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Spouses of Sailors going to A-school in P-cola

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This is a group mainly for spouses of sailors that are going to school in Pensacola. This will be a place where spouses can ask and answer questions that effect spouses of sailors while they are stationed at Pensacola.

Members: 132
Latest Activity: Jan 19, 2019

Various links to military stuff.

FAQ page on the Per Diem, Travel, and Transportation Allowance Commitee website
Here is a link that you will need to check out. It is a FAQ about PCS moves and what $$'s are available.

Per Diem, Travel, and Transportation Allowance Commitee main page

My Base Guide

Space A Travel Eligibility
Ok, this is a very important link and I hope it stays valid if I forget to update it. Just so everybody knows, legal dependents are now allowed to travel Space A while their military sponsor is on deployment orders. If you don't know what this is it is very simple. You can fly at little cost almost anywhere in the world on a government aircraft. You sign up on a list and wait for your number to be called. So, if your sailor is deployed to say, Japan, you can jump on a Space A flight to Japan for say 30 dollars. I don't know the exact amount, but it is cheap. Take a look at this, Google Space A travel, you will get all the answers you need. If you have more questions, ask.

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Comment by annamichael on April 24, 2011 at 3:23pm: My sailor is currently in school for IT in Pensacola. We are hoping he gets stationed in VA. Can anyone give me a little insight into their day to day.. Like, when they are not deployed, what is their schedule? I know everyone is probably different, but what has been your experience? I'm asking because I would like to get an idea of how it will be when I move with him. Is it an 8-5 kind of thing? Do you see them everyday?

Thank you for your insight! It's very much appreciated.

Comment by Gman Navy Husband on April 22, 2011 at 10:51pm: My wife is AE. School starts, if like when my wife went were not at all what the orders said. She got there and didn't start school or either 1 or 2 months.

You will find out your perm duty at the end! Sadly, they wait that long. It is dependent on your husband as well. The higher up on the class ranking the better assignment you get. They start at #1 and go down the list. #1 picks orders first and so on down the line.

Good luck.

Comment by Danyelle, Navy Wife :) on April 22, 2011 at 8:52pm: Quick question, just found out my husband will be going to pensacola, fl for a school. He is AE. Anyone on here with experience as AE? How long does it usually take to find out perm duty station? And also my husband said school should start May 6th, is this always accurate? Thanks for any info, very much appreciated!!

Comment by Gman Navy Husband on April 16, 2011 at 10:00pm: It is where their ship is based out of.

Comment by annamichael on April 16, 2011 at 2:43pm: What is a sailor's homeport? Is this like where they are stationed? My SR graduates boot camp in 6 days. (!!!!) And some people on his PIR groups page were talking about their homeport. If someone knows anything about this, please explain. I'm a little confused. Thanks!

Comment by annamichael on April 15, 2011 at 5:43pm: CC - in my letter I got today (yay!) he said he starts A school May 1st and is there for "131 days til September then I get 2 weeks for vacation". :) And then I'm assuming he will begin C school. Oh my gosh 3am is so early! I'm definitely going, no doubt, but wow!

Comment by CCity on April 14, 2011 at 1:21am: Gman- Thanks for the information. I just found an apartment near base until he gets his brown bags. He actually is about to Phase up in the next couple days. He has been working his butt off to get all of his inspections done and all he has to do now is his seabag inspection and his phasing up test.

Annamichael- My husband just graduated on 4/1/11 and he got sent out on Saturday. They drove to the airport around 3ish and flew out about 7 oclock. I guess it just depends on the tickets that they buy. You can go to the airport and say goodbye to your SR. I haven't heard of any vacation between the two schools but I sure hope they get a vacation. I guess it depends on their commands and also how they do in A school.

Comment by Gman Navy Husband on April 12, 2011 at 10:26pm: Anything is possible as far as what time of day they fly out of Chicago.

Coming home will be up to his command at school. He will find out for sure when he gets to school.

Not much help, but it is hard to tell what happens at different commands.

Comment by annamichael on April 10, 2011 at 12:39pm: Hi everyone! I have been in this group a while, but never really looked at it because my SR is in boot camp (PIR 4/22!!). After graduation, he will go to Pensacola for A and C school. I have a couple of questions about this..

He told me in his latest letter he will be going to FL the Saturday after graduation. What time is it normally? Someone said their flight left at 3am. That's sooo early! :\

He also said his A school will be 16 weeks and his C school 19 weeks. He said he will have a vacation in between. Does this mean he can come home?? We live in NC.

Thanks everyone!

Comment by Gman Navy Husband on April 4, 2011 at 11:23pm: CCity,
living off base is dependent on his command. He needs to do a brown bagger chit and he needs to be on phase 2. I stayed in a privately owned duplex right off base and the landlord (also the owner) knew my situation and didn't mind who signed the lease. He had a military clause and knew we would only be there until August (2010), it was a month to month lease.
Feel free to ask more questions. I get regular emails when someone posts here.