Sailors attending A School in Meridian, Mississippi

wow my daughter didn't say anything about having to watch a Capt's Mast. last friday

i work at theVA verterans hospital ahd work with alot of retired milaty. the navy folks are so supportive and love seeing aliison's graduatin pictures and are alsways asking about her. I AM A PROUD NAMVY MOM

i know allison said soemthing about a behavoir probebleme. That she experinenced one. And i told her evryone has been cooped up for 8weeks and they ar probably trying to show off. told her to stay true to her goals and morales and she will be fine.

My son finished his AZ studies,thank to God;they'll be graduating next tuesday.
No orders for now.
Have a nice afternoon all!

Congrats, Mother Always! That is fantastic! Job well done!

Congrats, Mother Always.. my son is only 1 week into his.

No,I will not,I live far,Puerto Rico,anyway the graduation just take a while,nothing big,I just hope that they let him come home soon....I'll keep you informed.
Thank you for the congrats!!
Congratulations and Blessings Sharon and sailor!!
Hismomdeeship7div103,I hope your son like it there,even though Meridian school is like in the country,it seems is nice there,they have a nice atmosphere.

Congrats Sharon! Can't wait for mine to get his orders, he says grad is 4/13/10, anyone know when that means he will get his orders???

Congrats, Sam! That is wonderful. Welcome to this site!

Hello! My daughter graduated this past weekend (3-19-10) and is now at A School in Meridian, Mississippi.

Welcome, Candice's mom, and congrats to your daughter on her PIR! What job is she training for in Meridian?

My son, Nick just graduated 3/19. He is in A school in logistic service. Anything I need to know? It sure is nice to talk to him on a regular basis.

My son did not get his pictures at boot camp, he had problems with his atm card.
Does anyone have any suggestion on how I can order them or where I can find out. My son said he will order them but I just want to make sure. I don't want to miss out.

monty: E-mail this guy and ask. He is the one I had to contact about trying to get a cruise book. www.Jerrold_Klinkosh@nexweb.org
Good luck!

Welcome, Monty! My son is studying to be an LS or logistics specialist. He is in his second week of school.

Good Morning, Ladies! I hope that our sailors are "up and at em" in Meridian by now and that it will be a beautiful and good day for them! Sharon, thinking about your son today as he graduates! Hip Hip HOORAY!

CONGRATULATIONS AND BLESSINGS TO ALL SAILORS WHO GRADUATED ALREADY,GRADUATING AND SOON TO BE!!!!!!!
HOOOYAAA!!!!!!

What is the cruise book?

Cruise book is the "yearbook" that I believe is called "the Keel." It will have pictures of your sailor's group and some of the activities they were in during boot camp.

Okay. Got it! Thank you

chris in mi have missed you on the site hope everything is ok

things are going GREAT Allison has 11 modules to do andd she is on number 7 right now. and hoping to complete them by next tuesday to gradute next Firday. come be home next weekend or the weekend after that. seh has her oders Washingont state ship USS ABRAHAM LICOLN. I always look for reasons and she started her Navy career in Illinois and Liconoln was born in LIncoln. so very approtriate for her to be assinged to USS Abrahma lincoln ship.

my son is graduating on 4/13/10 with no orders yet, he is getting anxious! LOL

nancynavymom: Is your son a YN? Has he already finished his classes? Mine is still in classes but hopes to be finished next week. No orders for him yet either.

Sharon: Hope you have a great week off...maybe going on vacation? Either way...hope you get lots of rest and get some fun in too!. I hope that when you come back here, you have some good news about orders?????

I don't think so, LOL I'm still learning the lingo, he calls it AZ training, and he is still in class right now.

Thank you! He always tells me something that I can't connect with the letters! I know what he is going to be doing, but that takes to long to tell everytime! LOL Anybody else out there with their's in AZ??

Hello everyone, Its been great reading about everyone's experiences with A School. I'm new at this sight Candice has only been there a week now. A school seems to give them alot more freedom than I thought. It's been great being able to talk to Candice every night.. She is doing great. She classed up yesturday. Candice told me that it is possible that she will finish earlier than she was originally told. After that they told her she will be headed to Ft Worth, Tx. Yeah not too far from home. She is a SH Reserve. Her PO told her that there was only about 12 of them in the Navy, and they are still trying to figure out exactly what to do with them. LOL. I'm still learning along with her everything that her job envolves. Does anyone here know anything about this job?
God Bless you all and your Sailors

Angelika: How long did he have to wait for orders in Meridian? What did they have him do during the 'hold" period?

I was wondering have any of you stayed at the CBQ in Meridian? I was wondering about how much it cost a night and how to go about booking to stay there.

If it is the same place I am staying it is also called the navy inn and suites, I have reservations this weekend and it is $45 a night, no tax, no fees! It is right on base

my fiance (wow that sounds so good - he just proposed on Saturday!) just graduated on Mar 26 from boot camp; he is scheduled to fly to meridian tomorrow for A School. I'm not sure what to expect but hopefully he will be able to call me tomorrow either before his flight or upon his arrival.

Congratulations, sschick! That's wonderful! Does he have his cell with him yet? If so, you can stay in much closer contact now. Laptops don't work so well there, from what I hear...no service. But cell phones are great! Congrats to your "sailor" on his graduation! What position is he in school for? Mine is in the YN program hoping to be finished this week.

no he doesn't have a cell phone with him yet - but he has long distance cards to use in the meantime; i was going to send him a laptop - dang it - i was hoping we could keep in contact that way too. He was in the DEP program for a year; and at the time he signed up he was assigned (?) to be a SH so I guess it is still the same. I just left him last night around 7 at the Great Lakes base - he said that today they were supposed to get their information about A School but we were told before that it would be Meridian; he said he was leaving on Tuesday for there - I'm hoping to talk to him sometime tomorrow in transit. I think his school is supposed to be 4 wks

thank you. I'm wondering if he does fly there tomorrow - will he have a few days of processing first? and then start school next week? Do they have wkends off school? He said that he would be able to stay in the hotel with me if I go visit but I'm not sure if that's right away or after a certain point. He is only supposed to be going for 4 weeks last we heard - and I will make the drive to pick him up at the end because he said he gets 2 wks liberty after. I'm wondering how soon they find out their duty station too.

Congratulations sschick! Just wanted to let you know that my son has his laptop and he uses it everyday. He catches up on facebook and we have skyped several times. He goes to the library and sits outside to get his connection but it seems to be working out fine. Before he got his laptop he was going to the liberty center and using the computers there, of course they didn't have skype.

Good to know about the laptops, hismomdeeship: I know they have to be in their rooms by 10 pm, so I guess they can't use them late at night...which is probably a good thing! These guys are busy and need their sleep! My son gave his laptop to his brother before he left. Sure would be fun to skype with him too! Definitely something to look forward to once he "joins the fleet" and gets another laptop.

sschick: Ok, I'll try to answer a few of your questions from what I know from my son being there. They "learn about the base" when they arrive. I guess you would call that processing sort of. Have lots of watches then...with a buddy to learn the base. "Classing up" varies. Some wait longer than others. Mine was in class about 10 days after he arrived in Feb. They arrive "under restriction." RED DOT, I believe. They eventually get to YELLOW DOT status. Morre freedom then. Your fiance will be able to tell you when he can see you on weekends based on this status. Some have to attend class on Sunday afternoons if they are behind a bit in the class. I don't believe there is class on Saturdays? What is his job? My son is in the YN program. He also thought he would be done in just about 3-4 weeks. Hasn't happened. For those who did finish class close to that time, many are still there awaiting their orders for their first duty station. They cannot go home until orders are issued.
Orders seem to be a bit backed up, at least for YN. But my son didn't think the other jobs were so backed up. So if your fiance is not a YN, maybe he'll get through more quickly. YN is "self-paced" which accounts for some finishing earlier than others. Don't know about the others. Hope this helps!

sschick: Just read your previous post where you said he is an SH. So although base restrictions will be the same as I said below, classing up and waiting for orders may be different for SH.

AMEN, Sharon!

In comment to Bhappy(Sharon), my son does not have a gf at this time, he thought it wiser not to as he went into this endeavor, but as far as family goes, you are so right, he is my thrid son, my other 2 are within 2 hrs of home and it is SO hard with him away and consitricted, BUT we are so happy that he has made this commintment and we try really hard to not get to upset about the things we cannot control! BUT being MOM it is really hard sometimes!!!! It is very comforting to know and hear from all of you!

Good news! I got a call at 4:30am this morning from the airport and we got to have about a 3 hour conversation while he was waiting for his plane to leave Chicago. Then a call when he arrived at his layover and once again a little while ago - he is in Meridian at the airport. Yes I know about the patience - I was calming him today - he is nervous about what to expect there because it is a change in routine from boot camp. He used up all of the phone card minutes he had talking to me today. He is hoping that he will be able to call me soon with the address so I can send him a phone and some other things he wants. I told him to not be sad that I am here waiting for him forever - and that I will be praying for him to have peace as he makes this transition. He is really looking forward to coming home after this for 2 wks and wants me to try to plan our wedding for May instead of this fall. Doesn't give me much time - but I am going to start researching. It just makes me a little nervous about the part that he may not be able to leave unless he has his orders. He was told he will be done by May 6th - but I will have to know to plan a wedding which days he will be here. Wow - sounds like I will have my work figuring this all this out. Thanks for your help ladies.

One thing I wanted to ask.. I'm going to send a care package - phone, some personal items, notebook/laptop, etc. Anything we can't send them? (food?) I just don't want to get him in trouble. thanks

I want to get him some things and send them - i'm really looking forward to it! i just hope that I get the address for him soon so that I can. I gave him a little Easter Basket over the wkend I spent with him after bc grad - glad I did it ahead of time in case I don't get his address for a while.

ok - great! I hope so. I feel so lucky because I talked to him like 3 different times today!! What a change from bc - spoils me :-)

hismomdeeship7div103- I'll be staying there this weekend as well. Maybe we will be able to meet. Thank you for the info. My daughter had already set it up, however I had no idea what price range or how to go about getting to it. Being fresh out of BC I didn't know if I needed some sort of parking pass.
sschick02 Ship09 DIV134PIR MAR26- CONGRATULATIONS-Yes it is such an amazing difference being able to talk to her everynight. I Love It! Candice has been going to Liberty Hall and getting on line with her laptop as well. My daughter is aslo a SH. Her class is also 4 weeks long. She wasn't going to start school for a couple of weeks. However, she classed up last Friday (26th) and started school Monday (29th). The first couple of days she did watch and they showed her around the base. So far she loves it at least she said that it was so much better than BTC. LOL
Also she graduated March 19 arrived there on the 20th about 3:40PM and gave me her address on the 21st. I know thats alot of info but I hope I helped answer some of your questions.

SiaW, I called the Navy Lodge and they said my son would have to meet me and escort me onto the base. We are not allowed on unless we have a military ID. His recruiter told me that once we get there and get checked in, we may be able to get a temporary pass to come and go for the weekend.

SiaW, where are you from?

The number to the Navy Lodge is 1-877-NAVY-BED. Then it will ask you the first 3 letters of the city which would be MER. The reservation has to be made in your sailors name and they will ask you their rank as well. I am driving so I will have my car with me.

Ladies, please be in prayer for the missing sailor from the crashed plane off of the USS Eisenhower. Praise the Lord for the rescue of the other 3. May the number rescued be changed to 4 soon...

I agree with you navygf123! He is calling me a little later with his address and I am sending him a package on Friday (UPS is best, right?) He found out his choices for his duty station too. I love love the increase in communications - I know it may not be this way always but i sure am loving it now!

I'm new here and my daughter won't be there until next month. But, sschick, did you say yours has a choice of duty stations?