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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.

Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)

Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC

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AECF - FCs and ETs

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For families that have a loved one serving the Navy as an FC or an ET. This is the place to share and learn more about their jobs and schools. For subs - look for the SECF group.

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Latest Activity: Aug 6, 2024

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Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on September 14, 2012 at 11:43pm: They come out around Thanksgiving ---- GL to her, hopefully the quotas will be better this time.

Comment by Vickyrun on September 13, 2012 at 12:19pm: Chrissy taking the advancement exam for the fourth time. When do the results come out?

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on September 13, 2012 at 9:11am: Our Tomahawk FCs are needed in Libya, well ...not just our Tomahawks but the role that our destroyers may play in Libya in the days ahead is exactly what our FCs trained for.

Praying that things calm down soon at our Embassies and that our destroyers and Marines will return home safely and soon.

Comment by Adhsmom on September 9, 2012 at 3:02pm: Thanks for the help

Comment by Anti M on September 8, 2012 at 10:51am: ET C schools are all over the country, and vary greatly in length. None in Great Lakes, many in SanDog, and Norfolk, even one GA on Fort Gordon.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on September 5, 2012 at 3:24pm: I have the pleasure of having dinner with Helen today ----- two AEGIS FC mommas together (finally) geez wonder what we might have to talk about!!! LOL

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on September 5, 2012 at 3:23pm: Adhsmom, A school is in GL and they can be there "about" a year depending on class availability at the time they check in. Sometimes they check in and have to wait for a class or when they finish A school they may wait for a number of months for orders to their C school.

There is no B school.

C school location and length will be determined by ---- are they an ET or an FC. FCs have three specific locations they generally go to:
1) Dahlgren, VA for all Aegis FCs
2) DamNeck, VA (near Virginia Beach) for guns and some CIWS
3) San Diego, CA for Tomahawk and CIWS
They may not know until school is over and they get orders before they know how long their C school is and the location. Aegis school can run 8-12 months.
Tomahawk and CIWS are lengthy schools too. Guns are probably the shortest but those are generally three months or longer if memory serves me right. We have an Aegis sailor so I can speak more to that area. Hopefully someone with recent CIWS or guns sailors can help but first we need to know if your sailor is ET or FC.

ET follows a completely different path but they will spend most of their first year in GL for A school.

Comment by Adhsmom on September 4, 2012 at 6:14pm: I need a little help I am new at this how long is A school for Advanced Electronics/Computer Field and is there a B and C school and where are they at. Thanks

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on September 4, 2012 at 3:58pm: Wow - it is that time of year when orders get held up and lots of rumors start flying. Please keep us posted magsmom.

Comment by magsmom on September 1, 2012 at 7:49pm: Does anyone know about the orders that were offered for FCs to do 2 years in SD shore duty as assistant instructors? My daughter got An options for these orders and has heard they are being cancelled?????