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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
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
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DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."
Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
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Hi Jacob'smom - look in the discussion forum on the "Nuke Mom's" site. There's 2 good discussions - "A Sailors needs for A School" and "Your Sailor's schedule upon arrival at GC". Both of these will give you lots of info abot nuke school and what to expect!
Welcome!
I got my first letter today!!!
Our Son left on 3/5 . did not recieve his letter yet. Anxious now!!
Hi! My son's name is Thomas Austin. He goes by Austin so I don't know how they will be actually addressing him...Thomas or Austin? Anyhow...Yes that is a Navy sweatshirt but I found it at a second-hand store :-) My son told me that is job assignment was Aircraft Handler, when he first signed. As far as I know, he didn't change it. My sister is on this site also....my nephew is in bootcamp and graduates the same day as well.
My son is on Ship 12 Div 168 and left on 3/4. He graduates May 3rd also. I just joined this group. I can't wait to see my son!
Yes.this is a great site. I like to the information you get from it.
Thank you so much. I did send phone card in letter I sent out yesterday so hopefully that will get to him, but will mention Jacob; I'm sure they know each other being both Nukes and all. Husband went through same program 30 years ago; so if you have any ?'s we will try and answer. Of course some things have changed since then; my husband told him to call them sir which I here now is a no no unless officer. Hopefully someone else messed up before he did. My son is also a computer/gaming geek sorta goes with the whole Nuke theme. Glad to converse with someone in same boat so to speak. Again thanks for generous offer. My sons name is Ian Wetzel by the way.
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