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A school, B school and C school??
Is there anyone else out there whose sailor is going into the same field of training? I have looked online to try to find any information on this field and it is very limited. All I can find is that in the early stages of schooling they (the Navy) decides which one of two fields would be best suited for the sailor. Either ET (Electronics Technician) or FC (Fire Control man).
I have even spoke to his recruiter, and all he had on this field was a single piece of paper with a very basic job description. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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I've never heard of B school.... I know you go to A school for your rate then you can get a specialty school which is C school. This is what my husband did, he was in school for a year and a half before he actually hit the fleet. Because of this though he had to sign a 5 year active. I don't think it would be in there contract. I'm not sure since it's a different rate, so I'm not familiar with the requirements, but he got orders to his C school 2 weeks before he graduated his A school. So I don't know if that's something that's predetermined, but for DH's rate there are multiple C schools they can go to.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Join the AECF moms group here.
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/fcsfirecontrol
I was an ET, yes, all my schooling took about two years or so. First is ATT, then A school, then C school. I would be very surprised to hear he had a C school assigned before he's even in A school. Doesn't work that way. He doesn't even know if he's an ET or FC until near the end of boot camp, so he can't possibly have a specific C school yet! C schools can range from four weeks or so, to six~eight months. Total training time is about two years, not one individual school is that long. A school is indeed in Great Lakes, but C schools are in several different locations.
School takes so long because there are "hold" periods while they wait for a complete class to form up. They are kept busy during these times, it is not free time to do as they please.
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Permalink Reply by RWG (ship 09, div. 206) on
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Anti M, What would a sailor be doing in pensacola if he was on "hold" for IT training? Just curious. I have heard about some sailors getting bored or depressed while waiting. My son will be there after he graduates bootcamp on June 17th
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Thanks Angie
Walking around with an amonia bucket wont hurt him. lol
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Remind him that he's being paid and housed while waiting for school. Not everyone has such a good deal in life. The fleet is always there, he should be in no rush toward hard work. (that sounds wrong, but I hope you get what I mean).
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will do Anti M
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