Sailors attending A School in Meridian, Mississippi

Yes, he will be home next Sunday after visiting family in AL (close to his base) first. When will your fiance come home? I know you can't wait! Have you seen him since he has been in school? Haven't seen my son since PIR on Feb 5th. So longer this time then from boot camp-PIR. It will be nice! Good luck to you both also!

My fiance should be graduating by this Friday then he awaits for his "hard copy" orders. Based on what he's seeing around base, he's thinking he should be out of there by 2nd week of May. I am very excited that i can't hardly wait but I have learned to be patient eversince Boot camp! I did see him PIR 4/2 for 8 hours... such a tease that was! But I am really looking forward to him coming home because his parents hasn't seen him since he left for BC in Feb! His dad started dialysis treatments while he was in BC so they weren't able to travel to his PIR. I know they miss him just as much as I do!

joymar congrats! My son too! What postion is he in and where is he going?

Is there good internet service anywhere on post?

Thanks navygf. I'll tell my daughter.

joymar's son and my son are both YN and will both be in Norfolk. Seems that many from Meridian are going there. My son is leaving Meridian today, making a stop with his brother in AL to visit family, and will be home in FL on Sunday for the rest of his leave. Congrats, nancynavymom, in expecting your sailor home soon too!

Congrats to all the kiddos' Mine got his orders!!!!! It's Cali for him! Thought he would jump off the moon if he could, so I gues I'll be visiting Cali soon too!! LOL

Nancy, where in CA and what is his rate?

maussie64-San Diego as far as I know! LOL not sure about his rate, I think E2 but don't hold me to that he is AZ I know that! LOL

My fiance got his written orders yesterday too! Now he says he is waiting to be on an ?"outbound list"? and then they make his travel arrangements and he is able to leave. He is an SH. We are hoping that he is able to leave by Tuesday at the latest so he has a few days to relax before the wedding on the 8th! Wow this looks like it is going to time out perfect.

Hi Juli! My fiance and I were planning on it but it was impossible to do so with their crazy class schedule, duties and all the restrictions. MS requires a blood test for Syphillis in which results take up to 2 weeks! that's standard.. then you apply for your license at the county clerk (20 min. from base) and they have a 3 day waiting period. they don't waive it for military unfortunately. also they are only open on weekdays 8-5pm. My fiance doesn't get out of class till 4:30 PM and he had to be Phase 2 in order for him to get out of the base. By the time he got to Phase 2, he had only a week left until he graduates. Oh and he also got his verbal orders his 2nd week of class. He is an LS. They get through the course pretty quickly. Some finish in 2 weeks! My fiance is actually taking his time and still he'll finish in 3-4 weeks. So yeah, now he's just waiting for his "hard copy" then he'll come home to our wedding before he reports to his duty station which is in Bremerton, WA :) Good luck to your son!

Nancy, his rate is his job. His rank would be E2. It can be confusing.
We live about 60 miles inland from San Diego. Will he be at Miramar? Or Pendelton?

Good news! My fiance got his "hard copy" today and he is definitely going to be on the carrier USS Stennis in WA state! :) He just has to go through 2 days of financial classes, so he thinks he'll be out of there by next Friday. Good luck to everyone waiting on their orders!

maussie64-thanks for the info! It's still so confusng? so what stage i yours at?

My daughter PIRed last Friday and arrived at Meridian Saturday evening.

And I agree. Every time I read a rate abbreviation I have to Google it to learn what it is.

We were going to try the same thing - quickie MS ceremony; "formal" wedding later - but yeah it was next to impossible to get married for us in MS with the requirements and time restraints. I know it will be a while for everything to get processed and eventually (hopefully) approved for me to join him. I am about half crazy with pulling all the plans together for the wedding and still not knowing if he will be here by the 8th. Everytime I feel certain I learn something else. Today he says that he has to have his record scanned (takes 2 days) and then 3 business days later he is on the outbound list; able to leave the next day. So if it really takes that long - I think we will have to move everythign to our back up date - the 22nd.

maussie64 - wish her well my son enjoyed it, but for sure ready to move on!

maussie64-he said Miramar-do you know anything about it?

Thank you Nancy, I will.
I don't know much about it. It used to be strictly Navy and now it is mostly (I think) the Marines. Nice, temperate weather. It is where Scarlett swore in.

Well that is good, he said it was mostly Marines, is that your daughter?

happy - happy !! I am leaving today to go pick up my sailor. Looks like we are on for the 8th to get married. So now I am trying to do mapquest to get directions. I am terrible w directions. Anyone that has been there have any pointers on how easy or difficult it is to find? I know I am doing map quest to meridian - but is it to the address i mailed his packages? or one i found online for Naval Air Station - Meridian? I have the mailing address at home written down and I am at work trying to put the mapquest together. I also have navigator on phone - but want to put in the correct info. Help! Thanks

congrats! be careful!

weird - i just got the mailing address from his gramma since my copy is at home; it doesn't pull up on mapquest. anyone know if i should call the base to get correct directions - or if it is that hard to find once I get into meridian?

i called the base. i should be good. wish me luck

Sschick try this site:

https://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/css/nttc/CommandInfo.aspx?ID=1

good luck and be safe!

Yes, that's my daughter, Scarlett in the picture.

daughter just left this moring for washington state. now for her new adventu re to begin

candi, my son graduated in April from Meridian as a YN. I agree with Emma...they class up at different times. Thankfully, my son only waited about 10 days. Others wait longer. HIs long wait was on the other end. He waited a month to leave the base after he finished. It's best to embrace the "hurry up and wait" idea now!

My daughter said that the place Tennessee where orders are drawn up was flooded. And that may delay orders for a while. Hope she is wrong.
After all, what's a little water to the Navy? 8))

Emma (Lady Hamilton), I'm sure maussie meant nothing by her comment and had no idea of the devastation. I know we are not getting too much news of it in our papers down here. It is very sad that over 300 on-base families lost all of their possessions from what I read on line. Our hearts and prayers are with all affected by these awful floods.

Thank you maussie64-and yes that is true, they are not sure when his orders will come through now, looks like he might have to go straight to Cali, without even coming home at all, I sure hope not! I think He an We need some time together, and Lady Halilton, diannep, is so right, I don't kow why they are not telling us more about what is going on down there, it is truly horrific, and our prayers are with them!

Diannep, Thank you. You're right about the news coverage. For some reason, the CA stations don't seem to find it newsworthy. And I don't receive the newspaper anymore. (It not even worth the price of the subscription in my town.) I certainly wasn't trying to make a joke of anyone's misfortune.

Lady Hamilton, my PIR group was a bit more relaxed and probably would have informed me of the situation in the south, while leaving the reprimand out. That said, I am sorry to have offended you. From now on, I will be sure to set my sense of humor on the shelf when addressing this group.

Oh Nancy, I hope that isn't the case. Was he a grad n go? My daughter was, so we only got to see her for Friday and a few hours at the airport. We consoled ourselves with the thought that A school is short and she will have leave and be able to visit us soon. But, she did warn us in the beginning that it could happen.
We will be praying that he gets leave time before he has to report. Keep us posted.

Maussie-please don't lose your humor, sometimes, like candy-nicksstipmom-said, we really need that! It would be nice if the "Navy" or someone would let us all know if we could help, but communication to families seems very very low on their list, This was my first mothers day without them all home, sad, but I've been very blessed, hope all you other Mom's had a great day!

Juli-Your so right! Good luck with your son's b-day, what is he going in for?

AW! How thrilling! I know your feelings! My son got to carry the flag for graduation as well, just made your heart jump!

That is great Juli! What a great mother's day gift. Is he Executive officer of his LS class? How did he earn it?

my daughter is at her command for about 10 dyas. her ship came in today the USS ABRAHAM LINCOln and she was on the team to tie it to the peir. she sounded so happy and proud said they could see the ship coming in and it was HUGE. she also e-mail that gave me chilss and brought a tear to my eye this' THE FAMILIES ARE STARTING TO COME ON THE PEIR" i can't wait for that experencie.

Wow, Dorie; How neat that your daughter already got to observe a "homecoming" for her ship! I bet that did get her so excited! I just can't even imagine the emotions on that day...now she knows what awaits her when she returns on her first homecoming.

Hi, Kyle! Ask any questions you like! But A School is SO MUCH BETTER than bc! You can stay in touch which is such a good thing!

Oh, meant to say that mine graduated from Meridian in April....YN....so if I can help, let me know!

Hey, I recognize some of you gals....

I have a question; What are the living quarters like at Meridian?

Kim, my son sad they were GREAT! It is like a pod of 4 rroms with shared common space. He had a roommate, as did most of them. But the roommates come and go...he had one who finished really fast, so he had a room by himself for a while. Then got another roommate. After leaving in BC, they feel like they are in a luxury hotel where they are!

Oh, forgot to say....Hi, Kim!

Hi Kyle Melissa, my daughter recently graduated from A school in Meridian. They do get liberty, but she was there during rainy season (I guess) and they cancelled it often due to weather. They would get confined to quarters a lot due to tornado warnings.
I think the ones that are there longer can take leave. She was only there for 8 weeks.
She made a bunch of friends and actually misses the place sometimes.

i told my son what you said and he said it sounded like heaven.

Kyle Melissa... Will you be visiting meridian?

Diannep... I thought i read somewhere that this is a self paced program. Do you know if this is true. Is it possible to complete faster than 8 weeks. My son is LS

When my daughter was was there we talked and texted often. When she was allowed to that is. There was no reception her her room so she had to stand outside. Bloody hot for her, but it was so nice to be able to talk regularly again after BC.
Now she is on Diego Garcia. No cell service there and we have to wait for her to call us. 8((

Same here My son just left on 8/7 Last time I heard from him was when he was at the airport I know he is OK just waiting to hear from him because he decided not to take his cell phone from us because he was not sure if he could have it yet I want to at least talk to him and get his address The graduation was SOOO beautiful I still cannot get over it Even though he only had the day with us I was just so happy to see him I did alright though I didnt cry this time when he had to leave LOL So glad this group is here