AECF - FCs and ETs

Angie, what is the JP?

Angie, us civies are not used to all these acronyms, LoL.  It's a foreign language.

I've heard two conflicting answers about getting married while in A school.  My son doesn't want to lose his rating if he does so they are considering getting married before BC.  How long does A school take for the AECF's??

KellyM, my son is finishing up ATT.  He put a chit in to get married and finally has his meeting with the Chaplain on Thursday.  As long as they follow all of the rules that the Navy has in place there is no problem with them getting married.  It has taken our Sailor a while to get this far, it just takes time and they have to be patient.  His fiance had a harder time with the waiting than he has, but now it looks like they could either be married at Thanksgiving or at Christmas.

Well, I guess it doesn't matter about my son getting married while at A school.  They have decided to get married before he leaves for BC.  Probably will be in March.  =)  Not sure what to think but it'll all work out in the end,

 

Just got a call from my Daughter said she will be a FC and in A school till April.

navyblue mom, know exactly how you feel...we left ours at the Raleigh airport at 4:30.  He just texted to say he was on the train heading into the city to catch the subway thing. He has matured soooo much!  Thank you US NAVY!!!   Just hearing his voice in the house was emotional though.  I think we all needed this visit to kinda rejuvinate us. Especially R. It's been six months since he has been here. Hopefully he will be home again for one of the upcoming holidays.   

Helen, welcome back.  I am glad you have heard from Matt.  Mayalsia, my gosh.  What does the future hold for my Sailor?  Wonder every day.  Back to school for me too. I work in the office at our Elem. school and it has been crazy!

navyblumom, know how you feel. I hate saying goodby. I am very happy for my son but just hate the goodby part.:(

Welcome back Helen. Yes, we did miss you.

R'sproudmom, :(

GoldnG8r...it is hard to describe the feeling the first time R called the base "home."  But, that's what it is to them.  So I guess your Sailor is waiting for orders?

 

GoldnG8r, my son leaves September 9th.

GoldnG8r, how long has your son been at GL total? My son arrived at boot camp, June 15th 2010.

Kim, what exciting news!! 

Your daughter might end up being at Great Lakes longer than April though. My son has been On-Hold after he graduated from (A)school since May 6th. 

After boot camp my son was on hold for 6 weeks before starting ATT.  He was lucky that between ATT and A school he was only on hold for 7 days.

Hello I am new to this group.  Sounds like a nice group of Navy Moms though.  My daughter is an ET.  She is in Great Lakes in ATT school until the end of September then she said she starts A school.  She said she is not looking forward to it as it is night school.   I miss her terribly but I am glad that she is happy and very proud of her.  Does anyone have any idea of how much time they get off during christmas.  I think she said it was 5 days and do they get some kind of discount on their airline discounts?  Thanks for the infor?

 

The base does shuttle them out to the airports for stand down, but they have to sign up.  NEVER book the earliest flights, and get them back to base a day early... never, ever book the very last flight.  While you want every minute possible with them, you also don't want to get them in hot water.

navyblumom, my son is FC and he has orders to Dam Neck, VA. for (C)school. He is looking forward to the adventure.

Time is going fast navyblumom. I can't believe mine has been in for over a year. Where has the time gone??

 

Welcome Ar'smom. We are glad you joined us. My son is an FC and the first part of his (A)school was in the Day. Then after Christmas he had night school. There are positives and negatives to night school. One positive thing is that you don't have to go to early muster. The thing that my son didn't like was not having his Friday night to go out with friends.

LOL, not going out on Friday night with friends can be a positive... just not to the sailor.

Anti M - especially these days after listening to the chat given to the sailors just before Labor Day liberty.

Thank you Navy moms for welcoming me to the group.  My daughter has been getting nervous about coming home for her first time during xmas so all of your information about the flights and the taxi information is really helpful.  The only other time she has been on a plane was when she first went to Boot Camp (lol).  Probably why she is so nervous.  Anyways I will relay all of this helpful information.  I know for a fact she is not looking forward to night school, she told me she doesn't want to talk about it.

Lynne, "Meh" means So, So...  But I bet your son did better than what he thought, LoL. It is always the way. When you think the test went great. It turns out not so great. However, when you think you did "Meh." you did great.

When it rains in SD, driving gets really dangerous.  They drive faster to get away from the raindrops!  Seriously, no rain means the oil builds up on the roads, so when it does rain, the surface is slicker than snot as the residue lifts.

LOL, the base will always get power faster, they have their own emergency generators and power plants.  Heck, every ship there has a power plant on board! 

 

Anti M. we used to live near SD.  I know what you mean by people driving faster to get away from the rain. People's cars aquaplane all the time and there were so many accidents when it rained.

Well, today is the day my son leaves for Dam Neck. I think I am more excited about it than he is at the moment.

BR549. How lucky you are to see the ship return. What fun!!  Do you have any photos to post for us??

Connie-Congrat's on your son's upcoming wedding.  I am waiting for our son and his fiance to decide if they are going to get married here in TX at Thanksgiving or if she will be going to GL for them to get married.  Just a small wedding now with the big wedding to come later.

Connie, I guess we as moms must be reading the same "handbook" I said the same thing to Jayson. Of course his reply was didn't you get to have a "wedding" when you and dad got married 30 years ago? My answer "yes,but our wedding didn't cost as much as the engagement ring you bought'". I guess I'll just smile and nod and be the good mom. This could be difficult. lol

Connie, I am so happy for your son. Can't believe how fast kids grow.

Connie, my son was out waiting for the bus to take him to the O'Hare 1.5 hours before it was due to leave, LoL. When I spoke with him on the 7th, he was not that excited, but as time passed, I think it actually struck him that he was really leaving for (C)school. Now he can't wait to get there.

Connie, make sure you take plenty of photos of your son's wedding. Will they have a Navy Chaplain marry them?> (Sounds kind of funny)

Helen, that wounds great.  Experiences he will thank the US Navy for many times. Wondering about the King Neptune thing!!!  Tell us more later.

Watching the news today is making me sad. I thought today was declared a National day of Service - to do something for others. You only hear of the tragedy, not of this. I decided to not go to church (a picnic in the park today) and go in to work but spend some extra time with clients (developmentally disabled adults that are medically fragile)...one lady loves to be read to and I never have "time".

Helen, I hope Matt has a great date with the King, LoL

I will never forget September 11.

God Bless America!!

Will never forget the friends I lost and all those that I didn't know. God Bless America and God Bless and Watch over our Military.

Sad weekend for the news, I think I watched every minute of it yesterday and wondered how many of our sons and daughters joined the military as a result of 9/11.  Nick was in 9th grade in the NROTC program when we were attacked and I know it had an impact on his decision.

 

Hope everyone is well and is hearing from their sailors.

Helen, I enjoyed reading the article about Shellback tradition. Have you heard from your son?  What did he say about it?

Mary, I know what you mean. We don't have TV out where we live so I watched 9/11 videos on UTube. Cried all day.

My husband got verbal orders guess were headed to Yorktown Virginia =)

My son is an ET.  He passed A school in Great Lakes almost 6 months ago and has been waiting for his C school orders ever since.  Has anyone heard of being on hold this long??

Chief Angie...I have a question for ya...or rumor....to confirm or not!

Our sailor will be graduating A school (ET) toward end of Sept. It's floating around that ET orders are on hold until February because there are no funds to get them moving ????

Guess I don't understand that....since other rates that are graduating have been getting their orders. Can you help confirm or deny this to be true?

thanks a bunch.

Thanks Denise and BR549...

Denise, I didn't realize about the fiscal year date....now I know! Thanks!

So it pretty much makes sense that even though there always is "some" holding period....it also can be affected by the time of year they graduate A school. Closer to the end of the fiscal year means low funds!!! Oh well. Was hoping he wouldn't have to spend another cold winter at GL.

The TSC on facebook is also always so gracious and helpful. Of course, Denise, you already told me the same thing! Here is their reply to my question:

>>>Currently ET orders, like many schools, are on hold until after the fiscal year of 1 October.  Orders will again begin to process as soon as funding is received by the cognizant organizations.  We won't have to much more info until then.  Hope that helps!/em>