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(ABH) Aviation Boatswains Mate - Handling
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(MA) Master-At-Arms
Read more…Sailor of the Week, Feb 4 - 11, 2011
BM3 Heather L Dovala born December 16th 1988 to Richard and the late Vicki E Dovala. She was raised in the New Paris area of Bedford County, and atteded the Chestnut Ridge School District. She played softball, soccer and played trumpet in the scho
Read more…Navy Boot Camp FAQ's
Navy Boot Camp FAQ's
The following are some of the most frequently asked questions by families and friends of recruits onboard Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes.
Q. What information will not be released if I query Recruit Training Command?
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2011 Blue Angels Show Schedule
March 2011
March 12 NAF El Centro, CA
March 19-20 Keesler AFB, MS
March 26-27 NAS Meridian, MS
April 2011
April 02-03 Sun-N-Fun, Lakeland, FL
April 09-10 NAS Corpus Christi, TX
April 16-17 Fort Worth JRB, TX
April 30 MCAS Beaufort, SC
May 2011
May
Where is Navy Boot Camp Located?
Recruit Training Command is located at Naval Station Great Lakes just north of Chicago, Illinois in Lake County near the western shore of Lake Michigan.
Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, is the command within the United States Na
questions about a Submarine Tiger Cruise
Hello, I am a new member here and did some searching but did not see my questions directly addressed. If I missed it somewhere, my apologies! My son is a Lieutenant on an Ohio class Sub based in Bangor, WA. He will be completing his sea tour duty th
Read more…Faith of my fathers by sen. John McCain
I was really proud of senator McCain. His book on cd has touched me deeply. You can hear the regret in his voice when talking about caving to the Vietcong. He held out for as long as he could and that was all anyone could expect of an American fighti
Read more…Supporting blogs from navy dads
What does everyone think about supporting eachothers blogs? I just started my first blog which is www.conservativezoo.blogspot.com and was wondering if it goes against the tos to support eachothers blogs on navydads.com
Read more…Ship 04 Div 805 PIR 2/18/11
Does anyone have a recruit in Ship 04 Div 805? Looking to share insights and info.
Read more…Sailor of the Week, Jan. 21-28, 2011
AMEAA Dale Heaton graduated from Boot Camp in April of 2010. His A school was at NAS Pensacola and completed that in July of 2010. After A school he went on to C school at NAS Whidbey Island and completed that in November of 2010.
His first Duty
Read more…Battle Stations 21
I know there isn't a lot of information given out about BS21 and I understand why, but I hope this is a general question and someone knows the answer. I have seen where a lot of people have posted that such and such Div made it through BS and I was
Read more…Sailor of the Week, Jan. 14 - 21, 2011
Biography
AWR2 Paul Gabby graduated from boot camp in March of 2006. He then went on to Pensacola NACCS May through June of that same year. After that he attended rescue Swimmer school June through July. Then on to Aircrew school July to Decembe
Read more…Sailor of the Week, Dec. 3 - 10, 2010
Biography
Currently he is waiting to "class up" at Goose Creek in Read more…
Sailor of the Week, Jan. 7 - 14, 2011
Biography
At the request of the family, our Sailor of the Week is only going to use his first initial of "J". He is currently deployed on the USS Abraham Lincoln as a Rescue Swimmer. He is an AW2 and just made Crew Chief.
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How to Simulate Living Aboard a Navy Vessel
ran across this on the 'net (posted by and copywrited by www.bluejacket.com)....handy guide for all of us parents on how to simulate what life is about when stationed on a ship: 1.1 Buy a dumpster, chip the paint off down to bare metal, paint it gra
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