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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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Comment by Kim on December 29, 2011 at 10:01pm: Marianne, Jonathan signed up for 6 years and had 1.5 years left also. He talked about the negotiation from previous sailors. The norm for his rate/rank was extra leave at Christmas or a free ticket home. He wanted to stay and they said no. He ended up agreeing to another 6 months to take the orders of his (wifes) choice. It ended up his chain of command was playing a bluff to get him to volunteer for more??? (or someone was on a power trip). They where really upset when he put in for orders to transfer after trying so hard to stay. Katie is probably better at feeling them out.

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on December 29, 2011 at 9:12pm: cathy - Katie signed up for 5 years when she joined. Went to BC 10/8/08, PIRd 12/5/2008, after A school headed for Japan April 2009 for 3 years....so she has 1 1/2 years left of her initial commitment.

Comment by Kim on December 29, 2011 at 5:06pm: Cathyo, I am jealous. My son has always been home to ring in the New Year. 2007 - A school closed, so he came home for the holidays.
2008 - C school closed, so he came home for the holidays.
2009, 2010, 2011, Japan - flew home at this time.
2012...Now he lives on the other side of the country. So near, yet so far.

Comment by Mary n Jesse on December 29, 2011 at 12:44pm: Yay cathy!! that BIG HUG will be everything you hope and more...

hope you are getting some rest now, while you can! (I'm still kinda tired from Jesse being home LOL!!)

Comment by cathyo Ship 11 Div 063 on December 29, 2011 at 4:08am: 3:00 a.m. here in upstate NY! Josh texted from Tokyo. One more hour and then he boards his flight home arriving at 5:50. Then train to Albany and a BIG HUG at 9:45 tonight!!

Marianne, does that mean Katie reinlisted?

I think I'll try to go back to sleep !

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on December 29, 2011 at 12:28am: Kim - Glad to hear that they are in CA together!

cathy's son should be home soon.

Katie said that her 'detailer' (?) is still working on her new orders. She was given the list of 'possibilities' for a DC3 - most of them were shore duty and she has 2 more years of ship duty, so the choices are limited. Katie says we'll know as soon as she does.

Comment by Kim on December 28, 2011 at 10:39pm: Kayo arrived. He got permission to run over at lunch but she did not call when her plane landed in LAX. He was afraid that she got hung up in customs and missed the connection. She was still not calling. He must of been busting at the seams because they finally told him he was off duty, GO NOW. It turns out he gave her the wrong phone number, she was held up at customs and took a later flight. They arrived at the same time. Does it sound like a Cary Grant movie? He phoned at 6:30 (3:30 his time) when we where out for dinner to say they where home. He said he would skype us tonight and open his presents. Yea right! I won't hold my breath tonight.

Glad to hear that your sailors arrived back safely. Is anyone on the second leave? When will Katie get her new orders?

Comment by MarianneKT's Mom on December 28, 2011 at 2:15pm: Kim - Hopefully he will get off duty, but if not, what's a few more hours when they have waited this long!!

Katie made it back today - she did have to spend the night in Nagoya.

Comment by Kim on December 28, 2011 at 10:05am: Kayo is flying over the Pacific right now. She lands in LAX at 10:25, catches a plane for San Diego arriving 12:54. Jonathan is trying to get off duty. He is on leave starting at 4:00pm. She may have to wait.