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Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
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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Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
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Visite esta página para explorar en su idioma las oportunidades de educación y carreras para sus hijos en el Navy. Navy.com
Here is a calendar to keep track of when our loved ones leave for BC June 2011. Stole the idea from the Leaving in March group! I tried to go back through the site to get dates from those posted. Help me keep it updated! :)
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That is funny and not funny at the same time! I have been worried that he will have an accident too! All you can do is pray and let them go I guess...
Hi!
Although it's less than 2 months away it doesn't feel "close" to me yet. :) I have a lot to keep me busy between now and then - so, I'm hoping the time will fly by. In the meantime, I'm concentrating on a strict workout plan & finishing up my spring semester courses. I'm a little older than the average recruit (I'm 39) so I don't have to face the dual jitters of this being my first experience away from home & the culture shock of the military. I feel confident going into this and can't wait for the adventure to begin.
I signed up for the hospital corpsman rating (HM-8404) which means a-school in San Antonio, TX and c-school probably at Camp Johnson, NC.
Thanks for the welcome!
/Alex
ps - In spite of my age, my mom (surprise! :) ) still sees me as her little boy. So, I've forwarded her the N4M link as it might be helpful for her. She's outwardly proud but I can see that inwardly any sentence that combines "military" and her son makes her VERY nervous.
Good Monday Afternoon to everyone! I've mostly been a "quiet creeper" as my fiance calls it on the forums - and thought I would finally speak up and say hello. You all already know my MIL to-be - lisarobin. :-) Definitely blessed to be sharing this experience with such a supportive and loving family.
I've noticed that my fiance goes through a wave of emotions almost nightly. Everything from grumpy to excited, I've seen it and heard it all. I've put it upon myself to be a cheerleader of sorts, and reassure him that everything is going to be just fine, and he seems to respond to that pretty well. He's even messing with me now by saying that he better be seeing some wedding planning progress by the time he gets through boot camp. :-P
Hi everyone, Looks like a few of us are now under a month to go. I'm trying to think of it as a new beginning to a great adventure for my son, and our family as well. Not an ending like I it has felt for the last year.
Hope everyone enjoyed their Mother's Day with their DEEP'er.
Nan
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