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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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Getting Close
I can't believe how time has flown. J is getting ready to leave for BC in just 22 DAYS!! I am going to have areally hard time when he is gone. He has become such a lifeline for me. He is always around (unless he is with the GF, whom I LOVE) and always helping out. He is starting to stress some because he has been in bad moods more lately, but I think it is a combination of worry and not wanting to leave but excited and not being able to wait to get started. He recently meet a young lady whom he has fallen hard for. Never seen him like this over a girl... He is having a hard time now about leaving because they havent had much time together, she is a Senior in High School this year and so her time is limited. When he is not working he trys to be with her. She is encouraging him and looking forward to being with the Sailor he will become though, so that helps. He has finally decided we can have a going away party for him. So now to plan that. :) I have been begging for a looooong time for this one. I find myself letting him get away with things I didn't normally and trying to do as much for him as I can, I also try and get him anything he asks for. LOL He is eating it up. I guess I am just trying to make up for the time we wont be together. We talk about writing to each other and his brother and GF, and what he expects me to help him pay, get etc while at bootcamp. I ahve to make sure GF has a Rose delivered every Monday at school, insurance etc. I think we have all the paperwork we need. At least I hope so. The recruiters are pushing him hard to be in top shape and mentally ready. THey have been awesome!!! I am so thankful we have such a great group of recruiters that work with him, especially Cheif. He has taken a special interest in J and really pushed him to be top notch. He is getting there.
Well, I think I have rambled enough. Please keep him and me in prayers as we walk through this as I will keep all of you and your SR's in mine.
Thanks for reading..... LOL
Heather
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Comment by Leisa Ship13 Div309 Grad 9-28 on August 28, 2012 at 8:08am
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Great reading and you are doing everything i did with mine before he left, getting away with stuff he usually wouldnt, but we are moms and we cant help it lol...Mine left Aug 1 and his PIR is 9/28. So the first week he was gone was horrifying i wont sugar coat it...LOL but i survived it. I do miss him very much, little things make me miss him like going in the fridge and seeing spicy brown mustard that he loved to mix with tuna and make a sandwich ...LOL....little silly stuff like that can make me tear up! Anyway, keep posting your thoughts its very theraputic. Have a nice day!
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