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Comment by Anna on August 12, 2015 at 11:40pm

TJR's Proud Mom,

Congratulations to your son!!  First of all, don't expect to hear a lot from your son once he gets started with classes.  There is much studying to do if they want to do well in the class.  Those in the top spots in their class get first choices of duty stations so competition can be high!!!  Plus all classwork must be done inside the classroom building because of the security nature of their studies.  This means they can't have their phones in there as well.  My son went through in 2009 after already putting in 4 years and he loves his job.  Just earned his 3rd NAM and preparing to take the Chief's test first of next year!!! 

Good luck to your son!!!

Comment by TJR's Proud Mom on August 12, 2015 at 7:46pm

Hello there... my Sailor just recently started the IS program so I am as much of a newbie as one can be. Any words of wisdom as we start this next phase of Navy life would be appreciated. Thanks!

Comment by Anna on May 26, 2015 at 10:22pm

JM,

Sounds like fun!!!   LOL not!!!  But I know you will make the best of it and everything will come together just fine.  Good luck to your daughter on her new training!!!

Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on May 26, 2015 at 1:30am

We thought it best for our daughter to go to training on her own so that she could concentrate on her classes. It just means that we will need to go get the little one before our daughter travels to her class location. Figure out what stays and what goes into storage and do some shuffling.

Comment by Anna on May 25, 2015 at 11:53pm

Beautiful picture JM! I don't know how to make moves like this easy especially when you have a little one that can't go with you!!!!  Hope it all goes smoothly!

Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on May 25, 2015 at 9:46pm

Our Granddaughter Chloe is almost 4, so she is too young to fly alone. From the sound of it, it would probably be best to keep some thing for her use while in training, put the rest into storage until she is done with her schooling, then have her household goods and furniture moved across country. We will also need to get some of Chloes' things across country too. Just a lot of back and forth trips is what it sounds like. 

Comment by Mary (Chris' mom) on May 24, 2015 at 9:13pm

Kids can fly alone but you generally have to pay for someone from the airline to escort them during the trip. The cost varies greatly by the age of the child and the airline. I don't know what the limits are but they are pretty strict about it all nowadays. My niece was 14 and only got out of having an escort because she was flying with my nephew who was 17 at the time. I agree with Anna, temp storage for now...move her things across country later when she sees what her housing situation will be like and when housing will be available.

Comment by Anna on May 23, 2015 at 12:50am

JM,

As far as her household goods she might want to put her stuff in storage until after her school and then put in for her pcs move once she gets to her next duty station and finds a new place to live.  That's what my son did.  How old is her daughter?  Would she be old enough to fly?  I know airlines can arrange for children to fly on their own but I'm sure there are some limitations.  Not too sure how that works, no experience there!!!!

Comment by JM-ISmomx2 on May 22, 2015 at 8:26pm

I was wondering if someone could give me some information. My daughter has been an IS for almost 6 years, but she will now be cross training to a different IS job between her current job and reporting to her new command. Because she will be moving crosscountry, how does she go about moving everything, getting her daughter across country for us to watch while she is at school and finding a new place to live once she is done with training. It seems very complicated with her going from one coast to the other. . I know the Navy will help move her household goods, but when would that happen, before she reports for school or after. Doesn't seem logical for her to keep her apartment for almost 3 months when there will be no one living in it, since school is more then 3 hours from her current command. Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Comment by Anna on May 21, 2015 at 3:01pm

Goat,

CONGRATULATIONS on the upcoming marriage!!!!  So happy that things have worked out so smoothly for both of you!!!!!

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