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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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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: Dec 13, 2024
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 Jez on September 19, 2019 at 2:12pm
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Oh okay! Thanks for all your help guys! I really appreciate everything you do and constantly answering the same questions! Your Mom help service is priceless!!
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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on September 19, 2019 at 1:17pm
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If he's living on the ship then yes, communication can be spotty. He might have to go somewhere else to get service. If he's on deployment then that's when you want to use something like WhatsApp. They do have computers available for emails while deployed but often they just don't have time to use them! And yes, they often have to wait until the ship is in port and then all the emails come through.
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Sounds good, thanks B’sNukeMoM!
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Okay, I got the impression by what he was trying to say that it wouldn’t be traditional communication like we are use to and would have spotty service or like occasional data dumps where you get service and get and send everything at once or just have service at ports kind of thing.
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The WhatsApp is a good app to use when they are deployed. I'm sure there are others out there but this is what my son & I used:
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Comment by Phoenixmom on September 19, 2019 at 1:09pm
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Each of the Sailors will have an email address for whichever ship/sub they will be on, but a lot of the times they need to have a signal to be able to respond, make sure you get that email address from them, or sometimes when they port they may contact you as well.
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Awesome! Thanks for the info!
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Jez No the carrier has computers and you will be able to email him and sometimes messenger thru your phone and his. That is how me and my son communicated. Just make sure he gets you signed up with the Ombudsman for which ever ship he will be on. A .lot of the other ships are Silent but the carrier is one who you will have communication
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@phoenixmom once they are on their Carrier is it total silence? My son was told yesterday that text and calls wouldn’t be happening out at sea, he was shocked but makes sense I doubt att and tmobile etc cover the ocean. But will they still be able to occasionally receive emails or something like that? Just curious.
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Hi Ladies when my son was done with A school he donated to the next person his tv and other things he had and made sure they do the same before the head out as well, God willing it is still happening. But when they are sent to their Duty station they must send a lot of their belongings home, and because it is costly you can either pick it up or he will send home or donate it. so they do not want to have to much at the end. some may be able to go home after A school some may not. Once my Son left A school went directly to Duty station two weeks later he was sent to meet up with his Carrier which was out at sea on deployment. so it differs. Just be ready!
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