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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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Worried for my daughter

I am just starting to adjust to the thought of my daughter joining the navy. It's not that i don't think that it's a noble cause and it's not that I think only other peoples children should enlist. It's just that she has spent her entire high school career preparing herself for college, taking multiple AP courses and racking up hundreds of hours of volunteering. I kinda feel as tho this whole Navy thing has been sprung on me. All this Navy talk is so foreign to me because I have no experience with anyone I know being in the Armed Forces. So when she talks about MEPS and DLABS I am at such a loss. I didn't go to college so I'm not too familar on what to expect there, but at least with college I know people that I can ask questions of. With the Navy its like being a new mom all over again. Boy I thought that was scary, this is ten times worse....

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Comment by Allison's mom on April 1, 2010 at 9:52pm: Thank you so much for giving me the heads up on researching rates. Being new at all this it sure does help so we don't go into it blind expecting to be able to get the rate she wants. Is there a way to see what areas are overmanned? She wants to go into the lingistics field and I'm not sure where to look to see if that is a reasonable possiblity and that its not overmanned

Comment by Allison's mom on April 2, 2010 at 7:55pm: I really do love hearing everybodys experiences. I know everyones experience will be different, but it does help to know that many have gone before me and that someday I will be able to help someone just like me.

Comment by Allison's mom on April 6, 2010 at 6:15pm: Wow... It sounds like your son has really found his niche in life. It really makes me feel good to hear all of these great stories of how the Navy worked out for everybodies children. It helps to lessen my anxieties and it gives me hope that this will be the right choice for my child.

Comment by happygma on April 14, 2010 at 3:42pm: Yeah! I'm so glad that I'm not the only Mom that had a problem with my son joining the Navy!! The first time a Recruiter came to our house...I pretty much kicked him out!!! I was panicking...thinking that it's basically war time and my baby wants to be there!!! But after several semesters and $$$$$ wasted, he enlisted....He's in Basic Training PIR April 30th, Ship 10 Div 169...Hoping to see a changed man!!! Certainly more mature!!!

Comment by Allison's mom on April 14, 2010 at 4:29pm: Yup, I have come to accept that she knows what she is doing. I know she will be fine and that this is the right choice for her. She will be going to MEPS on the 23rd so I will let you know how that all goes. Good luck to your son. Please keep me updated.

Comment by happygma on April 14, 2010 at 4:50pm: Thanks!! It helps to know that lots of other moms are going through alot of the same feelings!!!

Comment by Allison's mom on April 16, 2010 at 4:14pm: Thank you, I think she is a smart girl too! The more stories I hear the better I feel.

Comment by Beverly Moglich on April 17, 2010 at 2:30pm: Hi Ladies, my sister wanted her son and also encouraged two of her daughters, to go into the Navy. Unfortuantely none of them were accepted because of poor eye site. She would love to be a proud parent of a Navy sailor. Our father served for 30 years and we were and I still am proud to have been in a navy family. Good luck it helps so many young people grow up.

Comment by Star625454 on April 21, 2010 at 11:23am: You are definitely not alone. My daughter was in NJROTC for 4 years in High School. She enjoyed it but was taking college classes in High School for Child Developement...she wanted to work with kids so....I never thought she would join the Navy. When she graduated from High School she went into DEP for one year. I was in denial. I thought ok she is going to come to me and say I don't want to go in...When that didn't happen the tears started. She graduated BC in Nov. 2006. I really did not want her to join. I was very concerned about her safety and ashamed to admit it, resorted to bribery!!! Thank God she is smarter than her mother! She told me that yes at times she would be in danger, but the same would apply if she stayed home. Everyday that you live you take the chance that may be your last...and she is right. We just have to pray that God will watch over them and keep them safely in his arms. I was afraid with her being gone we would grow apart...not so. She has grown into a beautiful, strong, independent woman. I will always be her mother...the Navy is her career path. Oh and when she e-mailed me and told me she had re-uped for 8 more years, I cried but I cried with pride in my heart, I know she is doing what she wants with her life. Sometimes we have to step back and realize that we have done all we can...the rest is up to them...I think my daughter is smarter than her mother!!!

Comment by Allison's mom on April 21, 2010 at 11:50am: Awwww....That is so cool. I am very close with my daughter too and the not being able to talk with her during bootcamp is going to be very hard but I know that this is what she really wants to do with her life and I will support her to the fullest. She will be going to MEPS this saturday and I my only hope now is that she gets the job/rate that she wants.