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Just graduated from Boatswain Mate School on Friday, May 23
Location: Norfolk, VA
Members: 80
Latest Activity: Jan 28, 2019
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Comment by MissMySailor on August 27, 2013 at 10:53pm
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MPL I am so happy for you!!!!! My son enjoyed A school he was at Great Lakes is that where your son is?
My son told me that the one things instructors HATED was when people came in late. You would be surprised I was shocked!!! He said the same group of guys were out side smoking and always came in late. It was getting to where the entire class was getting punished because of them. He got the other BM students together and they cornered the guys before class and told them if they were ever late again it would be because they were in the hospital...lol They never did it again...
So being punctual is important!
My son has been a BM for going on 4 years in Dec. He is re-enlisting for another 6 in October. It will be hard very hard tedious work but if you study hard when you get to your ship and sign up for any class related to being a BM when he gets to his base. My sons ship was not ready it was still being built but instead of watching TV he took all the classes they offered and has moved up in rank fast and got onto a VBSS team in 2 1/2 years as a boat captain yes he went to school and got his RHIB boat licence then became a captain.
There is endless possabilities but seriously my son did not watch TV for a year. He studied every minute he had because he wanted to move up from painting and mopping. There is a lot of that when you first start but as you learn things it starts to get more interesting working on navigation, steering the ship and more.
Tell him I said good luck!!! Contact me any time I am happy to answer any questions. My son is in Norfolk so let me know if he goes there because the base is so big it has 2 zip codes. My son was lucky to have someone that showed him around. I am sure he could get one of his BM's if not himself to help him get used to things. He is usually so busy plus has a baby on the way their first (I am so excited!!!) that is why I said he may have one of his BM's or friends meet him. Oh and since he was on hold like my son he will most likley have friends from Boot Camp there before him. Take care
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Comment by mpl on August 27, 2013 at 8:58pm
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cant wait my son graduates BM school sept 6th
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Hello all im so happy my son called Friday and he is starting BM school on Monday so excited for him... he cant wait....
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Comment by Skippy on August 8, 2013 at 9:11pm
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My son was also undes. PIR 10/12 and has been on deck crew on an LSD in Virginia since November. He was able to strike the rate and work on job training.
Plan and wait. The Navy way,
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Comment by jodybrock on August 8, 2013 at 11:22am
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I'd love to help you out ladies, but I don't know the answer to that! My son didn't go to A school for BM- he became a BM after being undesignated for a bit first. I know many times holds can be from a week to several weeks (4-6), but that was for other stuff. Not sure the BM backlog is quite so big, so I would guess hold would be shorter. Hope that helps some! Welcome to Navy life!
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Comment by AnchorsAweigh 09-341 on August 8, 2013 at 7:31am
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mpl - I have the same question. I am wondering how likely it is for BM's to be put on hold after boot camp and how long could hold be?
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I have a question my son is on hold from beginning of july for bm school they cut right before him how long can they be on hold for
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Hi all, Congrats to Brent on BM2!!!!! I know that seems to be the time when our sons and daughter take a deep breath and say wow I can do this at least for mine. BM3 was like oh yeah I made BM3 a couple months back....... I was like a mom likes to know these things. Now I know to go online and look...lol well this past time when he got BM2 he was on deployment I posted congrats to HIM.
He has bed the boat captain for VBSS for the past say maybe 2 years and will be in the full VBSS training starting Aug 10th. He does not seem worried about it so I wasn't either but now you ladies have me worried. My son has been on so many missions with VBSS and Seals and has been through the basic to advanced combat training already I think the more training he gets the more he loves the Navy!!! He is set to re up for 6 more years in a few months and I am happy for him. Heck we are expecting our first grandchild too!!!! His wife Rose was a Military Brat with her dad just retiring last year from the Marines so I hope she can handle deployments.
Anyone else have a son going to VBSS this Aug 10th?
Take care, Paula
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Visit board search secure...
They apparently are a line of defense for their ship
He's excited about it but was told its more intense than boot camp. He his no fear and is ready to do it
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Comment by PamperedMom on July 13, 2013 at 8:12am
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Hi Skippy! awsome news on your Sailor! What is VBSS training?
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