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Comment by Anti M on January 30, 2018 at 12:36pm

Will you still check in and provide guidance and enlightenment?

Comment by Phoenixmom on January 30, 2018 at 10:59am

Good Morning Ladies, spoke to my son last night and his A School will be done Wednesday. Then off to another Journey he will head to.

Hope all is well and Have a Great Day!

Comment by runnermom on January 30, 2018 at 9:58am

Melanie I think we all need to remember how stressed our Sailors can be.  I worry that my son will get overwhelmed and depressed.  He was raised a Christian but during high school and the years since has stopped going to church.  I was amazed during BC he started going to church - which spoke to me about how much stress he was going through. Since then I have tried to remember to pray for all the Sailors (and military in general) they do so much for us its something I can do for them.  I will pray for your son specifically today.

Comment by Allison on January 30, 2018 at 3:45am

Melanie, we can’t say for sure. The Navy does try to help their sailors as much as possible, so they can retain them. They’re going to evaluate him in the clinic and go from there. Some things that MIGHT make them more inclined to separate him is if he’s given an official diagnosis of a mental illness from a doctor or NP at the clinic, if he’s threatened (or already has begun) to harm himself or others, if they discover a history of these problems and didn’t tell the Navy, especially if he was working towards a higher security clearance, and of course, if he tells them he wants to be separated, in cases of mental health, they’ll consider that as well. All that  being said, there’s a lot more sailors (and military personnel in general) than you’d think suffering from mental health issues, and they have a lot of really good programs in place to help for everything, even things that you’d think they’d get thrown right out for, as long as they’re working hard in counseling/treatment and they’re getting better, making sure whatever they said/did/felt was an isolated incident/period instead of a potentially recurring problem. If they think they can help, they will, they’ve invested a lot of time and money into him already, and the Navy really does care about their sailors.

I wish your son the best of luck, and I hope that whatever the outcome, he is able to find happiness again soon and overcome his stress and depression :). 

Comment by Carey on January 29, 2018 at 11:44pm

I don't have enough experience to know the risk of being separated, but I can tell you he isn't the only one. My son didn't go to talk to anybody, but he did get really depressed for a couple of months during A school. He got lucky and got to come home for stand down during that time. He was so relieved to find out that he could feel happy again! Keep reminding him that A school is temporary and after that, he'll be mixed in with a whole different group of people with a different set of activities

Comment by Melanie Gonzalez on January 29, 2018 at 10:43pm

I spoke to my son last night, he is really depressed in A school. He's went to go see a chaplain and he's went to medical for sleep walking and depression, they took him to a mental clinic, do you know if he is going to get separated 

Comment by summer_girl on January 27, 2018 at 12:12pm

Spoke to my son last night - his first week was taking classes on finance, sexual harassment, etc., this week he will be on hold.  I guess from reading other posts, he can be on hold for a while...we'll see.  He did say he really likes the chow hall!

Comment by Butterball on January 27, 2018 at 10:27am

Thank you Anti M and ellen0502, definitely makes more sense to me now. 

Comment by Anti M on January 27, 2018 at 10:25am

Rating = job

Rate = job + paygrade 

Rank is for officers, but you'll hear it all the time as it is a handy way of say paygrade.

There are nine enlisted paygrades, E-1 through E-9.

First three, E-1 to E-3 are junior sailors.  

Middle three, E-4 to E-6 are Petty Officers.

Top three, E-7 to E-9 are Chief Petty Officers.  

And that's module one.  LOL.  

Comment by ellen0502 on January 27, 2018 at 8:26am

Rank=Commissioned Officers

Rate=Enlisted

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