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Pensacola info requested!

Anyone have good info on the procedure for post grad for SNA?

I have heard that they will need to be in P-cola 4 days post grad, but don't know for how long.

I read that some are getting pink slips. Does that mean they need to find their own jobs while awaiting flight training?

If they get OHARP how soon does that start?

Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by JAMI on March 13, 2010 at 2:11pm

Actually, my son just reported 10 days ago. He was in class 10-10. I am concerned only because he now got an apt. and made other committments to stay down there. When the Navy called him to join them as a pilot about 8 months ago, he quit his job to join the Navy. He is a pilot but I know from what I have been reading, so are a lot of other people waiting to class up. I feel so badly for all our LO's that are in limbo. I think they should find them other things to do for the year while they wait to class up. After all, they all have college degrees and could do work for the Navy in what their degree was in.

Permalink Reply by mamadoc on March 16, 2010 at 4:45am

JAMI I love your idea for the recent waiting OCS grads to work for the Navy with their degrees until they start IFS/AFI! My son's degree is in aviation!
He'd be thrilled. But now he is enjoying some easy time after OCS.
He graduated 09-10. He's said nothing about pink slips, but he said the Navy was no longer recruiting pilots, until the jam clears up. That's all I've heard , can't say if it is true or not.

Permalink Reply by Lisa on March 16, 2010 at 1:59pm

mamadoc, could you tell us when your son graduated and when he has been told he will start IFS or his training?
Did any of his class get OHARP? Thanks.

Permalink Reply by JAMI on March 16, 2010 at 4:11pm

Hi mamadoc,
I was follwoing your thread when our guys were in OCS. My son is already a pilot and now has to spend HIS money to keep his FAA license current...what is wrong with this picture??! He was in 10-10 and has a long wait. According to him, it could be up to a year.I know my son would welcome some work and he was very good at his job before he went into the Navy. If nothing else, let them take classes towards a masters...something the Navy feels would benefit the military. I hate wasting good man power. I know at work we now all do the job of what 3 people used to do becasue of all the cut backs. I am sure the military could make good use of these smart and ambitious people waiting to class up. They have a lot of man power they could utilize.

Permalink Reply by Leslie on March 17, 2010 at 1:31pm

A little more info from Pensacola...

My Ensign graduated OCS class 01 - 10 last Oct. Has been waiting to class up for IFS since Nov 1. He had a tentative date for March 22 but you HAVE to have a FAA physical right before you class up. I know our Ensigns have had many of these physicals already, but you HAVE to have another one right before you class up. So, Brian gets the phone call that he is to definitely class up this coming Monday , March 22. But, then they discover he hasn't had a physical. That is because they are not issuing anymore FAA physicals for the time being. They told him to sit tight. They "ll be in touch. He is NOT classing up this Monday. He knew he needed this physical and has mentioned it a few times during muster in the last weeks, but no one followed thru with him. There are 8 Ensigns in this class that is starting on Monday. So, at least we know 8 are continuing on. There may be another class starting April 15....rumor has it... He and we are very disappointed . His brother's winging is at the end of May and we had hoped Brian would be done with IFS and waiting to class up for API and could maybe get away and attend the winging. Now it looks like he will be in the middle of IFS and won't be able to attend and even that is being optimistic. Oh well...

Permalink Reply by Michelle on March 17, 2010 at 6:40pm

Thanks for that news Leslie. My son is supposed to be in an April IFS class, I'll tell him to check on that physical. (I changed my picture in case you don't recognize it). For you other moms, he was class 03-10, and he's decided to do Vance to help move the process along.

Permalink Reply by Pennymac on March 17, 2010 at 6:46pm

Here's the first of my (many) ignorant questions. What's Vance?

Permalink Reply by Michelle on March 18, 2010 at 2:55am

Vance is an air force base. They take a couple of navy guys for primary with each class and start more often I think. The ensigns in Pensacola can volunteer to go to Vance for primary. They are assigned to IFS and API to preceed Vance, which means they can probably start sooner that waiting for Corpus Christi. The thing is, more guys are starting to do that, so its not an immediate start for IFS which it was about 6 weeks ago (if I heard right). My son liked the idea that he'd be learning on the same plane his grandpa did, just a much more souped-up version of course, instead of the first one.

Permalink Reply by musicmomfran on March 17, 2010 at 8:47pm

My son grad OCS 25-09 (Aug 2009), reported to P'cola in Sept - did IFS in January & is now waiting to class up for API. He's married, they have a nice new house on the base - he is hoping API will class up in April, then has orders for Primary at Milton. Seems like the single guys go all over the place, the married ones stay in or near P'cola. Is Vance an Air Force Base? Seems like it's easier to class up for those who leave the P'cola area. If they gave them actual interim jobs (in our dreams) - my son has a music degree & spent 4 yrs enlisted USMC in Marine Band San Diego - he could be a Navy musician anytime, anywhere. He'd like that much better than OHARP. Too bad our offspring would be mortified if we spoke to the guys in the Pentagon with our recommendations - those guys (in the Pentagon) don't want to hear from us worry-wort Moms, either. LOL.

Permalink Reply by Leslie on March 18, 2010 at 11:19am

Haha , Musicmomfran !! I love the idea of calling the pentagon and giving them a piece of my mind except that my kids would probably never speak to me again. lol. Brian says the single guys don't have to go to Corpus anymore for Primary. They can stay in Pensacola if they want. I find that hard to believe, but that is what they are telling them in their briefs. Corpus is all backed up too. Conor didnt' fly at all last week. Planes are all broken down or the weather has been bad. My kids have an 8 year commitment that starts AFTER they are winged. Is that how it is for the rest of you, do you know?

Permalink Reply by Kris P on March 18, 2010 at 6:55pm

Friend of ours has been in Corpus since October waiting to class up. He has been postponed several times and now 3 x cancelled. He is not sure when he will start Primary. Commitment is AFTER winging. My NFO son just winged in Feb. and is off to Oceana with his dream assignment...flying F18's.