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C-School for FCs...When did you get your orders?
Ok, so my hubbs is just a couple weeks away from finishing FC A-school and I'm starting to get that impatient itch, wanting to find out where we'll be going next haha. So I thought it'd be interesting to see how long it took others to get their orders after their hubbs/sons/bfs/fiances finished A-school. Did you get follow-on orders for your PDS? And also, did they get what they put on their dreamsheet? Now that they're doing it with the dreamsheet, does their class rank do anything for getting what they ask for?
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Permalink Reply by BR549 on
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Hey Ash- my son pir'ed on March 19, 2010 graduated A school November 19, 2010 got orders for SD in January but did not report to SD until June 4th. It was a very long time, hopefully they are moving a little faster these days.
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Permalink Reply by Ash on
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Seems like for some they are, others not. From people I've talked to seems like about 2 months is the average for getting orders. I don't mind if it takes awhile to actually move to our next station..I just want to KNOW where we'll be going haha
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Permalink Reply by Sandy's_sailor son on
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Ash, my son is a FC too. He told me that class rank no longer makes any difference. (but of course a Sailor should always do their best.) Every one of his classmates filled out their "Dream Sheets" after graduation. He graduated 5/6/11. He is still on hold along with his other fellow class mates. My son thinks that he might be getting his orders by the end of July.
I will be the first one to tell you when his orders finally come in, LoL.
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One of my friends husbands just graduated last month too and they're still waiting for orders also. Seems like 2 months is the average for getting orders so I bet he will get his around when he thinks. I can't wait to find out, really want to know if we'll be West Coast (hoping) or East Coast...
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Permalink Reply by Mary on
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Hi ladies I am new to this group. My son is an FC and has been for over a year now. If I am not mistaken he did his "A" School in GL and then in Jan or Feb of 2010 he received orders for "C" School in Virginia. (but IHe finished C School around May or June of 2010 and pulled his orders then. He has been stationed in Japan since then. He did get to come home for leave prior to shipping out (but I also understand that is not always possible either - he just happened to luck out with the flight orders so he took it) He has now been gone for almost a year.
My son received his second choice but I am not sure how much his grade had to do with it or just that no one else requested that tour. He was just happy when he got his orders and right now is one happy Sailor. He loves Japan as do most of the guys that I hear about. So, if they pull orders for Japan, because it is so far away, don't worry. The majority of them absolutely love it. -
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Oooo, I'm glad to know FC's can get Japan....I figured they could but wasn't positive. We really want to get stationed there. Anyone know if it's E-4 or E-5 they have to be before they can get accompanied overseas orders? I've heard both. Hubbs will be E-4 when he's done with A-school...
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Permalink Reply by April(Don's girl) on
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Hi Ash,
My husband is an FC and currently in C school in Dahlgren. I heard there was a lot of changes in GL since he left, but when he was there they got to choose 3 weapon systems; he didn't get his first choice, but he got his 2nd choice. He finished ATT (this is when they split ATT before and after A school) around November, I think before the Thanksgiving holiday. And then at stand down in December he got his orders to Dahlgren. He didn't detach from GL until February and he reported to Dahlgren mid-March. So it all depends on what orders he gets, the weapon system he puts on his lists. It can be frustrating because you want to kind of plan ahead, but really can't because there are so many factors! But good luck and hopefully he gets the weapon system he wants!
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Thanks :) He's still trying to decide which systems he's interested in, guess he needs to hurry up since he'll be filling out the dream sheet soon haha Seems like most everyone I've talked to has gotten their first or second choice so that's pretty cool!
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Ash, my son left to bootcamp 12/15/08 PIR was 2/6/09 he stayed in GL for A school until January '10 after he was home for 2 weeks of xmas stand down he got his orders for Dalhgren he was gone in 3 days. then he finished C school sometime in Aug.10 he drove from Va to Az and still spent 31 days at home with us before going to his duty station in Japan.10/10 so his time in was quite a good long while. before he got any orders. He has been in Japan 9 months and just went on his 1st deployment.. he is FC AEGIS
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I've heard of a couple people getting orders and leaving that same week. That would be crazy! How nice that he got to spend a month at home before he left for Japan!
I moved here December of last year, just before my hubbs PIR. I'm figuring we'll be here till at least the end of the year, possibly spring - which I don't mind cause I like it here...but I'm hoping we get our orders by October-ish cause I just want KNOW where we'll be going haha -
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Hi Ash, My son just got his orders today. So it has been exactly 2 months from his (A)school graduation. He reports in September.
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