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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.
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Comment by Mushrush (Ship03Divison253) on July 29, 2012 at 1:06pm
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Hahah it's okay, but yes I'm already part of that site (: but atleat boot camp is almost done. We have a little over two weeks left
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Comment by sailorwifenmom on July 29, 2012 at 4:01pm
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I'm sorry :-( As a Navy wife and a Navy mom, I know it can be hard, and there are a lot of people out there who try to be well meaning but really don't get it.
As far as being a significant other goes, the best advice I can give you in this situation is, if you're someplace where you're able to, try to make friends with other military spouses or significant others. Generally speaking, they are going to understand where you are coming from a lot more than your other friends - even people that you have known your whole life. Because your civilian friends, as well meaning as they are, really aren't going to get it. (For example, they are single, so they want to go out and be single - meeting guys, etc... your friends who are in couples or married are wanting to do couple sorts of things, double dates, etc.... you are not single, so you don't want to go out clubbing, meeting guys, etc, but yet, on the double dates, you can feel like the third wheel... Other military spouses or s.o.'s get it, and that can make it easier.)
This is not to say that your family and friends don't care, and aren't trying to be supportive, which brings me to the second part of the advice. When they do things that are insensitive, just take a deep breath and think to yourself, "Is this person important to me? Is it someone I'm going to be seeing and interacting with on a regular basis, or am I only going to see them once a year at a family reunion? Are they likely to keep making this same sort of hurtful comment, or is this one of those "one time deals"?
If it's someone that's a part of your life, and they are doing this a lot, there's nothing wrong with saying something like "Going to a movie sounds like a lot of fun, and I'm sure that Dear John would be really interesting, but right now, and I know you all probably don't mean it this way (in fact, they might mean the opposite, and be wanting to go see it with you because they think YOU want to see it, and they're trying to be supportive... that sort of thinking does happen...), but right now, I really need to keep my mind off things, and would love to have a fun, no worries or sadness night out with you all... So, would you mind if we went and saw something that wasn't all sad and military related right now?"
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Comment by abbyblue on July 29, 2012 at 4:17pm
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NEW MEMBER HELP DESK.
Q&A. Boot Camp Videos, Recruit TC Link, Sample Form Letter, Navy Acronyms & more.
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I actually have girls in my school, that more recently, I have been trying to communicate with because their boyfriends te in the service too and understand a little more so it's nice to talk to them
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