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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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OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

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RTC Graduation

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Mandisa-R
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  • Jacksonville, FL
  • United States

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Spouse/Significant other
Stage of (Sailor’s) Navy career?
Enlisted
When I heard “Navy,” I...
Was proud and encouraged it
Our Navy experience so far...
It was positive and maturing. Our relationship has grown stronger.

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At 4:48pm on June 25, 2012, Team Leo <3 said…
Oh okay! Well yes, keep that phone near you all day! Haha. I miss that :/. It was like the greatest feeling knowing your bf is going to call to tell you he's a sailor!

And yes! My email is vanessa_m2494@yahoo.com my name on there is Vanessa Martinez (:
At 4:32pm on June 20, 2012, Team Leo <3 said…

It's usually the week before and the week of. Depending on the date his division was set for battle stations.. On my friends list, there is a navy mom under the name "DianneP" she should know the dates... Do you know what division he's going to be doing battle stations with?.. Since his original division already graduated. .. Don't you get letters today? Maybe he might tell you in his letter.  Just pray for him, and so will I :)!

Btw, message DianneP because battle station dates aren't supposed to be discussed in comments.

At 1:46pm on June 20, 2012, Team Leo <3 said…

LMAO.. I meant keep your phone next to you lol.. Oh and also, if he has a facebook, he might be able to get on it then kay?! so also keep a look out for that!

At 1:43pm on June 20, 2012, Team Leo <3 said…

What happened to him again?

And well my bf had a dentist appmt right after battle stations, and out of his DIV only a few got the chance to call and no one with DIV 164 was on here, but my boyfriend's mom, this one mom (who was the mom of my bf's bestfriend in boot camp) lol.. And well myself. The thing was that both my bf and his friend had the dentist appt so we were all like wth is going on?! how come we don't get our calls!! Till someone said that all DIV 164 had passed we were a little at ease, but it still sucked.. Then the next day came and he got to call his mom for about 5 min, but then they kicked him and his friend out so that the other DIV's could call.. Later at night I went over to his mom's to help her with some stuff and he called so we both got to talk to him for about 10 minutes. Then on a sunday he called and we talked for 30 wonderful minutes finally! lol. But if you know the dates, keep your phone next to your phone all day the day after his Battle station. They usually start calling at 2 pm GL time. :)

At 10:47pm on June 19, 2012, Team Leo <3 said…

Well at least he only got set back 2 weeks. Some get set back for months!

At 10:19pm on June 19, 2012, Team Leo <3 said…

My boyfriend said that there was 3 of them that he knew that weren't goin to have family there. He invited one of them with us, but he said he had already told yes to another guy. So hopefully he gets to go with someone! but it made me sad to think after how none of them had someone run down the bleachers to hug them :/.. But don't worry, I'm sure he understands that you and his family can't be there because of the short notice.. When was he supposed to originally graduate?

At 12:26am on June 19, 2012, Team Leo <3 said…

Awwh, well sometimes things dont always go as we want them to. It'll be fine though. Where is he going to A school?

Nd ahh, It must not feel nice to be in that situation you're in with his family :/.. Hopefully things change!

How awesome! I've always wanted a beach wedding. Hehe.

And yes, as a matter of fact yesterday we were talking about when we'd be ready for marriage. I'm a 18, just graduated high school, nd he's 21... So he's ready to move out and stuff nd well me I'm still kind of scared you know? So I said in 3 years, but he says that's too far out and we agreed on next year. I'd prefer to just move out with him and then get married later, but he says he wants to do things right. I'm all up for it, just a tiny bit scared.

At 12:39pm on June 15, 2012, Team Leo <3 said…
Oh yeah! Lol. He's doing military police. :)

BTW, are you going to his boot camp graduation?
At 2:06am on June 15, 2012, Team Leo <3 said…
Yay! :).

And what contract? :O
At 1:42am on June 15, 2012, Team Leo <3 said…
Oh no, my bf already graduated boot camp. Thank goodness!! He graduated June 1st .. he's in a school right now at San Antonio and graduates July 27(: so he should be back by August! Yay!
 
 
 

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