HOLIDAY LEAVE AFTER PIR GRADUATION

[KLMkathy]

I know we are all overjoyed about our sailors coming home after PIR so let's get all of our questions answered here.

 

Ma'am,

 

Recruits graduating Dec. 17 & 22 will be granted leave and will be able to travel home.  Those graduating Dec. 17 will have their leave expire on Dec. 28.  Recruits graduating Dec. 22 will be granted leave that will expire Jan. 2.  Recruits are responsible for paying their own way from RTC to their home and then pay for their way from home to their next command for A School.  Once they are at their next command, they may request to be reimbursed for part of the travel costs.

 

Respectfully,

 

Recruit Training command

Public Affairs Office

USS Yorktown (Bldg 7330)

Great Lakes, IL 60088

 

Office - [phone]   

 

 

Traveling home the Sailors will be required to wear their uniforms because they have not phased in at A School.  A letter will be given letting them know what is allowed and not allowed while on Leave.  They cannot drive a car or consume alcoholic beverages while on Leave.

 

Our Sailors will not be allowed to bring their cars to A School.

   

This is a work in progress and I will try to answer questions as they become available to me.

Have a good day.  Kathy 

[Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor]

You will need to send an itinerary of your recruits travel plans to him/her. If they are flying, driving or taking a train, they will need a written itinerary of their travel plans from Great Lakes to home and also travel plans from home to A school.

[TysMomKY]

Question! When my son graduates on the 17th, he will be on leave until the 28th. Which means he will need to be AT ASchool the day before. He will travel home to Kentucky after graduation enroute and then will travel on to school in South Carolina. Will travel arrangements already be made for him (because home is enroute to his school)or is it something that I need to do?

[Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor]

Tysmom,

Please check with your son to be 100% certain. But most of us have received instructions from our recruits that we need to make their arrangements. You may want to write to him, to find out what you are supposed to do.

Betsy

[CJ's Mom]

If they are granted leave and we are coming for PIR can they travel with us?

[Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor]

Yes, they can travel home with you, but make sure you talk to your recruit, before making the arrangements. You will have to send your recruit a copy of their itinerary, once you set up their arrangements as well. You will also have to make the arrangements for travel to A school from your home for your recruit.

Hopefully, you will get a call from your recruit soon to verify all of this.

Welcome to our group, CJ's mom

Betsy

[CJ's Mom]

Thanks for the info Betsy this will make his day if it works this way for him.

[Janet]

Hi Betsy,
Your info is very helpful. I have heard very little from my son about making travel arrangements for him (grad date Dec 22). I received a staticky phone call two weeks ago and he said something about waiting before I make flight arrangements. I wonder if it is safe to do so at this time and book a trip home with me. When you say "their itinerary" what specifically does that entail? Do I create it myself? I feel so lost!
Thank you so much!
Janet

[Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor]

Hi Janet,

The itinerary, that they need, would be a copy of his flight information, if he is flying home. The Navy needs to know what the recruits plans are directly after boot camp. A lot of the recruits are coming home with their parents, but I would wait until that next phone call before firming it up, if he told you to wait. Unfortunately, I know with the cost of flights right before Christmas going up each day, it is pretty frustrating to have to wait. My son told me to book a refundable ticket and, believe me, they are pretty expensive. I think some of the recruits just don't want us to spend all that money and then if something happened and they couldn't graduate on time, they would feel badly about the money that we lost.

The Navy Public Affairs office is great at giving out information, so if I haven't answered all your questions, I would suggest that you call them tomorrow.

Their number is 847-688-2405. I know it by heart now. :) I hope I was able to help

Betsy

[Janet]

Thank you, Betsy, that does help a great deal. I will probably book a flight this week. Will you book your son's to fly out the evening of grad, in other words are they free to go once the ceremony is over? I think that is what we will do. I am hoping to hear from my son soon as I don't know where he is going to school yet either.
I have called public affairs and will call again tomorrow.
Thank you so, so much!
Janet

[Betsy, mom of Stennis sailor]

Janet,

We are flying out the 19th, (which is 2 days after my son's PIR) but that's only because we have family in the area and we may visit them on Saturday.

I think your PIR group is free to leave after graduation, because I know that the stand down does begin on the 22nd. But I don't want to tell you a wrong time, so I would check with Navy PAO tomorrow, to find out when they are able to leave. I do know that they are expected to check out.

Good luck with your plans. Enjoy your son at Christmas. I feel like we have been so lucky to have been given this bonus holiday time, before our kids leave.

Betsy

[CJ's Mom]

If they are in an accident or recieve a traffic ticket they will be punished when they get back to A school. Could loose a strip, rank of pay or even be dismissed from the Navy

[TysMomKY]

This may be a repeat but I wanted to try to get an answer from someone on this. I haven't TALKED with my son yet and was hoping to have travel arrangements made by now. What is is that I will need to provide to him (itinerary wise) to ensure he is able to travel back with us after graduation on the 17th? What information do they need and in what form?