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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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March 8, 2010
Well it will be 2 months tomorrow since Brandon was deployed.....
Oh how I miss him and worry and pray every day. I know Brandon
is doing fine ( I am just a mom).... Brandon has trained for the Navy
since he was 11 yrs old. He was in Sea Cadets for seven years before
joining the Navy. He is in SARS as an AWR-Rescue Swimmer...... I am still not quite sure what this means.... I think it means that he is a
tactical SAR..... I am still investigating..... I am also not sure what all
he had to do to get to that point, but I hear it was quite a bit.
I pray every morning and night for he's safe return. He has a wife
and two small children......... Better go for now will write again tomorrow
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Comment by Sweet*Southern*Lady on March 9, 2011 at 12:37am
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I hope your getting a few emails when the internet is up. One thing I loved about the DF being part of the air crew (he was also an AW2 rescue Swimmer) was the fact that on his ship they had an office and he could email us alot with no line! Woot Woot!
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Comment by Kathy (Brandon's Mom) on March 9, 2011 at 1:17am
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Hi there..... Well I have not received many (because the internet has been down).
But the last few days are getting better. Thank you for replying back. Is your son still
in the Navy?? For how long??
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Comment by Tee-1sailor's mom on March 10, 2011 at 12:03pm
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If you would benefit from a group where you can express your feelings freely, join http://www.navyformoms.com/group/safeharbor
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Tee
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Kathy,
My Fiance is still in the Navy, but is in STA-21 and is attending college full time.
Dakota, I never sent my Fiance (Boyfriend at the time) more than 2 boxes a month. They would get in trouble if they got to much stuff and they have limited room to place stuff.
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