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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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Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
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Comment by Addison'sBG on May 12, 2010 at 7:11pm
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The call will come and so will the letter. But that doesn'y make waiting any easier....soon the letters will come weekly and that will make things a little better. Stay strong Navy mom. You have had to sacarifice too, just as he has. HONOR COURAGE COMMITMENT. That's wht the navy stands by. Have courage. You can make it, day by day.
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Comment by litmissjmn on May 14, 2010 at 9:12pm
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My daughter left a week and a half ago and I feel your pain. Keeping busy helps as i can only imagine that it helps our little sailors. My daughter is my best friend and to not talk to her about the day to day things is absolutely killing me. But I have thrown my efforts into planning a fantastic trip up to the great lakes to see her graduate:) As the other moms said, it helps them as well as yourself to write as much as you are able!!
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Comment by Lonna ship12/unit179 on May 15, 2010 at 8:25am
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It is hard...very hard. But, know that he is being kept busier than he has ever know busy could be. My son-in-law said he got very little sleep they were kept so busy in boot camp. He actually would write while in the 'Head" (aka bathroom) because Sunday was not long enough to write. My daughter was told he'd be able to call home on the weekend......in 9 weeks she got 4 calls. Their unit must earn the privilege and the minutes to call home! If they are misbehaving they will lose minutes or the privlege comnpletely. You must stay busy by writing sendin out mail daily......that is what keeps them encouraged. I would tape comics or news clippings to the letters....He asked for news about the outside world. So I was kept busy reading newspaper and magaazines to find things to send him. Hang in there....keep busy...the tears and worry are OK your mom!The time will pass quicker than you think...I marked each day off the calendar. The next time you see him you will have a Sailor!
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