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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)
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Let's chat about our wonderful sons and daughters who have chosen the PACT program.
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Latest Activity: Jul 17, 2022
Hello
It has been a long time since I have posted and I am sorry. I hope everyone has been able to connect with others in the PACT program. My son is now 3 and a half years in and it has been a great experience. He thought he wanted to be an AM. When he got on the ship, he was put with the AO’s. Now he is an AD3. It was best for him to start PACT because we didn’t know much about the Navy and he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do. This has been a good route for him.
Discussion Forum
S-PACT
Started by Maya2021. Last reply by Valtameri Apr 21, 2022. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Hello, I am newbie here, My son has signed 3 yr contract for S-PACT and will be leaving for BC next month 01/27. After which we were told he will attend another 3-4 week training and then will be…Continue
PACT Airman
Started by Angella. Last reply by shellyh Jan 7, 2019. 14 Replies 0 Likes
My son just left yesterday for BC, and I am wondering about his A-PACT program. The Chief Petty Officer at his recruiter's office told him that he came in under the PACT program and it was really the…Continue
Im Freaking out a little!
Started by tracemc. Last reply by shellyh Jan 7, 2019. 14 Replies 1 Like
Really, I can't help but freak out a bit here. I am literally up at night thinking about my daughter signing up in DEP as a S-PACT. I found out when I arrived at MEPS to watch her swear in. I am ex…Continue
New and Improved Navy A PACT Program
Started by Barbara. Last reply by shellyh Dec 20, 2018. 13 Replies 1 Like
Hi all!Relatively new to all this.... my daughter left for BC June 27th. She signed up under the new and "improved" PACT program. She was told she would be able to designate after 12 months at her…Continue
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Comment by misisu on May 12, 2017 at 11:20am
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So I got a letter from my son - so happy! He was told by the detailer that he will be at Great Lakes for an additional 9 days of training (and they are still calling it A school) then he will be allowed to take 10 days of leave. (That was nice to hear)
He was also told he will get orders sometime in the next three weeks! (4 Weeks left until PIR) He did fill out a dream sheet and was told usually if asking west coast they get sent to San Diego (One of his desired places) He asked to be plavced on a destroyer, cruiser or littoral combat ship (which surprised me).
So excited for his future!
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Comment by hope4answers on May 9, 2017 at 2:16pm
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You're welcome TieranyC! Sorry I'm not much more help, but my son is a very quiet reserved kinda guy. He's supposed to be coming home next Friday from deployment & still hasn't told me the airline he's flying in on so we can pick him up. KIDS! LOL! Love him lots, but very frustrating at times!
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Comment by TieranyC on May 9, 2017 at 2:12pm
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@hope4answers: Thanks! (:
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My son is also S-PACT. PIR 8-12-16 and had the 2-3weeks in GL too. He didn't let us know until in that extra school time where he was going. He got 10 days to come home the first of Sep before being sent out west.
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My husband has a PIR date of 6/9 and will stay in GL for A School for 2-3 weeks as he is in S-PACT. Do you know at what point of BC he will get his orders so we will know his first duty station???
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Comment by fishmom on March 27, 2017 at 2:50pm
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Anyone know the do's & dont's in sending care packages during this short tenure?
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Happy Sunday ladies. My Sailor arrives in Pensacola tonight for A school :)
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Comment by Vickie360 on March 25, 2017 at 4:31pm
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My son went to Boot Camp in December of 2014. I read so much negative and was just sick! But since there wasn't anything I could do about it, I started this group so several of us could be encouraging to each other. So many websites had only terrible things to say. I met several moms on this site whose sons entered around the same as mine. It seems that this experience is about the same as any job in the civilian world. So much depends on your actual workplace and the people around you. A sailor can go in with a rate and have a terrible experience because of his/her placement. A PACT sailor can have a good or bad experience because of placement which we don't have any control of. My son was assigned to a ship in March of 2015 and deployed in April of 2015. He was not assigned to the area he was hoping but made the best of it. He was able to see what the duties and jobs of the other rates (he didn't rotate but just observed as he worked and talked to others). He realized that the rate he had hoped for that was not available when he signed, was not where he wanted to be. He had a great guy in his department that helped him change areas on deployment (Still PACT but different job). While on deployment he was assigned kitchen duty for a while but he said all new people to she ship take their turn. Some got lucky and joined the ship toward the end and didn't have to "crank" but it had nothing to do with PACT. The ship arrived back in December of 2015. He worked until March and was able to get the rate he wanted. Then he took the test in September to rank up. So.. he has been in for just a little over 2 years and is and AD3 now. He has definitely learned a lot and grown up so much! Each experience is different- even with those that don't enter as PACT.
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My son went in undesignated in the A PACT program and he hasn't had a bad exprience. It did take awhile for him to get the rate he wanted but he seems to be happy with where he's at and he did finally get the rate he wanted. I hope this helps TieranyC
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Comment by Valtameri on March 24, 2017 at 12:55pm
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TierancyC-- I think it helps to go into it knowing what to expect. Some people are led to believe that the sailors will rotate through a number of different areas, like a buffet line, tasting the best of each, and then, when they come to the end of the line, they get to go back for "seconds" -- i.e., striking for any rating they like the best.
The reality is that they are assigned wherever they are most needed, and sometimes (often?) those are the jobs that other people don't want. After 12-18 months, they are able to chose a job, but again, it is whatever is most needed, not necessarily what they were hoping for (e.g., a choice of 2-3 jobs).
Now this could be good or bad, depending on how one looks at it (attitude is very important, and something that can be controlled), and depending on one's individual experience (doing one's best always helps, but this can't always be controlled). There is good and bad in everything.
The sailors do get a chance to see the real day-to-day of many jobs before making a choice; that's an option the recruit who starts out with an assigned job doesn't get.
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