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Comment by therevbev on September 1, 2014 at 10:11am

I'm going to CS graduation this Friday!!!! Will take lots of photos and try to post, just in case there are others.

Comment by therevbev on August 27, 2014 at 10:02pm

MOM MasterofMotivation S14 D269 - the week of classes at Great Lakes Naval Base are called "Navy indoctrination". IF your CS goes to Ft Lee right away (very unusual), they'll be done in about 1 month. MOST Sailors spend 2-3 weeks at Great Lakes waiting for a class to start - they clean and help around base until there's an opening at Ft Lee (Virginia).

Comment by therevbev on August 27, 2014 at 9:59pm

Just got a call from the CS in school at Fort Lee... with only 1 week left, he's managed to keep a 93 average on all his tests. This is the son who REALLY struggled with high school and 2 years of college! I am SO Proud. We'll be attending graduation next week and bringing him on leave with us!

Comment by VC on August 26, 2014 at 9:00pm

Of course, you are very welcome.

After PIR when you while you will wait for your son, you can go to the NEX (Navy Exchange Service Command) you will see it there. If you son didn’t order the DVD of the PIR you can order it there. My son ordered his pictures package but not DVD. I was lucky and I order it. You can also buy a picture of his division from the PIR. All the best

Comment by MAMA_C on August 26, 2014 at 8:52pm

Thank you VC for this info.  This will help us a lot!!! So we can prepare.

Comment by VC on August 26, 2014 at 8:31pm

Dear MOM MasterofMotivation S14 D269, Congratulations to the New Sailor and to you! Good luck to your son. After PIR my son only had a few minutes. He have to go back to move to the different location on the base. I was waiting for him for about 4 hours. After he moved I met him and he was with us together until 8:30 pm. They have to be back on base at 9:30-10pm. Since it was a Memorial weekend I was so lucky to have him on Saturday, Sunday and few hours on Monday before my flight. You will have a wonderful time together J All the best

 

Comment by MAMA_C on August 26, 2014 at 8:17pm

My son is a Sailor now and PIR is this Friday, however he told me that his Liberty is only a few hours after PIR he reports back for an 1 to 4 hours and we can wait for him.  Then A school begins there at GL for 6 days.  He will tell more when we see at PIR.

Comment by therevbev on August 25, 2014 at 7:00pm

WOW! What a day! So glad my Sailor finally called to say that the teachers just locked the doors and said "Keep Cooking!". God is good ALL the Time!

Comment by therevbev on August 20, 2014 at 3:29pm

At lease we can drive down to Ft Lee for his grad. Just hope he remembers to arrange his flight to the west coast from our home airport! It's all new to him since we've moved and he'll actually be taking leave at his grandmothers.

Comment by Michelle on August 20, 2014 at 2:45pm

Graduation/leave time information is last minute. I think we didn't know FOR SURE a graduation date until the week of and even then you don't know when they will be released and able to leave the base. So to be on the safe side plan any flights for the evening and get your wallets prepared to book a flight a week or less out from the departure date. If I recall correctly, we got a one way flight from A school to our hometown - on our dime -  and he was able to work with their Navy travel person to have his flight to his duty station changed to leave from our hometown to the duty station since he wanted to take some leave before heading to the west coast. Its been several months so its a little fuzzy. Just know that its going to be a little messy and more costly than if you are able to plan better HOWEVER all that drama will fade to the background once you get to see them :). Good luck ladies!

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