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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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Roll Call: Name your sailor's sub!
Submarine moms are special:
--- All of us have boys, "SAILORS!"
--- Who serve on "boats,"
--- With whereabouts unknown, and
--- We only get sporadic, short emails while they're out!
Tell us where your sailor serves...
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Permalink Reply by madhoby on
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Hello all,
My son has just started A school in Groton Conn. Any study advice I can pass onto him about getting through the school?
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Permalink Reply by Cath Bubblehead mom on
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Hi Madboy- There is a BESS A school page - http://navyformoms.com/group/grotonctsubschoolaschoolmoms
Your son, depending on his rate will have to attend BESS (Basic Enlisted Sub School) for 8 weeks, then ATT, Techno and last - A school. The best advice is to follow directions - get started on his quals and stay out of trouble! Unfortunately sailors get in trouble for drinking and drugs. If one person in his division messses up - they all get in trouble!
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Permalink Reply by Bandit1998 on
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My grandson, Dylan, just arrived in Honolulu on Nov. 15, 2014 to serve aboard the USS Buffalo. He is a Machinist Mate.
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Permalink Reply by Freese71 on
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Just joined "Officially" the Sub world.... My Son graduated in 2012 from GL. He went to SC from there, then to NY to finish his schooling. He is an EM (Nuke) on the USS MISSOURI (SSN 780).stationed out of Groton, CT.
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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I am glad you posted here. Not all the sub have N4M groups. Many have secret or closed Facebook groups which you should be able to join. Find out who the ombudsman is and send her a message. Your son/daughter should provide the ombudsman your contact info. The ombudsman will verify the info before approving your request to join the FB group. I did find a FB Page (Public).
She is looking for other families on the USS Missouri SSN 780
Here is a Facebook Page (not group).
https://www.facebook.com/pages/USS-Missouri-SSN-780/159817997413032...
Feel free to start a N4M group if you feel inclined. My only suggestion is to make it private.
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Permalink Reply by KotMom on
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my son is leaving Charleston next week on his first duty stations after graduation from NNPTU for .... he says Pearl Harbor ... also said the island of Oahu... his assignment is the USS Bremerton. i welcome any one who is willing to share their experience. please contact me. ~Pamela
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