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Graduation weekend
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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You will have from about 10:30 am on the day of PIR until sometime that evening and then you will be able to meet your Sailor at the airport and spend time with him there on Saturday until his flight. Every now and then there are flight availability issues that cause SOME (not all) of those flying to Pensacola to have to fly out on Sunday instead of on Saturday and if this affects your Sailor, then you would be able to spend Saturday with him as well and then meet him at the airport on Sunday. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen a few times each year so I recommend that you plan to leave on Sunday. See PIR Day and Liberty during PIR Weekend to help you know how to plan your weekend.
I left info for you on your My Page.
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You are very welcome.
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Permalink Reply by QueenKnight on
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Good afternoon! Quick question I'm sure you will know where to direct me...my sons wife will be able to join him in A school in Pensacola from what we understood before he left. Will she be able to fly with him to Pensacola or does she have to wait?
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QueenKnight, no, she will not be able to fly with him to Pensacola. Since his "A" School is less than 20 weeks, the Navy will not pay for her to move there and he will not be able to live with her.
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Yes, he will have a little bit of time before returning to his ship and then some time on the day of PIR after he checks in across the street and will have daytime Liberty each day of the weekend. See PIR Day and Liberty during PIR Weekend to help you know how to plan your weekend.
That link and more can be found in my comments to you on your My Page.
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Permalink Reply by Zee's Mom on
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So my son will be attending A school at GL after Graduation. If I am understanding correctly. He will have a little time right after graduation with us. He then reports back to get room assignment this can take up to 5hrs. Then he can meet back up with us. However he must report back to dormitory by 2200 hrs correct? Even on Sat. & Sun?
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CJSMZ, Pretty much. He will go back to his ship at the RTC and then be moved across the street where he will go through check-in with others who are also attending "A" School or training at the TSC in GL. He will call you and you will be able to pick him up at the Visitors Center on the main part of the base and he will have Liberty until that evening. (That is not the same Visitors Center where you check in for PIR.)
Yes, you can pick him up each morning of the weekend and then he must be back to his barracks by 2200 (10 pm), which means you need to drop him off around 9:30 pm so he has time to make it back in time for muster because "On time is late in the Navy."
See PIR Day and Liberty during PIR Weekend to help you know how to plan your weekend.
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