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10.28 PIR graduates going on to A school in San Antonio TX (Corpsman)
After speaking with my SR I have learned there are several of them (20+) going on to Corpsman school in San Antonio following graduation, he also said they will be leaving as a group at X time, following a few hours of liberty on PIR day. If you have any information you would like to share, maybe something your SR has passed along regarding the transition to A school, please do so. If you have specific information, such as when they are leaving, please send me a pm, we are trying to arrange our schedule to be with him at the airport when they leave. Thanks in advance!
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Permalink Reply by dimper1207 on
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Also looking for any information that you may have on San Antonio A School. My son Kyle is also going to Corpsman school. thank you
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Permalink Reply by jacketfan24 (corpsman mom) on
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My son is a corpsman also. Dimper, join the San Antonio A school group if you haven't already. There is a lot of information there. They can have phones and computers right away, but there is no wireless there, so they have to have a wireless card or something for their laptop.i I'm heading to Verizon this weekend to check out the options; don't want to spend our only day with him doing this type of thing. We are also planning to meet him at the airport and spend time with him before he boards the plane; I got the impression that he won't know for sure until PIR. I expect a letter tomorrow, but he doesn't talk much about what's going on there, so I don't expect much info. Let me know also if any of you hear anything from yours!
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Permalink Reply by KimberlyAnn on
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@ 4mycorpsman-355 is the brother division for my son's division 356, so I know their battlestations date (see diannep's email to the group) and you can expect a call the next day, anytime. My son mentioned in his letter dated Oct. 11th that his RDC's have his orders but had not released them as of that date. He did say that following PIR the group going to A school will depart at ridiculous 0'clock, where we will be able to join him at the airport to say goodbye and give him his personal belongings like cell phone and computer and clothes etc. as long as they did not charter a flight, which they may have because there are so many going to San Antonio, if that is the case we will not be able to accompany him to the airport and will have to mail his bag to him. I have looked into a mailbox at the mail store on base down there which will give him quicker access to mail and packages we send. He will not be taking his car with him, and growing up in an area without a lot of public transportation traveling by bus for him will be a new experience! I understand that when they get to San Antonio, they may not start school right away, it could be up to 3 weeks before their classes begin, either as individuals or as the group they traveled with to A school. The A school group is a great source of information, so I hope you've had the opportunity to join us!
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Permalink Reply by iluvmysailor41 on
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My bf is going to San Antonio. He doesn't know exactly when he leaves next weekend. He said in his last letter, and on the phone, that he hopes he gets to leave Saturday or Sunday. But I don't think we will know anything for sure until after Battlestations.
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I did see somewhere that chartered flights are pretty rare, so I'm hopeful that they will leave from a regular airport. I will be there at whatever early time to see him off; I can sleep on the trip home. My son has a motercycle but we won't be taking it to him; it will just make it harder to get to the next stage of school later. I will mail him things later, but I think he's got to have a mailbox at the UPS store on base to keep him from getting charged to pick up packages. I will just be glad to be able to talk to him once he can get his phone. Can't believe there's only 6 days left!
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Permalink Reply by MrsMacho (Kelly) on
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My son will also be Corpsman and doing to San Antonio, I haven't heard any info on when they'll be leaving. I don't believe they will know until the last few days before PIR. Are any of you planning on going to the Meet and Greet the night before PIR?
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We will be there.
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Alot of moms are meeting at Sarge's for the meet and greet instead of the Ramada!
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We've decided to go there instead, also. It sounds like there is a lot of information, as well as a free meal, which the Ramada doesn't offer. I'd really like the info.
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What is Sarge's?
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@4my- Thank you...another mom I have become close with whose son is there, waited 4 weeks before school started! Looking forward to meeting everyone as well!
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I know the school lasts about 4 months once it starts, and if he gets the opportunity to do what he wants to do, even more school after that. I'm also lookingforward to meeting everyone, and it's good to know that so many of them are going together.
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