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Great Lakes A School Q&A
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The purpose of this group is to allow family of new sailors assigned to school at Training Support Center Great Lakes a chance to voice questions to a Student Division Commander
Location: Great Lakes, IL
Members: 2331
Latest Activity: Mar 12
Discussion Forum
leave after A/C school-- orders are confusing
Started by MANDY. Last reply by Anti M Aug 16, 2019. 2 Replies 0 Likes
What happens after ASchool?
Started by SailorMom18. Last reply by Phoenixmom Feb 13, 2019. 1 Reply 0 Likes
BECC Info?
Started by adubz33. Last reply by SuBHuni34 Nov 29, 2018. 9 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by Anti M on March 27, 2016 at 6:33pm
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Phase 3 lasts until he leaves Great Lakes. He can be put back to a lower phase, but only if he messes up badly. As a training command, all student sailors are subject to stricter liberty than in the fleet. Although every command in the Navy has some limits, such as travel distance allowed, and in some liberty ports, maybe a curfew overseas. There are a lot of variations out there.
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Comment by Megs2447 on March 27, 2016 at 5:19pm
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Thanks for the info Anti M. Do you know how long phase III lasts?
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I'm seeing 18 weeks for A school. Not quite long enough for Live Ashore, he'll need to ask once he checks into his school. What sucks is he'll be there so long. What you can do if they say no, is move there yourself, and once he gets phase 3, he can spend weekends with you. So couples find that workable.
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He is going as an EM. We know about the special chit and class he has to take.
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Which A school? It must be over 20 weeks long to qualify for Live Ashore. This does not include indoc or hold times, or C schools. Very few schools at Great Lakes qualify. The Live Ashore packet takes two weeks to a month to get approved.
To marry during A school, he is supposed to submit a special request chit to let them know he is marrying, and take a class or counsel with a chaplain. This is in part to screen for fraudulent marriages, to screen for security risks, and so the sailor understands the benefits, rights, and responsibilities of dependents.
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I was hoping to get some information on living with my husband during his A school. What are the requirements? He is graduating BC on April 1, so not sure exactly when he will start A school. We plan on getting married once he's in A school.
Thanks for any information!
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Cool!
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@Missing .. good luck to your son on the test. Does he have orders? Somewhere he's excited about, I hope!
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He may just be confused. Not unusual for new sailors not to have a grasp on the bigger picture. I can see ten days of hold or indoc for sure. It takes that long for them to get a grasp on base policies and watch standing, doing their quals and earning liberty phase two. Maybe he was writing quickly and left a little bit out?
It is possible his rating has changed, but again, nothing I know of is as short as ten days.
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Gunner's Mate is 27 weeks long, including nine weeks of ATT (electronic prep) to start them off. No A school is only ten days. Even the undesignated sailors have three weeks of training. Are you sure you have his rating correct?
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