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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
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
So what are an Ombudsman and a Family Readiness Group, and how do I find mine? Scroll down and read. The websites offered in this group at the official Navy FFSC info and much more. FInding out the Ombudsman info is just one of many things Navy families need to know. Read on!
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Shared by an Ombudsman, this is a great article. Though it's geared towards spouses, it serves as a good reminder that homecoming is the beginning of a period of adjustment for everybody. Five things no one told me about homecoming
That's ok! Please do avail yourself of all the help that your recruiting office can provide, that's what they're for and can answer tons of questions you'll likely have now and during the next few months too.
Ohh oops wrong group then...for now lol. Thank you Marcy :))
At this point your best resource for getting answers is your husband's recruiting office, and they should be happy to help you; have your questions prepared and stop by their office. You won't have access to an Ombudsman until your husband is assigned to a command after bootcamp. An Ombudsman is a volunteer who is appointed by the commanding officer to serve as an information link between the command and Navy families. Once at a command, you'll have all kinds of great family resources through the Fleet and Family Support Center program; this will give you an idea: http://www.cnic.navy.mil/ffr.html
Once you know where he's headed, Google Fleet and Family Support Center plus the command to find yours, and find the Ombudsman for his command by going to this link.
Hi my husband is away in boot camp. I would like to know when I get the dd form to get my military ID and also how do I know when I have benefits. Also, how do I get info for the ombudsmen? I am kind of lost and I am not sure if I need to be doing anything or not. Any help would be appreciated.
Martha S, try messaging the Fleet and Family Support Center on FB https://www.facebook.com/navyffsc, hopefully they can send you in the right direction. You could also try your Regional Legal Service Office - http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=24816.
Thanks Marcy. I printed it off and will inform the management office.
Check your state's Landlord-Tenant Act for their military clause. Looks like you're in Washington, so it would be this: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=59 You likely will have to provide your landlord a copy of your son's written orders to his first duty station once he completes boot camp and becomes full-fledged active military (that may be part of the hang-up, that he's only in BC). The good news is that boot camp is only eight weeks long and you'll have those orders soon :)
When my son turned 18, the apartment complex insisted that he had to be added to the lease. Of course, they charge for W/S/G based on the number of people in the apartment. Now they are dragging their feet to remove him from the lease, even after I put it in writing that he was in Navy Boot Camp. Any suggestions?
A Sailor's Mom, you're so right! Adding my thanks to all the wonderful Ombudsmen we have :)
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