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Comment by Abby on February 1, 2014 at 1:46am

Susan: Sorry, I don't know anything about the NSW other than it is "boots on the ground" (generally not on a ship during deployment). But, just thought I would mention that my husband is in your son's class! And, I've actually met him before haha! My husband and I went to watch a play off game at a friends' house and he was there as well. Good luck in the search for more information though!

Comment by Susan06239 on February 1, 2014 at 12:09am

Hi All-if anyone has had a similar situation and can shed some light it would be great.  My son chose his assignment today.  His training in Great Lakes ends March 7th.  He is putting his AEFC training in ET to work in NSW- Naval Special Warfare.  I believe he is heading to Virginia for training.  Trading in his camo blue for tans.  Hoping to learn something here.  Thanks.  Sue

Comment by Anti M on January 31, 2014 at 8:43am

Sara, an FC is Fire Controlman.  Fire as in fire a weapon.  They work with the systems which guide and fire the missiles on ships, the weapons systems.  

A desktop at Great Lakes is a Bad Idea.  I replied over in the Glakes groups, but for anyone reading here:  they need a portable device in case they have to move rooms/barracks, or they need to go to a wifi spot because connectivity in some ships is really bad.  They may not be allowed to leave one out in their room, and there's theft.  They do NOT need a personal computer for school.  It would purely be for communication and entertainment.  

Comment by Anti M on January 31, 2014 at 8:39am

lab, I like learning, so it was easy for me.  We had a few fall back and have to repeat, and a few fail.  More get dropped because of getting into trouble, underage drinking, and such.  30%?  No, that's far too low.  It isn't that difficult!

The ATT section in all on the computer, but there's an instructor, and a schedule to keep up with.  They call it self-paced, but that's only partially true.  A school itself is a mix of instructor led and computer, and there is hands on trouble shooting.  They change it up now and then, so I'm not 100% on what they're doing today. Ha.

Chart?  Not sure what you mean.

Comment by Anti M on January 30, 2014 at 6:39pm

Here's the liberty phase policy:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/training-support-center-tsc-great-la...

Yes, they can potentially go "out of bounds", with written permission, in special circumstances.  Some years it is simple to get approved, other times, not so much.   One of those can't hurt to ask situations.  

My ET1 is in Japan, married, and on his second enlistment.  He's an acquired kid, the kind who follow you home, you know?  Both hubby and I had been ETs, so he liked what he saw with Navy retirement as a foundation.  Yes, I went to A school at Great Lakes.  The barracks and chow hall I knew are still in use.  Funny, some things are 100% the same as 30 years ago.  Other things have changed, but there are still so many similarities that it is like a time machine for me.  

Comment by RebeccaProudWife on January 30, 2014 at 6:28pm

Once students are done with A school and move to the Cole barracks they can have their car on base but by that time they should be leaving soon with orders to C school. They really don't need a car to get around, but I can understand why they would want a car their.

Every sailor's story is different with how long they will be in Great Lakes. My husband was told a year at minimum, and up to 2 years but it was one year to the date which included boot camp.But one of his shipmate was there for 2.5 years. It all depends on orders.

Students are able to leave during A school for special circumstances if it doesn't interrupt with school days, ie long weekends IF they can get a chit approved. However they will face consequences if they miss school, the consequence could be any where from a talking to, set back in school, or more. I know this because when my husband was there a classmate of his flew back home over a long weekend to attend a wedding.

Great Lakes definitely has a college campus atmosphere. I person like the base, it has so much green and the lake is beautiful. On base there is a movie theater, few fast food restaurants, the NEX (kind of a like a target), bowling ally, very nice track and filed, few base ball fields, place to rent water equipment (paddle boards and such) place to grab pizza and play pool) library. And the train station is with in a mile so they can go into the city.

Last winter it wasn't nearly as bad as this one. The only time I was freezing was waiting for the train outside.

It all depends on phasing up because the have qualifications to meet. Usually only weeks in each phase.

Comment by Anti M on January 30, 2014 at 1:24pm

Yes, she'd be allowed leave at Christmas if she is still at Great Lakes.  Out in the fleet, that's a huge maybe, especially if she is new at a command.  You can go visit her though, once she gets to phase three liberty and can have weekend nights offbase.

Comment by Anti M on January 30, 2014 at 10:24am

HI tay2sims!

Labradoodles, she can't take leave during A school unless it is the Christmas holiday stand down.  She may or may not be there for that next year.  She cannot have a car there, although some keep them offbase (expensive to find parking).  She doesn't really need a car.  The travel limit on liberty is 300 miles.  No flying home for long weekends!

Comment by Anti M on January 8, 2014 at 3:38pm

Also, between the hold times waiting for schools, and potentially waiting for orders, they are at Great Lakes for roughly a year.  C schools vary in length, but six months is not unusual.  FCs tend to go to system C schools, while ETs have more variety, sometimes systems, sometimes individual pieces of gear and more than one C school.

Comment by Anti M on January 8, 2014 at 3:36pm

A married sailor must abide by the liberty phases until they are approved for Live Ashore.  The faster they can get the packet/request in, the faster they can live with their family.  If their grades slip, they can be ordered to live back on base.  Usually takes a couple weeks.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/training-support-center-tsc-great-la...

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