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Comment by Suzi-OH on July 31, 2011 at 3:45pm

My son's group in A school had no dream sheets....no wish lists...... He actually got his orders before his room mate who was the same rate and had graduated A school well before him. He told me a few weeks ago that he would be in OK forever......I'm sure nothing is set in stone with any military branch...but he loves Aircrew and being part of TACAMO.

Comment by Rhonda8881 on July 30, 2011 at 4:02pm

My son has been in Hawaii for almost 4 years now.  His original 1st choice was going to be Guam.  We talked to some Navy veterans who gave us a little info about Guam.  We knew our son would not be happy there so we passed on the info to him and he agreed.  Number 1 was that the Navy will not ship your vehicle to Guam for you.  The island is no small that you really don't need a car.  Also that there is not very much to do on the island. My son would not go anywhere without a car; he also has to have something to do to keep busy.  He gets into trouble if he doesn't have something to keep him busy!!!  So he put Hawaii as his 1st choice and he got it.  He is happy there.  He belongs to a car club, is now certified to scuba dive, takes gorgeous pictures, hikes and parties with his friends.  He makes good use of being near the beach a lot too!

He graduated 3rd in his class at A school and I think that may be why he got his first choice.  Also there were a lot of openings as several of his friends from A school went to Hawaii. 

I hope your Sailor will enjoy Hawaii as much as mine is.  It is a different life style and takes a little getting used to, but it is a nice place to live for awhile.

Don't be surprised if he tells you it is NOT paradise when you have to live there.  I was shocked when my son first told me that!  But it is like everywhere else.  It is paradise when on vacation, but when you live there every day some of the excitement wears off after a while.  But, he plans to stay there through his shore duty which will start in about 18 months. So it can't be that bad.

Comment by Pearl Harbor MA on July 30, 2011 at 12:57pm

Virginia was choice #3 of the ones he had. I was kind of hoping he would get that  one but he got Hawaii instead. He really wanted Guam , so I figure Hawaii isn't as bad but still not as accessible as VA would have been. Part of his reasoning for going in the Navy was to travel so he REALLY didn't want to get stuck with VA. I used to live in MD and love it back east.

 

Comment by Kimnsc on July 28, 2011 at 5:19pm

Gotcha. We are in sc. I think we would of gone with a little more notice. He will be in norfolk, about 5 hours away..very excited about that

Comment by Frances5901 on July 28, 2011 at 1:36pm

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Comment by Pearl Harbor MA on July 28, 2011 at 9:40am

Very few people go to the A school ones, there were maybe 30 people there. The only reason we went was because it was within driving distance and we got to bring him home for 2 weeks afterward.

Comment by Kimnsc on July 28, 2011 at 12:11am

intersting! We are not able to make a school, so i am glad we made the more important one :)thanks

Comment by Pearl Harbor MA on July 27, 2011 at 10:26pm

PIR is VERY pomp and ceremony while graduation from A school was VERY informal and relaxed! They even stopped several times so people could take pics of them being handed their diplomas, etc. They even said at the beginning that this ceremony is for you and the sailors and if they needed to stop and start over or something they would! It was nice...

 

Comment by Kimnsc on July 27, 2011 at 8:18pm

Haha! I cleaned my sons room a few weeks into boot camp. Smelled like a locker room. Clearing it out is another story.

Comment by ebigirl on July 27, 2011 at 7:44pm

Kimnsc; No need to feel guilty about having your son pack his things up when he's home OR moving your daughter into his room. We HAD to clean out my son's room to make sure unwanted things were not living in there!! LOL

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