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Comment by ellen0502 on March 25, 2015 at 12:32pm

Good Morning!!

Those of you with Sailors staying in GL for A School. :)

After PIR your Sailor will need to check in at TSC for school before liberty. This will/may take several hours, and you will get a call letting you know they are ready to leave base, generally between 2-3pm. This call may come from any area code, as the Sailors already in school do lend their phones to the newbies to make that call. You will have until approx nine or ten o'clock that night with your Sailor. They cannot be late in returning to base, and must be back at their ship not at the gate by return time.

On Friday if you are able to, and weather permitting, get to the gate early (around 1-2pm) to wait for the call to come get them. You can waste some time at the museum etc while waiting, and mull around talking to others also waiting for their Sailor.

The reason you want to go early is the "new" Sailors muster for liberty outside their ships, when they are ready for liberty they march by ship to the gate (this only happens on Friday). You can hear cadence start in the distance, and as a group gets closer the anticipation that your Sailor is in that group is almost as much as waiting for the door to open at PIR. There can be several groups on their way at the same time. :)

On Sat and Sun your Sailor will have liberty from approx 6am to 10pm, and they will again call you when they are ready to leave. Here is the "tricky" part for these two days.

You will wait at the gate for your Sailor, when s/he arrives you will need to go back to their ship with them to check them out. At that time you may be able to drive them to their ship, they must be in the car with you. If you cannot drive them back, you must walk with them, and be prepared to do so. The walk to their ship is a looooong way from the gate. Once you have checked them out they are ready for liberty.

When you return your Sailor to base each night, you will have to check them in. It must be the same person who checked your Sailor out that checks them in. You may be able to drive them back to their ship when returning, but that is not always a given. Be sure to allow enough time returning, to walk them back to their ship.

Checking them in "on time" is considered late in the Navy. Get them back early!!!

Remember things in the Navy can change (and do). Your Sailors have been briefed on liberty times, ask them as soon as you see them when they need to be back. They also know what is and isn't allowed while on liberty. Do not tell them "it's ok to do it, nobody will find out."  They will and do!!

Comment by b_radsmom on March 25, 2015 at 11:50am

Thank you diannep. His A school is actually supposed to be in Pensacola, so I'm not sure where he will be while he is waiting on the waiver? I'm sure he will let me know, and I guess I'm worrying way too much, but he has worked so hard to find out now that he has to see a Dr. before he can go to A school.

Comment by diannep on March 25, 2015 at 10:16am

b_radsmom:  Yes, you can go to the base to meet your GL A School sailor Sat. morning....your sailor will tell you what time.  ellen, one of our N4Moms veterans, had a GL A School sailor so let me see if she can give you more details.

But you DO know that your sailor will move over to A School base shortly after PIR is over, and you will pick him up there usually around mid-afternoon.  Again, ellen can provide details.  I will message her for you!

Good Morning All!  I'm a Sailor calls expected this afternoon from 125-128!  Congrats!

Comment by b_radsmom on March 25, 2015 at 9:04am

Thank you Catsmom509 for your prayers. Yes! We will be able to spend two days together :) I'm wondering now how we will meet up on Saturday, and how we will be able to get on base to pick him up? Or will he have to take a taxi or shuttle to our hotel?

Comment by Nick's Mom on March 25, 2015 at 6:36am

Congratulations to all our Sailors

Comment by Nick's Mom on March 25, 2015 at 6:35am

Congratulations @Poodlelover

Comment by CatMom509 on March 25, 2015 at 4:39am

b_radsmom,

Prayers the doctor will double approve that medical waiver!!  In the meantime, sounds like your new Sailor can have the weekend with you on liberty??  (Return to the barracks each night.)  Hope I'm right!!

Comment by b_radsmom on March 25, 2015 at 4:05am

I got the call! My sailor will not be flying out to A school for at least a month! He has to get a medical waiver for a past minor dermatology surgery. He had to get a waiver to join the Navy, but now they are telling him that he has to see a Dr before he can ship out to A school. He was so disappointed, but still thankful that he will graduate with his division Friday. I'm just wondering if this is common? I mean, he got the waiver before they shipped him off to bootcamp, and now they are telling him he has to get another one. Prayers appreciated for my sailor (and his Mom)

Comment by diannep on March 24, 2015 at 11:48pm

Congrats to the new sailors today!

Comment by KoonAss on March 24, 2015 at 10:15pm

No apologies. My flag, along with every branch our family, serves is posted in the front yard. We are a military neighborhood with 25 service members listed from our local base. No apologies. No retreat.

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