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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)

Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC

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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.

**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.

**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:

In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).

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**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.

**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.

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Bahrain Moms

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If you have a son or daughter in Bahrain or going to Bahrain heres the group for you!!!!!!

Members: 402
Latest Activity: Feb 26

Life in Bahrain
I have many moms asking me, hows life in Bahrain? So I thought I would put a few things together, post it and update, make corrections as I remember something. Well aside from the very hot sun, nice beaches,museums,malls on and off base,the sand storms , which reak havoc on the weapons some carry :). Here are a few thing that might help.

New Arrivals
1. 2 or 3 weeks of training and classes to learn Bahrain customs,laws and the Navys do's & don't's
2. Not allowed off base til the training is complete.
3. No family housing. Non military persons were removed after 9/11. ("09" spouses allowed back )
4. Lower rank personal(I'll check the rank) must live on base in barricks. Others live off base in rental units.

Duty
1. Shifts are 12 hours long.
2. No uniforms are to be worn off base at any time only civ's (civilian cloths)
3. Unlike the States, there week is Sunday - Thursday weekend is Friday and Saturday.

Misc.
1.They buy cell phones on base at the mall or Nex. They can call you for about 10 cents and send texts for 10 cent per text. (Tho in Bahrain they go by BD'S Bahrain Dollars).
NOTE: They CAN NOT text to some cell phone services. The ones I know are Nextel,Verizon and Sprint.
2. Everything they need can be bought on base at the mall or Nex. Even computers,tv's, music,movies .....everything......
3. Drinking: 18 is the legal drinking age in Bahrain on and off base.This goes for the military personal also with one Navy rule in order to buy/drink liquor or whiskey you must be 21, but at 18 they can consume/purchase beer and wine.

Mail
1. They have a on base post office. Which is closed I belive on Monday's.
2. On packages/letters you send DO NOT write Bahrain,middle east or Manama anywhere on the outside of the mail. This may make it arrive to the town P.O.(Manama) instead of onbase. The military ships its own mail but if it does not arrive to the state side base to be shipped to your sailor than its put on a internatial mail flight and sent to the town P.O. Your sailor will have a p.o. box with a FPO address on base only use the address he/she gives you and your return address. It will look something like this.
*Rank Name*
PSC ??? Box ???
FPO AE 09840-2800

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/home.asp
http://www.bahraintribune.com/index.asp
https://www.cnic.navy.mil/bahrain/index.htm (This one is the base news)

Sailors on a Liberty Tour

U.S. NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY, Bahrain -- The Oklahoma City rock band "Hinder" peforms outside the NSA Bahrain's Freedom Souq June 22. The hundreds of attendees included service members assigned to NSA Bahrain and from visiting ships USS Peleliu (LHA-5), USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52), USS Curts (FFG-38) and USS Dallas (SSN-700). The event was sponsored by the NSA Morale, Welfare and Recreation Department. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anderson Bomjardim (Released)

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Comment by BabyJ2015 on August 11, 2015 at 8:00pm: @Irene. My son bought his adaptor so base so he would get the correct ones.

Comment by BabyJ2015 on August 11, 2015 at 7:50pm: I'm new to this site and group. My son is MA there-arrived late May. It's been a big change for all of us being from SF Bay Area but my son is doing well and making friends. The heat USA huge obstacle topped off with long shifts. We did just find out that they are changing his orders from one year to two! That one sank me! Has that happened to anyone else? We text since I got him ATT global we ha e unlimited texting and he uses his tablet on the wifi. We haven't used Skype due to the time difference and his long hours. Can families go and visit them on base?

Comment by Irene on August 5, 2015 at 10:41am: I checked on the average temps in Bahrain and it doesn't look much different from South Texas :) I don't think our daughter will have too bad a time adjusting to the heat. But they do have air conditioning available in the apartments off base, don't they?? Another question - does she need to bring some sort of adapters for any of her electrical gadgets, and if so, what kind? Thanks for any help!

Comment by Concernedad on August 4, 2015 at 12:31pm: OK, hopefully no false alarm this time, but my son will finally be shipping out of Bahrain soon after over two years. Good luck to all you sailors and sailors loved ones still over there. Very nice group here.

Comment by Ducky on August 3, 2015 at 4:03pm: One word of caution, the information at the top is good, but does not necessarily apply to Riverines. My sailor was only there two weeks before going on her first mission. So don't be surprised if their initial time is shorter than stated. . Missions last anywhere from a few weeks to several months. Just remember not to ask questions about the missions....it puts your sailor in an uncomfortable position of having to tell you they can't tell you. You will eventually get some information, or enough to keep you sane. The rest you just have to let go.

Comment by Cindy D on August 3, 2015 at 3:25pm: Does anyone have a son over there that knows how to play the guitar that would be willing to give my son a couple lessons? His girlfriend just got him one before she left to come back to the states for back surgery and he wants to learn how to play it before he sees her next. He knows nothing about music! We are sending him some books and a video but I thought it would be helpful to have someone actually show him a few things.

Comment by Irene on August 3, 2015 at 2:32pm: Thank you for the reassuring words, Ducky. I am passing them along to my daughter. She just went active from the reserves and Bahrain will be her first assignment. Does anyone brief them and help them prepare for shipping overseas? She has no word on that yet. What you said is the most news she's had! Thanks!

Comment by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke on August 3, 2015 at 1:51pm: Hey Ducky, our son will be arriving in Bahrain mid September and is a GM 1st class.

Comment by Ducky on August 3, 2015 at 12:44pm: Lesley,

My daughter is a GM and is out on mission most of the time. She has actually spent very little time in Bahrain. I have seen a lot of personal growth in her while she has been there. As she is in her last year, she is now collecting art at the different locations her missions take her to bring back. Like any job there have been ups and downs. The heat can be brutal, but they adjust. Our contact varies, it's usually via FB messenger, but we have skyped and talked by phone, and I have almost daily contact with her. She sends pictures, pinterest pins for me (keeping me in line for fashion and diet), jokes gifs. Her sense of humor is completely intact. She doesn't always like the locations where she is based but she is looking for the bright spots every step of the way.

Comment by lesley on August 3, 2015 at 7:51am: Thanks Ducky for the info,my Daughter is also going as a Riverine,she is finishing in Virginia and then going over in Sept,How Does your MA like the job I bet its super Hot,do they move her around or is she based in just one spot,do you speak on the phone with her or mostly Skype? Sorry for all the ???