yorba Linda...not far from you.

Comment by BM3Simswife on March 1, 2011 at 12:12am: Hi Michelle, is your son a boatswain mate?

Comment by BM3Simswife on March 1, 2011 at 12:01am: Navynana, just go to any post office and ask for the apo/fpo flat rate boxes. They will give you as many as you want. Also ask for the custom forms. Its so much easier to have the box sealed and the customs form started when you go to have it mailed. I've mailed SO many things to my hubby and its super easy :)

Comment by navynana on February 28, 2011 at 11:53pm: getting on base has always been a pain but certianly understandable. Maybe our Onbudsman can assist when the time nears.

Are the FPO/APO boxes totally different than the priority boxes? I may have misunderstood. So they are $2 less to mail than priority? always appreciate the info.

Comment by cheffiona on February 28, 2011 at 11:26pm: august was y daughters pir she wore whites and could not wait to get to the hotel and get in jeans lol there are plenty of hotels around the base and i will be able to stay at their apartment that my son in law will be getting the only problem i see is that you have to a decal for your vehicle to be allowed on base and the sailor has to be there to get that so am not quite sure how that will work my son in law can get on base he has military id so if we use his sisters car that they borrowed whilst they were living in sd that has a decal so we will be able to get on base no problems! the ombudsman i have dealt with several times and have been really helpful and quick to respond

I just picked up a bunch of boxes and the FPO/APO boxes which cost $2 less than the normal priority and a bunch of the customs forms so i can have them ready when i go to the post office

Comment by navynana on February 28, 2011 at 11:16pm: my grandson graduated in April and was in dress blues. I think in May they switch to white and back to blue in Oct.

Comment by Elane on February 28, 2011 at 10:47pm: I was under the impression that the time of the year made a difference in what uniform they could wear, not sure if that applies to ship returns or not. Oct was winter for my son's PIR and he was in dress blues.

Comment by Elane on February 28, 2011 at 10:44pm: @ccNavymom last time out "we" had about a month's notice of a tentative return date..but that of course was subject to the Navy's needs and of course the working condition of the ship at the time. as time got closer they were able to tell us a better date but we did not know the expected actual pull in time until the night before. The ombudsman were very helpful with that info and they even had a sign making party for us. They were also helpful with hotel ideas, do & don'ts and what "paperwork" you would need to get on the base, etc. I have not spoken/written the new ones yet, but I'm hoping they will be as good if not better if info to us.

Comment by Elane on February 28, 2011 at 10:36pm: Yes a customs form is required on ALL mail going to any FPO/APO address.. no matter where they are at the time. I don't go into a lot of detail on them, just general items... like processed food and snacks, clothing, magazines, etc. I would not list specific things like I-pod or anything of real value. The post office is supposed to be safe but why take the chance? . There are alot of people in & out of the Navy that are less than trustworthy. Things are stolen from the sailors on or off the ships. The other thing I would advise of ...is totally fill the boxes. You can get 2 sizes of boxes from the post office that are flat rate box..that go cheaper to FPO/APO addresses. (there are lots of sizes but only the 2 are cheaper). Fill them up so there is no room for shifting of contents, crushing of sides etc. I use individual wrapped candy like tootsie rolls, starbursts, jolly ranchers, etc. rogers etc as packing rather than styrofoam peanuts. They will enjoy the packing as well that way. I've heard of people using real air popped popping corn, even stale some of them enjoy it.