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Comment by urbanfarmgirl on June 25, 2015 at 3:10am

My son's A school (AECF) is supposed to be 51 weeks.  So he won't have any leave for that whole time?  

His recruiter also recently asked if he could go to BC early, as there are changes being made to his A school?  Change of Iocation?   My son said no, he wants to wait until the date on his contract so he can come with us on our family vacation this year.  But does that sound right?  A school for AECF moving location from GL?

Comment by Anti M on June 20, 2015 at 5:35pm

The undesignated sailors in the fleet, those who have not gone to a guaranteed A school, can try to get into certain ratings they qualify for.  This could be as simple as finishing some qualifications and take a test. Others get permission from their command to go to an A school.  Strike for means to try for.  Once they are trying for a specific job, they are called strikers.

Comment by Anti M on June 20, 2015 at 4:17pm

I went through ET A school.   They do keep you busy, you have duty every four days, and PT, plus school.  There is no homework, but you can attend extra mandatory study hours if you need to do so (or are ordered to do so).   If you fail one test, you get a chance to take it again after remedial study.  If you fail it again, you get set back to the class behind and get another shot at it.  If someone fails the second time around, they get dropped and reclassified to another rating, or possibly sent undesignated to the fleet.  Once there, a seaman can strike for a rating.   Some are OTJ, but they might get to go back to a different A school.

I'm sorry he is having trouble, but I know they are given many opportunities to grasp the material.  Not sure why his entire class would fail an initial test, I was part of the pilot program to combine FC and ET into the same field so I took some FC tests.  See if the material applied to both ratings (it does, mostly).  They are all multiple choice!  Maybe the instruction style is not suited to his learning style.  That happens, and there is not a lot to do about that.  But honestly, they spent a lot of money to get them this far, they do not WANT to send them to the fleet.  That schooling is optimized to get the most info across to most sailors.  Maybe something else going on too?

Comment by Anti M on June 18, 2015 at 6:25pm

http://navyformoms.com/group/bootcampmoms

Comment by Anti M on June 18, 2015 at 6:00pm

@lovemyson, you will do better in the boot camp group until you find out his rating, then we can tell you hoe long and where he will go to A school.  

Comment by Anti M on June 18, 2015 at 5:58pm

JuliaM, it can take quite a while for orders for FC.  Several weeks is normal, or even a few months.  But it also could be tomorrow.  Hard to tell, there is no one normal answer.

Comment by lovemyson on June 18, 2015 at 3:32pm

hi my son just started bootcamp. im having a hard time knowing what he is going to school for since he will be away alot is what I hear.

Comment by JuliaM on June 18, 2015 at 12:49pm

Good morning everyone.  My son (FC) graduation from A school is this Friday and he said he wants to wait on his C school orders before he comes home.  Does anyone know how long that might be?

Comment by Christine Proud Son of ET on June 14, 2015 at 2:30pm

Hi Everyone, My son is home for 2 weeks...I am sooo happy.  It was a little rough getting here.  He had a 20 min layover in Salt Lake City but as we know flights out of O'Hare are always late and this was no different.  He missed his connecting flight, no more hotel vouchers so he slept the night on the floor in the airport. He was soo happy to finally be home. 

Comment by Sharonclips on June 14, 2015 at 1:27pm

Hi AntiM! You are the only one whose name I remember!

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