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My Bee is finishing up A school and has orders for Gulfport. Anyone know what his day will be like there?
Carolynl- Sadly this page is not as active as the BC & PIR groups. I suspect that once you get past BC and can communicate on at least a somewhat normal basis with your sailor you just don't need as much from each other. Not that we don't still need support but it just isn't the same need. My bee was 8 weeks waiting to class up. FYI there is an order as to how they class up. Everyone who arrives this last week is put on the list in Alpha order. Sailors from the Fleet are the first to class-up, followed by those who are cross rating. Next comes other branches then They go down the list in alpha order by PIR date. They can be bumped by anyone higher up in the ranking structure. Class size is limited as well so that is also a factor. They will earn privileges while waiting but may have to re-earn them once they class up. While waiting they are found work to do. Helping at the Retirement center, Pulling weeds with a screwdriver, Helping at MWR events, Cleaning anything that doesn't move on 2 legs!! Learning that trash cans should NOT contain trash! and basically hurrying up and waiting!! Encourage your bee to stay in shape and learn everything he can while in the bee's. BU does not learn electrical, HVAC or plumbing while at A school but the can cross rate later. If they can cross rate into one of those 3 then they will be able to find good paying jobs after the Navy. BU pays well too but having several skills is a huge Bonus!!
Hello all! My Seabee just graduated bootcamp on 6/6/14 and is in Gulfport, MS waiting for his class to fill up for A school. I was on a very active Facebook bootcamp page but was having trouble finding the next group! Thanks for the info, I will check out the Facebook Seabee group! My bee is going to be a builder too! :)
Welcome Carolynl- My Bee builder is at his first duty station in Italy. What Rate is your Bee?
Welcome to the group, Carolynl!! My son just left GP last week for deployment - he absolutely loves GP! Is your Sailor starting A school soon, or are you further along in your journey? I'm relatively new here myself. If you are on Facebook, check out the Seabee Moms page as it's pretty active!
My Sailor arrived in Gulfport, MS on June 7, 2014. Any other moms out there?
What a wonderful story!!!! Thank you so much.
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