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hi My Son is currently in Groton, Ct. for Submarine School then "A" School.

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Comment by Sailor mom soon on November 13, 2017 at 7:51am: @BoosT
If he has earned his yellow liberty card, you can pick him up and take him for the day to spend time with. If he has blue liberty card, he can stay with you overnight with prior approval. We spent a weekend in Groton in September with our son (who had only yellow liberty then) and took him back to base each evening. We even shopped with him on base at NEX and also saw a movie with him on base. You are allowed on base with proper id as long as your sailor is with you coming through the gate. They also have Bowling alley on base.You just aren't allowed in the barracks.

Comment by ArchyMom on November 13, 2017 at 2:14am: I'd like to just comment that if your sailor has been at Groton long enough, he/she can figure out when there will be a weekend with liberty -- then go visit! That's what we did in October. Our son was able to spend Friday evening, and all day Saturday and all day Sunday with us. With a passport (proving ID and citizenship) we were even allowed on base to attend church and a quick drive-through tour of base. It was great. Highly recommend a visit when it's NOT graduation, much more fun.

Comment by Shimmers on November 13, 2017 at 1:47am: Hi,

From reading a few past posts, here's what has been the case with my son. We attended PIR in August. We spent graduation day and some of the next day with son before he went off to Groton. It took 2 weeks for enough sailors to class up for BESS. After that he attended a short school for tools (because of his rating). Now he's in A school.

I think family would need some kind of a guest pass your sailor requests in advance to visit the base. We recently visited son but didn't go on the base, just picked up and dropped off at the gate.

Comment by BoosTT on November 12, 2017 at 10:41pm: My nephew is currently at Groton. I wasn't able to attend PIR and would really love to visit him. He says he has a graduation coming up on Dec. 8. Can I go to see him over the weekend? He seems to think so. Does anyone know where I can find out any information? I'm clueless and he wasn't informative. Thanks!

Comment by BlueClover on November 6, 2017 at 6:57pm: HSMom, I have been informed that my SR who is in boot camp right now will likely leave for Groton on Saturday morning on 12/2. We are flying our for PIR on a Wednesday and then leaving the following Sunday after PIR just on the off chance he can stay longer with us.

Comment by WearsLargeHats on November 4, 2017 at 3:53pm: They all go through Sub School (BESS) first. The length of "A" school depends on rating specialty.

Comment by ArchyMom on October 27, 2017 at 4:12pm: Hey, that's a really nice offer. Let me check with my son. He's pretty resourceful so may have plans already. I'll get back to you!

Comment by The Real Mimi on October 26, 2017 at 1:00pm: My grandson is in SECF/ST and should be graduating A school in January or early February. I keep asking if he ha graduation date but he says no. Is that usual and when or how do they find out?

Comment by WearsLargeHats on October 25, 2017 at 4:51pm: We went up for "A" school graduation. It was very nice, pretty low key. It probably isn't worth a trip across the country just for that. I have a sister up that way, so we brought our grandson (our sailor's nephew) and made a vacation out of it.
There was some sort of snafu in getting his orders, so it took a couple weeks longer than expected, but he had them before graduation. It is likely your son can get leave between detaching from the sub school and reporting to his new command. More likely if he has OCONUS orders. He can probably arrange to travel home, but will have to pay any extra travel expenses incurred. Our son came home to NC and then flew out of Charleston SC, and was able to ship his car to Hawaii from there.
All of that is needs of the Navy, of course. Sometimes they will be advised that they should get there sooner.