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Housing question for school after BC
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Permalink Reply by Chipmunk on
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JadeK18 - Hopefully you will get some direction from some of our other Nuke wives who are in GC. If not, you might want to ask this question in the main group comments where it might have more visibility. I would suggest possibly talking to your husband's recruiter and find out any information from them that you are able to. I know there are families who live in GC while their loved one is in A school, Power School and Prototype. That said, what you have to understand is the housing there, which may be what the personnel at MEPS were unfamiliar with. On site, there is BEQ housing, but on the Base there is some married housing and then some, I believe, live in apartments nearby.
Regardless of what the housing situation is, my son commented that they often told the married sailors to remind their spouses that they were "married" to the Navy. School and training will take priority much of the time over school, especially the study time.
You might want to look for my discussion A School Schedule- A sailor's perspective and read through it. It will give you a feel for what A school is like. Power school is much the same, they just start studying 3 subjects at a time versus 1-2. And then Prototype is different. My son is still in his first weeks of Prototype so I am learning the ropes of that along with him.
For now, the most important thing is to be writing him letters and encouraging him through BC and making plans to attend PIR. I would also start sorting through your belongings, and start packing, what you can so that when you have more accurate information you can be ready to move. Also, I do not believe they give any sort of "leave" time for moving a family after BC to A school, so that is another thing to be looking into.
All the best and welcome to N4M and Nuke Moms.
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Permalink Reply by JadaK18 on
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Do you remember how long before you got your first letter? When he called last night to say he had made it there he said he would be sending a package in 3 weeks so I'm assuming that's when I will be able to send letters back since I don't have an address
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Permalink Reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on
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The form letter takes about 2 weeks. Be sure you are on the boot camp group - they discuss all this there. You can start writing letters now - just # them in the corner so once you get the address you can send them out and he knows what order to read them.
The package he sends will be whatever he went with - shoes/clothes/phone.
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Do you have any idea on how I can find the boot camp group? I did find a page on Facebook called navy recruit training command but that's all I could find.
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JadaK18 - here is the link to the BC Moms group
http://navyformoms.ning.com/group/bootcampmoms
If you are trying to navigate this site on your phone, you might want to see about doing it on a computer until you get use to the layout of things and how to search for groups. Also be sure to look for comments on your My Page.
Here is another group you might be interested in joining if you haven't already.
http://navyformoms.ning.com/group/girlfriendsfianceswivesofsailors
It is the Girlfriends, Fiancés, Wives of Sailors group
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If you are looking for the boot camp group on FB your best bet is to ask someone in the boot camp group on here. I believe it is a closed group - might even be secret which is why you aren't able to find it. Let me know if you don't have any luck and I'll see what I can do.
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Hi JadaK18 - there shouldn't be any reason why you can't move to SC. The rule is usually a sailor has to be in a location at least 6 months for family to accompany them. Your husband will be in Goose Creek at least 6 months and possibly longer. He will do BOTH A school and Power School in GC and there's a possibility he will also do Prototype in GC. He could get Ballston Spa, NY for proto but that's a ways away. He'll get more info during BC about moving you. Usually they will get about a week or so after BC to go home and get you and move....You in the meantime should start preparing for the move - save, donate and throw away stuff you don't need.
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Married sailors can either get base housing (which often there is a waiting list) or they can live off base.There is another discussion that lists some apartments in the area of Goose Creek.
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