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PIR, Grad 'N Go, and A-School!
My boyfriend JUST left for basic training. Before he went to the airport he called me and told me that they told him his boot camp would be about 10 weeks, that he as a hospital corpsman will be grad 'n go after pir and that he wouldn't be classed up for the first two weeks of A-school. I guess my question is, is this information accurate this early? He told me that since he's grad 'n go he'd like for me to go to Texas for two weeks following PIR. What do you ladies think? I'm clueless and ALREADY missing my soontobe sailor!
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Sounds ALMOST correct. He will most likely be a Saturday departure (they dropped the term grad n go). However, two weeks immediately after PIR at A school would NOT work.... he doesn't seem to know he must earn his liberty privileges, and wouldn't even be able to leave base those two weeks. Phase one liberty is quite strict, with no off base/overnight privileges. Even phase two sees no midweek overnights. Agree to a visit during A school, but insist he gets to his A school, checks in , and gets first hand accurate information on his liberty privileges before you book flights or hotels. Otherwise, you're stuck in SA with no reason if he's supposed to stay on base.
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Permalink Reply by meagan5220 on
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Also you might find the group for that rate and ask what the current hold time is. Idk if its different for different rates but when my husband left for a school from bootcamp he was scheduled to start a school like a week after he got there. He didnt actually start for about a month and a half. They didnt even know for sure when he would start when he got there. They told him anywhere from 6 weeks to 6 months for a wait to class up. And he was just woken up one morning at 430 and told to be in class by 6 or something.
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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He won't know when he starts school until he gets there. Everything regarding the "A" School is just hearsay
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Agree. Last month's hold times might not be next month's hold times. And before you ask, no, they cannot take leave while on hold.
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Permalink Reply by celinamae on
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You guys are AMAZING!! Thank you so much! I will def continue to consult with you all as I learn more info! Thank you and God Bless!!
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Just start writting letters to him...even if you don't have his address yet. Try and stay up beat...my questioneer's for him to answer..talk about when you will see him at PIR..talk about his fav sport team (PACKERS!!!!)...draw him pictures...do cute little things to keep your mind postive and to keep him up beat!
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Permalink Reply by corpsmanwifeschu on
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His time at RTC could be from 7 to that 10 weeks he mentioned. My hubby was in a "push" DIV and was done in 8 weeks. And like Angie said, start writing now. I dropped 16 letters into the mailbox when I first got his address. Kept to myself how much I was really missing him to help him stay focused. Those letters were my therapy while he was away.
Hubby just finished corps a school and that is pretty accurate. It took about three weeks to class up and there are currently some students who have been there since his grad date that still have yet to class up. This is about a month that they are waiting. So every class will be different. Like M said, their trying to get rid of the term grad n go. They typically check into a school the day of PIR if they are staying in GL or leave the following day for out of state. You may get lucky and he could leave later. This was not our experience though. Phase one they typically can leave base, but they will have to be in uniform and back to base by 2000. Phase two they get civis and I think a later curfew. I waited to visit him after phase three so I could borrow him from the Navy for the whole weekend.
So my suggestion is to go to PIR, you will love it. There is no prouder moment I have had with him. And them plan for that SA visit for around 6-8 weeks after he's been in in TX. -
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