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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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Week 2
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Comment by Lynne on October 12, 2010 at 2:13am
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I remember feeling like you do not that long ago. When I started the countdown clock there were 71 days and I thought for sure I would never make it that long to PIR. The first week was unbearably slow. I couldn't imagine what he was doing. I ordered the book Honor, Courage, and Commitment and began to educate myself. I read everything I possible could on this website. I took every tip to heart I learned in Boot Camp for Moms and wrote letters that were uplifting and encouraging. I included funny stories, jokes, and even memories from when he was young. As I wrote my heartache began to ease. I laughed at a joke I found. I imagined him having to share the shower with all those other young men and found it humerous that maybe he wouldn't be be standing in there for an hour or more...lol! By the second week, I was really lonely but my kid in a box came and then the form letter which contained about four written lines from my son...that were like pure gold to me. I read them over and over and over. They were simple really...they just reminded me that he loved me and missed "civilian" life. During the first week, I was exhausted at bedtime and would think thank you Lord I made it through another day. In the second week, it was the next morning when I would think, thank you Lord I made it through another day. Then my first letter arrived, my first phone call came, and then the next letter. Each day got easier. I am not saying this has n't been difficult, becuase it has, but now we are 24 days from PIR and guess what I survived and when I was where you are...I was pretty darn sure I wouldn't. So join Boot Camp for Moms, find your PIR group and get involved...you'll survive and you will be so glad to see him. Write often, everyday if you can. Before my son left, he said don't send too many letters I don't want to get in trouble...I ignored that because I knew better having read on this site...his first letter said...forget what I said about letters...write as many as you can....good luck and God bless..you will make it!!
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