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Liberty Weekend.
My boyfriend wrote saying he's watch? But he'll have liberty weekend free because of it. What does that mean? And in a later letter he wrote about having a week with me? How long does Liberty weekend last? He's an OS and his schooling will be at Virginia Beach. Also, he wrote about Christmas stand down, does that mean he gets to come home?
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Permalink Reply by Le Shelby on
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also the week he MIGHT be talking about is hold week, but idk if they know how fr in advance theyll be on hold
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Permalink Reply by Kyla-PIR Oct 5, Ship 11, DIV 320 on
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Hold week? It kills me how little i know!
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Permalink Reply by emmie<3 on
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My husband is OS too. They don't really get to do there job until they get underway. While in port hes been painting and cleaning, underway he plays with radars. Its obviously more in depth than that, theres 20-25 os' just on a cruiser and they all do different things in the combat information center. Its great if he gets to do c-shool though!
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OH my gosh thats way more then i ever found online! is he underway a lot? I'm just trying to figure out what to expect.
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It all depends on what ship he gets attached to. He could have "underways" every week. Underways can be a couple days to even a few months. A deployment is the long haul. He could be assigned to a ship and go out on a deployment immediatly or his ship could be stuck in the yards meaning his ship will have to get worked on and he might not go out for months. Os school is only about two months unless he has to be on hold. He wont know hes going to be on hold until he gets there usually. Hold just means hes waiting for more os' to start a claas. Then once he graduates he'll have 15 days with family before he has to be where ever the navy sends him. My sailor and i got married while he was at great lakes and i didnt know alot of this stuff. :)
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That fifteen day period after his schooling is when we're thinking about getting married. It's odd cause he hasn't officially proposed but we're already trying to figure out when we can. The idea of Deployments freak me out! But i'm sure i'll have to get used to it! Were you guys able to have a traditional wedding or did you have to go to the courthouse thing?
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Well, just remember to makr sure he gets a marriage chit. It makes everything alot easier. He'll also have to take a class and go see the chaplain while hes at a-school. But that is on him and i wouldnt worry about it. They'll ask him if he wants to go through that process in the very beginning. I got married at the court house in great lakes, but when my sailor came on leave we had a huge reception and did all the normal wedding things except walk down the aisle. That was great for me though since we're not really religious, and we actually got married in the same group as a lot of his navy friends. So i came out with not only a husband but a couple really wonderful navy wife friends. :) i think deployments freak everyone out, but you just have to remeber we're all in this together and stay strong.
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You've shared such wonderful information, thank you so much!
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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After his PIR, he will move over to the main base, and it will take about 3-5 hours for him to check in. Than he will be allowed liberty, until a certain time at night. But he will be allowed liberty again in the am.
He won't get a week with you right after PIR, once Monday comes around...he will have stuff to do and will have to earn the privilage to be off base. The only reason he will be allowed off base during PIR weekend is 'cause family is there.
Also his family will have to sign him out for liberty, a blood relative...or he will have to take a liberty buddy with him who will have to be with him the whole time.
Normally OS's don't go to "C" School until they are senior.
Regarding Christmas Stand he will find out the days once he checks into the main side base for school.
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Thank you! So he graduates on the 5th so i'm flying in on the 3rd and not leaving till the 8th just incase he gets more liberty, does that sound reasonable or like to much? And he will have to report back at night?
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Permalink Reply by TropikalParadize on
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I was able to sign my husband out for liberty....wives can do that too, not just "blood relatives", unless it has changed since last April
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Well, we're not married, someday soon i hope! haha. But his mom is also coming so that shouldn't be a problem. hopefully!
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