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Comment by Tom'sMom on November 24, 2014 at 11:13pm

Hi all! I got "the box" on Wednesday--1 week after my son left. Still waiting on the form letter. He called Saturday and asked if I got it yet, so I'm surprised it hasn't arrived yet. Perhaps tomorrow. We are a bit rural, so maybe that's why. We'll see!

Comment by Deborah on November 24, 2014 at 10:46pm

My daughter is ship 12 Div 059

Comment by TaysMom13 on November 24, 2014 at 10:30pm

I'm starting to think my son is alone in his division...ship 12 div 060 USS Triton. He left on 11/13 but weather delayed their arrival in GL. We got his box on Friday and his form letter today. We have been trying to find others with recruits in this group. Anyone out there?

Comment by Claudia on November 24, 2014 at 10:07pm

Hi my daughter is in ship 03 div 052 I received a phone call on Saturday it was quick but she said she miss me and was not happy at all hopefully I will get a letter soon saying she's better is not an easy thing what they're going thru but I'm sure she will be ok

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 24, 2014 at 7:26pm

pamesue - I am sorry that you did not get a call :-( Hoping for Thanksgiving for you and everyone.

As far as A school those that are going to A school anywhere other than GL usually fly out on Saturday. The Navy wants to get them to their School so they can get settled in. BUT there is always the possibility of a Sunday Leave date.

Since you are close and IF you have the time and money we like to recommend staying until Sunday.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 24, 2014 at 7:15pm

Saturdays are not officially counted training days but there is usually some kind of training going on.

Sundays the Recruits are on Holiday Routine. This means that between the times of 7AM and 1 PM - the Recruits are given "free time". Usually, attend Worship services,to take a longer shower, shave for the females - they are not allowed to shave for until that first Holiday Routine. That happens the first or second Sunday that they are in their Permanent Ship.) and write letters. They should be caught up on their studies and tasks though. So most will complete that first.

Federal Holidays that are non-religious are treated like Saturdays.

Federal Holidays that are religious are treated like Sundays.

Again neither is counted in the DOT.
  

When you write your recruit...ask them to write the actual date and the DOT next to it if you would like to try and keep track of where they are :-)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 24, 2014 at 7:15pm

Boot Camp Days ~ How to Count them...

Boot Camp is anywhere from 7.5 to 9 weeks (longer around Holiday time in Nov to Jan), actual weeks of time there.

The below is all generic and based on an "ideal" scenario of 8 weeks.

"Week 1" is "P" Processing days...usually about 5 days could be longer.

"Weeks 2-7" are Training Weeks. (There are 6 Training weeks)

"Week 8" is the final week and PIR. P days are counted P1, P2, P3 etc. up to 5. Any P-Days after 5 are termed P-Hold and can go up to two weeks.

 

Days of Training (DOT) are counted W1D1...Week1 Day1. W2D1 is Week2 Day1.

Weeks are counted up to 6.

Days are counted up to 5.

Thus the last DOT is W6D5.
  

Here is an exemplar based on a recruit whose W1D1 day is on a Wednesday. (I'm not starting with P days since they can vary)

W - W1D1

Th - W1D2

F - W1D3

Saturday and Sunday do not count in the counting of "P" or DOT days. These are "hold" days.

M - W1D4

T - W1D5

W - W2D1

So, this Recruits Day 1 will always be on the Wednesday...except if there is a Federal Holiday. Then, it pushes it forward a Day.

So,...the above Recruit has Day 3 on Friday...Monday is a Federal Holiday...it is treated like a Sunday. Now, T is Day 4 instead of M...and you start counting from there again. W - Day 5... Th - becomes Day 1.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 24, 2014 at 7:11pm

 maryjo - Your sons A school should be in Great Lakes at TSC (Training Support Center) GL. He should know if he will be going ET or FC in the last couple of weeks of BC.

Here is a link to a Group on here you can join to gather more info:

AECF - FCs and ETs

Here is a link to the TSC Brochure that shows the school listed under Center for Surface Combat Systems Unit (CSCSU).

TSC Brochure

Comment by pamesue on November 24, 2014 at 7:08pm

Good evening all,

I was hoping I would get a call this weekend - but no go, I am hoping for one on Turkey Day.

Also hoping for the adopt a sailor form so that I can see my SR on Christmas day.  I'm about 5 hours away from GL so I can make the drive.

I am planning to make my reservations tomorrow for PIR, but so unsure if my Son will ship out for A School on Saturday or Sunday. He will be going to Mississippi.  Not knowing what day he leaves kind of leaves planning in the air so to speak.

Thanks Ladies for listening.  :-)

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on November 24, 2014 at 6:48pm

 maryjo -  The difference between this site and FB is that FB is well...FB.

From N4M's Community Guidelines:

This website ("Site") is sponsored by the United States Navy (“NAVY”) and produced and maintained by Campbell-Ewald Company (collectively "we," "us," "our" “NavyForMoms”) through Ning.com (“Ning”).

All Groups on this site are created and run by Members and must abide by the Community Guidelines and Terms and Conditions.

There is an Administrator for the whole site who is a Campbell-Ewald Employee. The current one is Tiffany.

Here is something about Groups from the N4M'sCommunity Guidelines: (N4M's Community Guidelines)

Group Guidelines:
All Groups are run by members and must abide by our Community Guidelines. Group creators reserve the right to delete posts and comments and remove members within their respective groups as they see fit. They may also impose further guidelines relevant to their purpose. Groups that persistently violate our Community Guidelines are subject to deletion. Group creators may contact us if they need help with an issue that they cannot resolve on their own, or if they would like assistance in appointing additional admins to their Group. Groups with creators that are inactive for long periods of time may appoint additional admins, if requested, for the benefit of the group.

So, they actually both kind of function in similar ways.

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