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Avionics Technicians (AV) Moms
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This group is for moms of AV sailors to share thoughts and experiences
Members: 114
Latest Activity: Dec 15, 2021
Discussion Forum
"A" school training
Started by jaf. Last reply by Dom14081 Dec 19, 2017. 5 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Dana on January 27, 2021 at 1:57pm
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MAMAC it is a ride. My son left 2 hours ago from the pier. At least I saw it on the web cam.
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Comment by MAMAC on January 27, 2021 at 1:51pm
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Hello everyone my son is just stating his journey, he arrives at RTC tonight!! He will head to Pensacola for A school after BC!
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Comment by MJDogs on December 12, 2018 at 12:29pm
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Hello everyone! My son arrived at Pensacola 11/17/18 and started classes 12/6/18 for ATO.
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Comment by KiddGreen1978 on November 13, 2018 at 4:01am
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Hi Monkey's Mom,
I've noticed that this group is not very active. Both of my sons have gone through BC and are currently stationed at NAS. One is AV while the other is GSE. I would say while he's there write a lot of letters to keep him going and feeling connected to home. He'll probably call you like the 2nd to 3rd week if all goes well with his training group. Graduation is the best feeling ever! Find your PIR Group and they will keep you updated about the meet and greet and any items that you may need. That group is where you will get the most beneficial information. My AV was stationed in Pensacola for A school and then some go off to C school right after. Just reinforce the good study habits they had while prepping for an exam and he should be good. Try to find cheap refundable tickets or no/low cost change tickets for PIR (Graduation) once he send you the letter that says his anticipated graduation date. Please know that you may not be able to bring more that 3 people, possibly 4 (including you) to PIR. So be Selective when you choose that person because if the other person backs out I'm sure that could've been space for someone who really wanted to go. I had a similar incident happen to me for my last son's PIR. Not sure where you live, but him being stationed at Pensacola was perfect for us because it wasn't a long drive. My other son however was stationed at Great Lakes and I didn't see him from September thru December when they have shut down and he was able to come home. I think they call it Mass Exodus. I hope this has helped! I'm not on here very often I just happened to see your posts and know that no one every seems to respond to this group.
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Comment by Monkey's mom on November 13, 2018 at 12:17am
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Hello out there, I'm new to all of this. My son will be headed to "A" school in early January. Any hints of what I should do now that he is still in BC?
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Comment by HypnoticPupper on September 6, 2018 at 12:38pm
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Does anyone know if there are actually multiple training sites for AV A school? I keep hearing Pensacola, but I had also heard a few other locations as well.
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Comment by NavyMom21 on August 19, 2018 at 4:17pm
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Hi Auxi! I haven't seen too much activity
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Hello! Is this group still active?
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Comment by mama4ever on December 15, 2016 at 5:00pm
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KiddGreen1978, I was wondering the same thing.
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Good Morning. I have noticed that there has not been a post in this group since June 19th, 2015. Is this still an active group?
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