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Comment by GMA of a Sonar Tech on March 22, 2013 at 9:59am

Is there anyone out there whose son or daughter is heading off to School at Point Loma for Sonar....mine is leaving to go there today?

Comment by navymom1234 on March 14, 2013 at 1:40pm

Hi jdrs1606,

So nice to hear your son is about to finish A school. Do you know where he is going next, orders yet? Did he get his 1st or 2nd choices?

 

I will take your pointers and encourage my daughter to find a study buddy, great idea and reminding her about the teamwork thing is good too. She sound better on the phone yesterday, guess it takes a couple of days to adjust to the new changes and adapt to the new environment. We lived in the East Coast so long it can be an adjustment living in the Southern states. She has other friends she met at BC that are east coasters that followed her to A school so that has helped a bit.

 

Thanks for your suggestions/tips.

 

 

Comment by jdrs1606 on March 14, 2013 at 3:25am

Hi NavyMom1234
My son is in Meridian MS for Logistics (LS) and is one week away from graduating from A school. He was able to email and text but also had to "phase-in" and that's important to being able to leave the base.  We're from Los Angeles and yes Meridian is quite small.  But  trip to the mall no matter how small is a treat.  My son was concerned about the self-paced part of the program because he is an auditory learner and does best in instructor-led training, but I encouraged him to find a study-buddy and to leverage his room mates since they were a few weeks ahead of him.  I think it really payed off.

Comment by jdrs1606 on March 14, 2013 at 3:18am

Hi Laurie 1029,

My son is one week away from graduating from Logistics (LS) in Meridian,MS.

His LS was mostly self paced.  You are spot-on about the rules and "phasing-in" for the first week or two.  My son also had room mates, but they were two weeks ahead of him so they helped him with notes and  that was great.  You have to have a "Leave Buddy" when you phase up so you can go on leave. I love the buddy system.  Remind your sailor that they are still a team and if someone is doing something that is not approrpriate or correct, then the whole group will get their leave removed.  That means that if they see something wrong - like underage drinking (for example) that they should step up and get that sailor into the right place.  (hopefully that proactive approach will keep them from getting their freedoms removed.

Comment by navymom1234 on March 13, 2013 at 5:11pm

Hi Laurie1029,

Nice, so yes he will more and likely go to Meridian, MS as well after BC in Great Lakes. When I spoke with her earlier this week, she said they are in the holding status to start class. They are waiting for more YNs to join them to start the classes as a group.

 

The 1st week all they do is go over rules all day/week. Oh my didn't realize they were so many rules to cover a whole week. She said they are two options self-paced classes and group classes, she won't know which one she will get until next week, but she is hoping for group classes because apparently they get to finish quicker perhaps within two weeks vs. the long drawn out self-pace which is whopping 7 weeks or longer. Besides classes, they still do watch, and apparently they have a bowling alley and movie theater on base which they get to do when they have liberty. She is in a dorm with a shared room with two other roommates.

I will keep you posted as I chat with her. I'm just glad BC is over because we didn't have any verbal communication besides only when she earned a phone call home. We managed on snail mail. I'm a rather over zealous parent so I watched plenty youtube videos on what to expect at BC as well as joined other groups that are BC related.

Comment by Laurie1029 on March 13, 2013 at 4:20pm

That's what my son, Cory, is going in for.  He doesn't leave for Bootcamp until Aug 12th.  But I am trying to read up on everything beforehand.  Will she be in Meridian for 7 weeks?  Do you know what kinds of things they are doing there so far?  What kind of place does she live in?  As you can see I have so many questions.  I will friend request you and we can try and chat when you get online.

Comment by navymom1234 on March 13, 2013 at 4:09pm

Hi Laurie1029,

 

Her rate is a YN, (yoeman).

Comment by Laurie1029 on March 13, 2013 at 3:46pm

Hi navymom1234,

What is your daughter in A school in Meridian for?

 

Comment by navymom1234 on March 13, 2013 at 3:28pm

Hello All,

My daughter is in A school in Meridian, MS. She just started on Saturday. I thought after PIR, we would be able to chat more but wow they already have her super busy. She doesn't like the location much, but I keep telling her to hand in there and try and do really good in class so she could get her 1st choice, which is sunny San Diego. Our phone calls get cut off quite a bit due bad Tmobile phone coverage and she is out in the country.

Any tips, tricks, or suggestions to keep her motivated. It seems like her happiness from graduating boot camp was short lived.

 

Comment by CourtRenee on March 11, 2013 at 3:34am

Jayme- yay!! :) is he at bootcamp now?

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