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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)
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Comment by annafornavy on March 4, 2011 at 7:18pm
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Aww.. Nothing can prepare you for the missing him part. It hurts so bad to let see the first one fly the co-op. My oldest left for boot-camp last April and I felt like he was plucked out of my arms,. I missed him so bad and I cried uncontrolably the first 4 weeks. I told everyone I was not going to survive this. No body understood the way I felt until I joined Navy for Moms. This site became my life line and my sanity... Everyone would say this is the normal process of life and this how it is suppose to be.. I KNOW THIS.. But he left my home and went straight to boot-camp where the communication was none the first 4 weeks. I just wanted to know how he was and was he okay.. When the first letter came and he was so positive and upbeat about it, I felt for the first time I could breath again.. I was not at all prepared for how deeply this would affect me. His absence in our house was HUGE.. Nothing was normal anymore.. Now he is in the Fleet and on his first deployment this is a whole different level of missing him as our communication is limited again and I wont see him for 6 months maybe longer if these problems in the middle east dont simmer down..
I fell apart at the grocery store as I went to buy some of Dustins favorite items.. It was at that moment I realized Dustin would become a visitor in our home from this point forward as he would be living everywhere but here.. And I lost it in the grocery store. I just missed being able to text him or pick up the phone and call him throughout the day and see his face when I walked in the door at night.. That is what hurt the most that he no longer belonged to me he belonged to the Unites States Navy. It didnt take away that I was so proud of him and so thankful for his willingness to stand up and say yes I will defend our great country.. It was simply a mama having a hard time that I could not pick up the phone and say is the food okay are you sleeping well are you still glad you made this decision. In all my letters I would be up beat and positive to him and he said mom some of your letters made me cry because I could see the tear stains on the paper and it hurt me you were trying to be so strong writing the letter and I knew all the while this was killing you .. He is so wise.. : )
Just know you have a FORCE here that is going to rally around you and stand beside you during this time. You raised an AWESOME young man God Bless him for serving and I promise you the day you see him march in at graduation all the sadness, brokeness and tears will all melt away.. as he walks through those doors. You will still shed tears because it is such an emotional ceremony.. But just know boot-camp is a small blurp in their Navy career and when they get to A-school and the communication starts again life is just as it should be... : )
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Comment by Navy&USAFMom on March 4, 2011 at 8:24pm
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I think that Anna said it all! My son is the oldest of 5 boys. His younger brother joined the USAF 8 months ago.
It is hard to describe the piece of your heart that is missing. My son that is in the USAF was deployed to Korea this week. So that is another story. It has been a little over 2 weeks since my Sailor left boyhood to become a man. This site really helps me. Just to be able to have moms that know exactly what I am going through helps tremendously. I still haven't received a letter, but am hoping to get one very soon. This is the hardest part... waiting on a call, or a letter, or something to let us know that they are alright. God gives me the strength that I need to get through it. I know when I finally see him, and see what a changed young man he has become, it will have all been worth it. God be with you all! Suzy
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Comment by goliathmacdog on March 4, 2011 at 11:44pm
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Looks like we have a pattern of our oldest leaving the nest. My Son, the oldest of 4, left for Boot Camp on 2-24-11. I got my "I'm here" call and got the Box this past Tues (3-1-11). Now I'm looking for the letter and the mailing address with PIR info. This is a great site!
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Comment by proudmama (Ship 10 Div 257) on March 7, 2011 at 4:32pm
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Ladies,
Thank you so much for the information and the shoulders to cry on!! Anna, I know I will be just like you. I have already broke down several times just thinking about not being able to talk to him whenever I want. It makes me so scared for when he actually leaves..I can't even handle it now. I'm so appreciative of this sight and to all of the wonderful women that know what I am going through. My heart feels so full of emotion, I'm not quite sure what to do with all of it. I am bursting with pride for him and still I want to be selfish and not let him go. But, he is very ready to start his Navy career and his adventure into manhood. Thank you so much again for all of the wonderful advice. Blessings to all of you!!
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proudmama: You will make it through this I can promise and once you get that first call or letter it will be so much better because you feel connected with him again.. My son and I shared many tears from the time he joined in Dec to when he left in April. I had so many falling apart I am going to DIE without you moments.. LOL. Only to have him pick me up and say mom you have survived worst things in your life than me leaving for boot-camp.. At 22 he was ready to get moving.. He went to college a couple of years but his heart and spirit longed for more and the military was tapping at his heart. I remember looking at both my boys when they were babies and I thought there is no way my sons are going to join the military but here one of them is.. I am so thankful he joined now. He has been formed into a mighty fine young man that stands tall and is so respectful. He always was respectful before but now it is exceptional.. You too will be so proud when you see him in his Navy uniform at graduation.. We cant help but want to be selfish with them, Afterall we carried them for 9 months and a mama carries her babies until they can carry themselves, but when the carrying themselves time comes. We want to hang on.. Every red and white corpuscle in our body is screaming no.... I am not ready. But honestly I dont think we would every be ready to kick our little bird out of the nest.. That is just how we are wired. So cry and walk through the hallways of your heart with him.. It is healing.. And as the time draws near try and hug and kiss him enough to last 2 months.. : )
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