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Question's about Swim School

I hope this is the right place to be. PIR was 5/16/14. My son is in Pensacola and has just finished aviation school. He starts rescue swim school after the holiday. My son is very tall. He does very well with swim, run and sit ups. Since he is so tall, has very long arms and is over 200 pounds the pull ups are very hard for him. Has anyone else had a son or daughter with this problem? He is working so hard and has done so well on everything else.

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Permalink Reply by Brand'sMom on September 29, 2014 at 8:46am

I have a question in regards to Christmas they let the sailors go home for Christmas?

Permalink Reply by Jodi-alumni Ship 4 on September 29, 2014 at 9:01am

If your son is in school in Pensacola they did get to come home since the school is closed down. In my son's case he didn't get his leave approved until late so we couldn't take advantage of the cheaper air fares. Some moms went ahead and bought tickets anyways. I wasn't that brave lol.

Permalink Reply by sweetpea4 on October 6, 2014 at 6:54pm

Brand's Mom

Don't miss the RSS graduation! The next graduation ceremony is FRAC. If you are lucky there might be a ceremony for Air Crew wings. I was able to attend the RSS and Frac graduation ceremonies. I was not able due to circumstances surrounding my son's winging ceremony. Sometimes the winging ceremony is held while they are deployed. Long, long road ahead!!!

Permalink Reply by Brand'sMom on October 6, 2014 at 9:20pm

Thank you Sweetpea4

I will make sure that my Son tell me when he will graduate from RSS. If his RSS school start next week I am calculating that by December he will have his graduation then.....

Permalink Reply by Brand'sMom on October 6, 2014 at 6:14pm

Hello ,

I have a question , my son looks like he is moving fast , he has a couple the weeks to finish the NACCS and right away he told me that he will start the RSS school . Parents go to their kids graduation after he completes their RSS school or after they complete their A school?

Thank you

Permalink Reply by Brand'sMom on October 8, 2014 at 6:07pm

Hello,

I have another question in regards to the RSS graduation. I know my Son start Rescue Swimmer school but I do not know when he will graduate . He does not call me , I assume that he is really busy but how I can obtain information about when he is going to graduate ? I need to buy the airplane tickets and made hotel reservations.

Thank you !!!

Permalink Reply by sweetpea4 on October 8, 2014 at 7:47pm

Brand mom
Things change all the time. He won't know until a few weeks or days before. You must remain flexible. This is a very difficult part of training. There will be set backs so prepare yourself. The first 3 weeks are the the most difficult and the highest attrition rate. Good luck!

Permalink Reply by Brand'sMom on October 8, 2014 at 9:06pm

Thank you sweetpea4 , I spoke with him today he was exhausted , they did the helicopter escape. I keep encourage him. He told me that as soon as he knows the graduation day he will tell me. Also told me that next Wednesday he will graduate from the Aircrew School.

Permalink Reply by sweetpea4 on October 9, 2014 at 6:13am

Awesome,

The real challenge begins with RSS. Very, very tough physically and mentally they will try to break him. Stay calm, supportive and understanding this is grueling. If your Son has setbacks be there for him. They all do at some point in t his training. He must stay very focused and do every little thing they show exactly like it was shown. ATTENTION to every detail!