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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
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Discussion Forum
STG path for first year or two
Started by molly86ag. Last reply by abuon18 Mar 3, 2019. 3 Replies 1 Like
A & C School in San Diego!
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Moving during school
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Comment by spyder013 on June 13, 2013 at 5:35pm
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Lol! How true it is regarding the Navy.....hurry up and wait! Things seem to change practically minute by minute. ;)
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Comment by Barbydahlzz ALUM 09/075 USS JPJ on June 13, 2013 at 4:42pm
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Sharla, hang in there!! I'm also a navy vet so I understand what my son had gone thru ... most likely OPS for her... even when I went thru A school after i got my orders and graduated off to what was FRAMP school... same thing as OPS STG stuff is changing every day and our kids will ALWAYS be in some sort of class for some thing... I too am a planner and having him try to get leave then be told NOT YET was frustrating but I understood... just keep this in mind HURRY UP AND WAIT ....hahaha in the year and a half my son has been in the navy, he's been home only once but i did go out and visit with him last month. his ship is perm moving next year to hawaii... well as of NOW thats the plan with the Navy you never know... so planning a trip to hawaii... just hang on... !!! its a fun ride!!!
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Comment by Sharla on June 13, 2013 at 2:19pm
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Thank you so much Barbydahlzz!!! That was the best answer I've had yet! Her recruiter told me yesterday that after the 9 weeks of Aschool that's it, she will come home on leave for a couple of weeks and then go out on the fleet. So maybe she has no OPS school? I don't know. :) I sure hope I know something better once she's there. I'm just such a planner, all this gray area makes my blood flow backwards. LOL.
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BZ Mary!!
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Comment by Mary_Ship13Div68 on June 11, 2013 at 5:13pm
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My son graduated A school today! So proud! He said it would be a few months before he gets C school.
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Comment by jillymom on June 11, 2013 at 1:56pm
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ASW=Anti-Submarine Warfare. Good to know he'll get orders before A school grad. I'm really wanting to plan a trip for both my sailor home and me to visit.
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hi sharla.... its ok ask away.... A school is technically 9 weeks plus a day or two. My son is also a 4yr, so he was on hold for maybe a month once he got to ASW (thats what they call A school location,) then after grad he waiting i think 2 months for OPS school to start, she will most likely go thru that .. its geared towards the systems she'll be working on once she gets her orders just before A school grad.. i think my son's OPS was 2 months .. but that will depend on her orders... Hope this helps.... any other ?? chime in...
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I think I've asked this before, but more people are on here now. My daughter is going to A school in San Diego after bc, for a four year STG. I keep getting different answers for how long that is. I know there are holds and all, but other than that, is there a guesstimate?
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mine has already graduated.... HOOYAH have a great time!!!!
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If anyone's son or daughter is graduating this coming Tues...from A school at Point Loma let me know...we are going down to see our grandson graduating...
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