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Sailors attending A School in Meridian, Mississippi
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We've passed Basic, now its attending A school in Meridian, Mississippi. Let's talk and get to know one another.
Members: 415
Latest Activity: Jun 18, 2024
Discussion Forum
Questions on A School in Meridian Miss
Started by Strawberry shortcake. Last reply by Blisshay Feb 6, 2016. 9 Replies 3 Likes
Graduation from A school
Started by lynda toney. Last reply by deb Jun 11, 2014. 6 Replies 1 Like
visiting my husband
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Comment by fzn2fb on March 20, 2013 at 7:15am
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- Yamaha, mine will arrive shortly after April 12. We are from Alabama ..A short ride to Meridian for us- Please keep me in the loop as to what your son learns about Meridian. After reading on this site it appears they earn some buddy type of liberty after they have been there and started school--about day 10 mark.
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Comment by yamahamom63 on March 19, 2013 at 11:11pm
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good morning my sailor is now at meridian and will start april 6 wher is everyone from?? what do we need to send??
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Anyone know if A-school allows the students to have their own vehicle while at A-school? My son graduates from BC on 4.12.13 and will be heading to Meridian for A-school. We are only a 3.5 hour drive from Meridian and had thought about taking his truck to him.
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Comment by navymom1234 on March 13, 2013 at 5:16pm
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My daughter phone connection at Meridian, MS constantly drops and have bad reception (Tmobile), we can't talk long because we are constantly asking what each other to repeat what was said. Anyone else having this same issue, from what I understand they are in the boomdox/countryside, which explains the bad reception.
Any workaround, phone booths on base, tips, tricks, suggestions????
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Hey can u guys ask ur sailors how long it took them to phase up?
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Comment by ProudNavyWife on March 3, 2013 at 3:33pm
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This is our second year in, and second A school. The first one was in Pensacola after Boot Camp. Hope everyone have a blessed day!
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Hello everyone! My husband literally just arrived to Meridian about 5 minutes ago. He was able to fly from our home state to Atlanta, then to Meridian. The cab that he's taking right now cost $20. His overall trip was good, other than the 3 hour layover in Atlanta but it was either that or arrive in Meridian at 9:30 at night. So, it worked out fine.
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Comment by GA2thfairy(Ship 04 DIV 087) on February 20, 2013 at 12:12am
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oh yeah...destinee...I think the sailors with layovers in Atl are going on to Pensacola for A school.
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Hi destinee....my sailor left Chicago to Dallas to Jackson. They didn't get anywhere close to Atl!. :( We actually were flying back to GA and would have loved to have more time with him before he went on to MS. Lucky for me, we had scheduled our flight home from the same airport and close to the same time as his flight (we had NO idea early on when/where he would fly out from).
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Comment by sailsetter on February 16, 2013 at 12:12am
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He had watch directly after PIR for 4 hours- he volunteered thinking it was 2 hours. We were able to take him out for dinner that night and he was going to airport sat at 3am. He couldnt take it back to the base after PIR. He could have had his phone and laptop in his possession had we been able to meet him at the airport saturday morning, sort of been in limbo since PIR. the package was to arrive on Wed, it hadnt yet. hopefully tomorrow. I wish we could have met him, but waiting is a lost art. He'll be ok.
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