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So what actually happens in Groton?

my son will be to Groton after bootcamp and I am very confused as to what happens. He will be a sonar tech.  I have heard things like bess, att, and a schools.  I was told he would be there 6 months but am reading different things. I am just trying to make some sense of everything! I do have a considerable amount of time, yes, but I just like to be "in the know". Any information you have will help! YIKES!

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Permalink Reply by Jo (Wife of an ET Radioman) on March 17, 2012 at 4:10pm

My husband's group in RTC was given the plain backpacks. I just tossed whatever he wanted into a backpack of my own, and we shifted everything over at the airport. 


The internet can be kind of sketchy sometimes (it works really well some days, sometimes not) so Skype calls may get a little wonky. 

Permalink Reply by Nana Donna (nanaTo2Saliors) on March 15, 2012 at 12:41pm

Carolyn - My grandson that is in Groton got there May 7 2011 and he did get to come home on leave till Christmas.  We live in Arizona so it is far.  They go through a lot of schooling in Groton.  Like I said he has been there since May and is just now (tomorrow is graduation)finishing his schooling.  Although schooling is different for each job or rating as the Navy calls it they all have to go through Basic Enlisted Sub School (BESS) as soon as they get there which is about 8 weeks long.  Then ATT and TECHNO both are self paced.  After all those classes they finally start their A school for their rate,  Remember there are "hold" times in between each class sometimes as much as 3 weeks.  I hope this helps a bit, I know how I felt when the first grandson started and was looking for what was going to happen next, this time I am a bit more informed.

Liberty vs leave - Liberty is when they are off duty but not on leave where they use up there leave days, I guess you could almost call them vacation days LOL.  When he first gets to Groton he will have to earn his liberties like I said going off base, wearing regular clothes etc those are liberties.

One good thing is that Groton schooling closes down two weeks at Christmas so he will probably be able to come home at the time and maybe even before it depends upon his schooling schedule.

Let me know if there is anything you have questions on.

Permalink Reply by Jo (Wife of an ET Radioman) on March 17, 2012 at 4:04pm

From what my husband says, it's a lot of people burning popcorn and setting off the fire alarms, "HOOYAH" contests (who can yell it the loudest at the most random times possible), homework, watches, people screwing up massively and getting put elsewhere in the Navy...

On top of all the schooling. From what I've seen it's like a very structured university...the same kinds of shenanigans go on that you'd find at your local state school. Just with military training instead of like, accounting and biology. :P

Permalink Reply by karensue-ship7-Div 129-4-27-PIR on March 19, 2012 at 11:51pm

Also curious, my son is currently at BC PIR in 4/27/12. He supposed to remain in Great Lakes for 2 wks of A school before he goes to Groton. How does this work and will we be able to give him his cell phone and computer after BC. I have not seen anything about the 2wks in Great Lakes on this thread.

Thanks

Permalink Reply by karensue-ship7-Div 129-4-27-PIR on March 28, 2012 at 11:47pm

Thanks a bunch. One more question. He is not planning on taking his truck to Groton but using public transportation will he be okay. getting a vehicle out there will be difficult.  

Permalink Reply by MamaMiri (FT) on March 28, 2012 at 11:54pm

There is pretty much no public transportation to speak of. Most of the younger guys in the barracks won't have a huge need for a car though, everything they need is pretty much on base, and if he wants to go to any other stores or get off base for anything fun there will probably be friends with vehicles. Eventually he will want his own vehicle but he'll be fine for a while, probably until he gets enough leave to fly home and then drive it back, or however that would work for you guys.

Permalink Reply by KikiOtter on April 21, 2012 at 11:40am

Any update for us on that 2 weeks in Groton? You have me curious now. haha

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