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My Sailor is an ET...
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Permalink Reply by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on
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She will be...an ET :-) once she graduates from A school.
It's just a technicality, when they are in boot camp - they are not Sailors, they are recruits. While in A school, they are not ETs or FCs they are seaman apprentices until they physically graduate and then they earn that rate. -
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Permalink Reply by Jackie on
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On Friday the 9th of January my son will be an ET!! Yea!!!! Then on to C school in Norfolk.Or Dam Neck.
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Another Milestone!!! Just so the newer members can see the timeframe - what date did John do his PIR? I wanted to say the week before Nick's but...I do get confused!
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Yes Mary, John had his PIR on April the 18th the same as CCR'S son. I think he was a little slower because of the 2 infections and having the girlfriend. Susan's son has gone through much faster.
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Don't know if I ever mentioned to you that Nick COULD have done his PIR on 4.18 as well. I bet he reported the same day as John and Patrick but during processing ...you have to go pee in that little cup and Nick just doesn't pee on demand! So by the time he filled his cup, the 4.18 divisions were set and he got a few extra days to shovel snow! Oh well, we came out of it with some fabulous friends from the 4.25 PIR.
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I wholeheartedly agree Mary. I too, try to help in the learning process about what it means to be "rated" (having graduated a-school). I know that for so many (like my son) it meant so much to reach that milestone - that I think it's important to make the distinction before they reach it - then when they get there, it's all the more special. Sortof like the first time they are called and considered "Sailors".
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Hi Jeanne, welcome! If your son is in the Nuke program - you will probably want to join the Nuke group. Our ETs here are not in the Nuclear program. It sounds like your son is an E3 currently, where most of our ETs and FCs are not E3 until they graduate from A school and then they earn the ET title.
The nuclear program has a different advancement rate and that is why he is currently using ETSN. -
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My son is an ET- he said the ATT classes were a real bore, which is bad for him. When he's bored he gets lazy. So he struggled with the last few classess and when he got back from leave had to make them up before starting A school. I understand from Mary's (Nick) posts that A school is self paced. My son said that his A school is 170 days.
So is the 170 days considered to be the fast pace? Or is that considered to be average? -
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fewmost of those students would say ATT is a bore - sitting in front of a module all day and then testing on it just doesn't have much excitement. A school is similiar but they do get to do labs so that helps.
I'm not sure if the 170 day formula is considered to be fast pace or not - it's a tad more than five months. So that would be on the shorter side of the cycle but he will find things just get in the way some days or some sailors may just need more days to comprehend and complete the modules. -
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my son informed me that he passed ATT today- and will be moved to A school tomorrow and start classes right away.... he seemed stoked about it
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He should be stoked, it is a great milestone to have ATT behind him. Next stop...graduation!
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