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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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*******BATTLESTATIONS*****
This is the final test for your SRs. After this, they graduate and are sailors! It is a 12 hr overnight drill, testing them on all they have learned and may encounter while deployed on a ship. It takes place on the USS Trayer, a Disney-created very realistic ship that allows them to be tested in all situations. They head over to the ship in the evening, and conclude in the morning with their capping ceremony. During this, they will trade their "Recruit" caps for their "NAVY" caps. A very emotional time for these sailors who have worked so hard! Later in the afternoon, you should receive your "I'm a Sailor" call...usually starting around 2 pm GL time and going for a good while (but could start a little earlier or later, so phones ready all day!). If your sailors doesn't call, it could be that he/she had watch and will call the next day. Please ask if all in the division passed and post that on the board for others!
Teamwork is the name of the game. They are divided into small groups and are evaluated as team members as well as individually. This is what a Chief said about BattleStations: 150-300 SRs go through a night; out of that number 3-10 may fail and have to repeat with another BattleStations group. Teamwork is the key. If an SR keeps his/her mouth shut, focuses and listens, and performs well as a team member, he/she should pass.
They go through with their brother division. Up to 4 divisions can go a night. That would include either 2 sets of brother divisions, one set and an 800 or 900 division (or both). Sometimes just 2 divisions go through, but this doesn't happen too often. They start with the lowest numbered divisions and work up, with 800 and 900 divisions going randomly. They can start on Wed a week before PIR, but that is rare. They usually start on Thurs night a week before PIR. They do not have BattleStations on Fri or Sat nights because of Captains Cup on Sat for this PIR group. This is a fun athletic competition between all of the divisions in this PIR group. They can resume BattleStations on Sun-Wed nights of PIR week.
If an SR has not passed all required tests by BattleStations time for his/her division, he/she will not be allowed to go through. More time is given to pass this test (it is usually the run)...and once passed, they will go through BattleStations with another group. The latest they can pass and still be at their PIR is Thurs morning. They then will go through BattleStations that night with the next PIR group, be at PIR as a sailor in uniform, but sitting in the balcony after being up all night.
The brother divisions in this group are as follows (these are the divisions that they train with too):
167+168, 169+170, 171+172
810
926
Please ask your SR to let you know when they have a BattleStations date and post it here and on the main board. We will then get a schedule started for this group. HOOYAH!
Below is a link that Craig (retired Navy) has posted to better inform you of what your SRs are going through.
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/ctratemoms/forum/topics/boot-camp-...
*****BATTLESTATIONS SCHEDULE*****(tentative--please confirm dates)
Thurs, May 5th/Fri, May 6th: Div 167, 168
Sun, May 8th/Mon, May 9th: Div 926, 810
Mon, May 9th/Tues, May 10th: Div 169, 170, 171, 172
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Permalink Reply by decarp on
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just got my blue light for battlestations now just need to know when it is has anyone heard from 7/170 i just recieved aletter on thurs. but no mention of when battlestions were
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Permalink Reply by jdmom on
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decarp my letter mentioned he thought they would be ready for battlestations but nothing about when it is. Everyone in our house is on alert that if by some miracle there is another call that is the first question.
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Permalink Reply by BrooklynGirl on
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What exactly is the captain's cup and why doesn't 926 have a "brother"division?? Obviously I have much to learn lol!
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Permalink Reply by diannep on
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Captains Cup is held the Sat before PIR for each PIR group. It is a fun athletic competition between all of the divisions...a great break for the sailors! There are 3 winners: The male division winner, the "integrated" (male/female) division winner, and the motivational chant winner.
The 800 and 900 divisions usually do not have brother divisions, unless there happen to be two 900 or two 800 divisions in the same PIR group. That has happened before, but not often.
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Thanks Dianne for the reply. I guess I'm just trying to figure out why 800 and 900 don't have a brother division and the other do. Also do you know what the competition consists of in the captain's cup? Thanks
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Check out this website for more complete answers on Captains Cup:
http://www1.netc.navy.mil/nstc/news_page_2011_02_26.asp
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Permalink Reply by Brenda88310 on
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Letter from my husband (in Division 169) said that they are doing Battlestations on May 5th - 6th. Just FYI :)
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