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San Antonio MA's

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Going through A School at San Antonio?

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Latest Activity: Jun 19, 2022

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Comment by lemonelephant on November 23, 2012 at 5:53pm: Liberty and Leave are 2 different things. Leave is like vacation and Liberty is time when your Saiilor is not on duty (like when you are off of work in the evenings after working all day and are off on a weekend). He can come home during the Christmas stand down or after "A" School is over, but not before unless you live within the Liberty limit and he is able to go home when he phases up and is able to have weekend Liberty.

Comment by Sailor14 on November 23, 2012 at 3:03pm: Our sailor's PIR was NOV 21 and will be arriving some time today at "A" school. Looking forward to mailing his box and hoping to hear from him more often then we did from BC. Graduation ceremony was terrific and glad we were able to attend at the last minute. We forgot to bring our youngest son's ID with us, but all worked out.

School starts Dec 03, so he has plenty of time to look around. Not sure how liberty works at this point. Any ideas ?? He doesn't wait to come home for Christmas or New Year's, he thinks he will be able to come home sooner. Not sure about that. Is that true if he chooses not to use liberties during holiday ??

Comment by HeatherT(09/003) on November 22, 2012 at 2:38pm: Happy Thanksgiving!! Jt called and said that those that didn't go to the restaurant got served by the XO on base.... :) he was just chillin and was gonna watch a movie.

Comment by lemonelephant on November 22, 2012 at 12:28pm: LaceyJaeC, I don't think that is an option since "A" School is just 7 weeks. You would have to pay for the move. Save your money and the packing for when he gets his orders.

Comment by LaceyJaeC on November 22, 2012 at 1:36am: Hey! Another question! My husband called (yay!) and says he wants me to go with him to A school and live off base. Would it even be worth it though? Would he even have spare time to see me?

Comment by chriscwick on November 21, 2012 at 9:06pm: He'll love Riverwalk! My MA said they had to be in uniform when he visited. People were so nice. He was surprised that strangers would ask for pictures with he & others. He was embarrassed when they'd thank them for their service. At the time he'd just PIRd & doing A School to go to the "sand". We told him to just say "thanks" & explained how nice they were being. Also, that he may have represented someone they were missing.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Comment by Beckyt559 Ship 12 Div 347 on November 21, 2012 at 6:31pm: Sierrasmom - Sorry to hear about your daughter getting sent back a week. I hope she will be home for Christmas at least?

Comment by Beckyt559 Ship 12 Div 347 on November 21, 2012 at 6:30pm: My boy text me last night and said the school was invited to a restaurant in San Antonio for Thanksgiving dinner so that's where they will be headed. He's having a good time learning and using all the weapons. He and some other sailors from his division got to go to Riverwalk last weekend to do some shopping. I don't think he's going to miss us on Thanksgiving at all with the good experience he's having there.

Comment by SierrasMom (Bahrain on November 21, 2012 at 11:37am: Heather, I will let my Daughter know about Thanksgiving!! Thanks!

Comment by debzz3 on November 20, 2012 at 8:36pm: Well my daughter finally started class yesterday. Wasn't too long of a wait, just a little over a week. I haven't heard how she likes it. She's been sick and she says because this is a short week they are having to muster at 5:15 and don't get out of class till 1800, so she's really tired. But at least she's in a class now which means it's that much closer to graduation.