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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.

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 Irene on November 30, 2015 at 9:12pm: Hi Kayla's Mom, My daughter is an E5 too but in Intelligence. I don't know exactly what she does, but she has been in Bahrain since Sept and will be there till Oct 2017. It was a difficult adjustment but now she is very happy there. She had to get an apt. off base and get used to the work and long hours, but she loves it now. Believe me, that does my heart good to know she is happy. As far as safety, she says the base is full of military police and the security is high - but of course our girls have to live off base because of their rank. She lives about a 5 min walk from base. The worst thing for me is that she has to live in an apt with 95% Muslim native population - they say it is for safety, so that the building does not become an American terrorist target. But so far she says all has gone well there. She said it was worse staying in a local hotel while she looked for a place. But the other kids are all so nice and I guess they have a sense of community there, being stationed together so far from home. Believe me, I know how worried you are. But if my daughter can adjust and be happy, I know yours can too.

Comment by proud mom of Kayla on November 30, 2015 at 8:52pm: She has 5 months of training in Norfolk before she goes. She is IT E5. She has been in DC since May of last year. 2 years in so far.

Comment by KC'smom on November 30, 2015 at 7:34pm: Proud mom I was so nervous I cried hysterically. Especially because of his job - plus he's on the crappy Bahrain Air Force base & even they don't like the Anericans!! Hahaha. ( as opposed to the Navy base everyone on here seems to have kids on ) Anyway, he is fine! No problems. His whole aircrew had the day off & went to a VERY rich area of the country & enjoyed a nice dinner in a very fancy hotel that was shaped like the letter 'H'. He goes into town with his friends on occasion & even volunteered at the Bahrain animal humane society. I hope this helps. I feel he is safe there- even when they have their annual riots ( or is it every 3 years?? It's a planned riot ). Security is awesome at his base, too. I just get nervous when he leaves to do his job :-(. He goes for 5 month deployments & this is his 3rd time there.

Comment by cjbmom on November 30, 2015 at 3:14pm: Proud mom of Kayla,

My daughter is in Bahrain and has been for a couple of months. It appears to be pretty safe over there. Mine hasn't had any issues with safety. The heat was something to get used to and being that far from home but other than that, it's pretty good. With Skype you can talk to her pretty often, depending on what her job is.

Comment by proud mom of Kayla on November 30, 2015 at 2:57pm: Just got word from my daighter that she got orders to Bahrain. I am so scared fir her to go there. Can anyone set my mind at ease that she will be safe? I know they fon't like us over there plus she is frmale.

Comment by B&E on November 23, 2015 at 10:32pm: The CPO in charge of security in Bahrain called my son today, from Bahrain, and told him a few things: 3 days of 12 hour shifts then 2 days off followed by 2 days on and three days off (at least that what he thinks the CPO said. The phone reception was very bad.), plus not to pack too much that in Norfolk he will get new uniforms (avocados?) . The CPO said he needs a no-fee passport, whereas at the meeting he went to in San Antonio they told him he did not need it. That was nice of the CPO to call him from Bahrain and tell him a few things.

Comment by KC'smom on November 16, 2015 at 11:54pm: Samson - on the base where my son stays which is the other smaller base- the Bahraini Royal Air Force base- he lives in a storage pod!!! Hahaha. No bathroom. I'm serious. But he gets it all to himself. It has a cot looking bed from what I can see.

Comment by KC'smom on November 16, 2015 at 11:51pm: Irene my son left Saturday from his base in the U.S. & arrived in Bahrain 26 hours later - wow your daughter waited a long time!! I think they stopped at Norfolk first.

Comment by KC'smom on November 16, 2015 at 11:49pm: B & E my son did not fly into the Air Firce base there.

Comment by KC'smom on November 16, 2015 at 11:48pm: My son just arrived back there yesterday.... For the third time. He stays about 5 months & then back to the states. I hope all is well in Bahrain.