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Comment by Anti M on October 24, 2017 at 8:39pm

Allison covered everything well, but here are the official phases as posted on FB. 

https://www.facebook.com/notes/training-support-center-tsc-great-la...

Comment by Blakeeesmom on October 24, 2017 at 8:17pm

Thank you Allison. I just wanted to make sure what the rules were. We live in Dayton and I know she won’t be “stationed” close. Therefore, I would like to go see her during A school. It’s a ways off, lol. She is still in BASIC

Comment by Allison on October 24, 2017 at 2:30pm

I hope that all made sense haha. I find Great Lakes A School liberty is the hardest part to explain because even in the exact same school, there can be so many exceptions or special circumstances. The General liberty phase rules are base wide for students, but there are many other factors of day/night school, duty section rotations, family status, and ship rules, and they can all change at any time. My husband had liberty details change like 6 or 7 times in his training at Great Lakes TSC.

Comment by Allison on October 24, 2017 at 1:55pm

However, I will say again, ALWAYS have your sailor double check with an nmti or chief. We had a friend who assumed because we could all sign my husband out before he got live ashore, and at her A school in Pensacola it was okay, her mom could sign her brother out and they planned a surprise visit and stayed at our house. On his ship, he had to have a chit even for family, so his mom could not sign him out while she was there, and he always had a liberty buddy, but he was phase 3, so they could stay overnight. None of his buddies minded, and neither did we, we got tons of great food and she was hilarious, but it's just always good to check first if you're going to want one-on-one time together.

Comment by Allison on October 24, 2017 at 1:45pm

So PIR weekend, family memebers are 100% okay. After that, it SHOULDN'T matter for family when it comes to signing out on liberty, but a sailor should always check with his NMTI or chief because each ship is a little different. Overnight liberty is only available in phase 3, regardless of who signs out the sailor, whether it is a buddy, a spouse, a mom, no overnight liberty until phase 3; however, they can get a chit (basically a permission slip in the navy) for special liberty to stay out overnight before phase 3. For example, my husband and I had to get married during ATT (won't get into why right now), and at that point, he was phase 1, so no overnight liberty, and I wasn't family, so I couldn't sign him out. He got one special liberty chit to sign out with me the weekend we chose, and he got a second special liberty chit after that one was approved to stay overnight with me.

Two months later, I moved out there, and my husband was phase 2 because his live ashore hadn't been approved quite yet. I could sign him out because I was his wife, but he couldn't stay overnight with me because it's not permitted in phase two, so I had to sign him back in at night until his live ashore got approved about a week later, and that's a totally different kind of liberty, so unless any of you have sailors that are married and their spouse is moving with them, I won't get into it.

Comment by Allison on October 24, 2017 at 1:27pm

TracyK, check with the PIR group for your sons PIR on this page. Those groups tend to be more active with bootcamp families.

Comment by Phoenixmom on October 24, 2017 at 1:27pm

So Allison does it depend on which Phase they are in? That's good info to know.

Comment by Allison on October 24, 2017 at 1:20pm

If you do an overnight with your sailor, it has to be at your hotel, no one can stay in the barracks. Typically, they will not allow anyone past the quarterdeck (lobby area), the only exceptions in my experience are to use the "kitchen" space and some barracks have a room off of the quarterdeck where families can sit with their sailors, board games, tv and stuff like that.

Comment by Allison on October 24, 2017 at 1:14pm

Blakesmom, yes, sailors are allowed visitors in A school. If you are immediate family, you can sign your sailor out during normal liberty hours. Otherwise, your sailor will need a special liberty chit to sign out with another visitor or will have to sign out with a liberty buddy or two depending on their phase. You cannot stay with your sailor overnight unless they have phase three liberty or an overnight chit if they're phase one/two.

Comment by Phoenixmom on October 24, 2017 at 12:21pm

Blakeesmom Anti M would be a good person to ask?

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