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Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on April 11, 2015 at 5:05am

xfactormom - You are welcome and thank you for your kind words :-)

I wish the best for your son! I am glad that he has good leaders.

Comment by xfactormom on February 28, 2015 at 12:31pm

FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW and Miss Conception you are both so right and on point! He will be given another opportunity and he has been encouraged. Sometimes he listens to the wrong people and not the right ones. He has good leaders and when I come to this site to get info, he listens to what I tell him. So thank you very much for all that you do. I hope you realize just how many people you help.

Comment by Miss Conception on February 26, 2015 at 10:04am

Next fun subject I wish I had known more about...advancement exams for the fresh home from a school, floating in lost space reservist. :)

Comment by Miss Conception on February 26, 2015 at 9:55am

Awe! I'm glad I can help! I was soooo frustrated and still am at how in the dark reservists are left all the time. I have to count to ten almost every time I walk in to do drill just to deal with the new things I was supposed to telepathically know. Lol.
The health insurance is tricare reserve select. You can look online for the coverage. I'm happy with it for the price. It can be hard to find participating doctors. I'm an independent primary health care provider myself so I never go to the doctor, but I did want something for emergency. It's only $50 for me and $200 for a family.
When they get back from training, it is possible no one will tell them what to do for their suddenly dropped insurance, or even that they are no longer insured. They will want to print an enrollment form while they have access to a cac reader and printer at the same time. They will have to mail the form. They can get retroactive coverage, if they ask for it. There is a deadline to enroll in order for coverage to start the following month, I think the 15th of each month. I can't remember.

Comment by tori'smom on February 26, 2015 at 9:25am

Miss Conception- You have been a life save for these sailors (and MOMS! LOL)  thank you for all your great information!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on February 25, 2015 at 9:03pm

I'm sorry, I know this is an older topic...

Miss Conception - Would that be Tricare? If so do you like the coverage? My son needs medical insurance and I would love to hear from a Reservist that has Tricare.

On the SGLI (life Insurance), it is a good idea for reservists to get this. Spouses may have coverage as well. Hubby got this for both of us :-)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on February 25, 2015 at 8:58pm

Miss Conception and xfactormom - That is exactly what my son was told all through the time he was in IT school. "we'll drop you". He was so stressed out! Well, he just couldn't do it...he studied, made a BILLION flash cards and the pace was just incredible for him. They put him and many other in  a remedial program to help and it was still just not his cup o' tea. One of the Instructors was so great. He told them not to consider themselves failures and encouraged them.

Bottom line... he failed out BUT was allowed to rerate. He got six different ratings to choose from (only two when went to MEPS and none were ones he actually wanted at the time, but he choose IT). He ended up a Seabee Builder. He wanted Seabee's from the get go! :-)

I so agree with Miss Conception. Encourage him to just keep his work ethic up, smile, don't complain or make excuses and do his best. Attitude can make all the difference.

My Hubby was an AF SFS Reservist (E-7) and that is always what he told his troops. :-)

Comment by Honey33 on February 22, 2015 at 12:38am

My son also started after high school and left the day before his 18th B-Day. That said he will be graduating March 10. Very excited for his graduation and getting to see him. He will be sent to New London.....not sure for how long. But since it is closer to us, it doesn't matter. Just happy that he will be there!

Comment by xfactormom on February 21, 2015 at 5:04pm

Thank you so much Miss Conception. You are so right because that is what I have been doing. Right now he is stressed because he went in right out of high school and his class consists of college graduates. He is a little intimidated that is all. He can and will only do his best. I really appreciate the answer because I did not know who else to ask. This site is awesome

Comment by Miss Conception on February 21, 2015 at 3:21pm

I will tell you what they tell us in there. They say that if you don't pass your a-school as a reservist, they drop you out of they navy. He may hear that, if he asks. The truth is, they are trying to scale back the numbers of reservists, so he isn't entirely protected from that as a possibility. The other truth is, they have invested to date, no less than $200,000 in your son and his security clearances. They will likely re-rate him, rather than drop him, and I saw it happen, even with reservists there. All he can do is his best. Over half of his class could likely end up re-rated, which is an unusually high amount, but it won't likely be the end of his world if he is one of them. Just encourage him to do his best because if he doesn't make it, his work ethic will go a long way in opening up options for his next job selection, if it comes to that.
My son is in nuke school, which is known to be really hard, too. I tell him that, no matter what, I am proud of him. I tell him never to let the pressure of this school to make him feel like he has no good options or hopeless In life if he fails. Fortunately, he is doing well at the moment, but I know the pressure can feel like it's never going to get better. These schools expect an unnatural amount of information to be absorbed and tested on in a daily basis, but that's not how most people retain information. Your son is obviously very mart or he wouldn't be there. He will just need encouragement that no matter what, it's not going to be the end for him, and if he does well, he is going to have a really cool job.

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