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Husband leaving soon for bootcamp...have lots of questions
1) how do I enroll myself and son in DEERS while he's gone?
2) when do we hear about where first duty station will be?
3) do they get leave to come home before reporting to first duty station? Like to help me move/ drive with me
4) about how long before first paycheck comes? Will it include BAH and separation pay?
5) will he be gone longer since he'll be training during holidays?
6) If his A school is also in GL, do they usually start training right away?
7) how will we be able to go visit him when he earns time off during A school? I wanted to move to be close but was told it's a better idea to go visit. But I can't afford last minute flights. Do they get some sort of a notice that they will have time away for a weekend or something?
And finally....
When someone posts replies to this discussion, how do I respond? Lol
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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1. He enrolls you in DEERS during in processing, this is something you cannot do.
2. About halfway through A school. If he is in PACT, then during boot camp in most cases.
3. They get about a week after A school. He may or may not be able to help with the move, it depends on where he goes.4. First check takes about three weeks. BAH takes a few pay cycles, but will have a lump sum from day one. Separation pay, first check after 30 days. Try to have money set aside for the first month, you will need it
http://navyformoms.ning.com/group/bootcampmoms/page/when-will-the-r...5. Perhaps. He may end up in a push division, which trains more so they graduate early.
6. Usually no. Unless he is in a short program like PACT, there is some hold time waiting for ehough sailors in that rating yo form a class
7. They will earn liberty privileges. Usually they will have weekends and federal holidays off, unless they have duty. They should know their schedules soon after check in, and can usually figure out when they will have time off. They can always swap duty or put in a special request chit to have a duty day changes/off. Here is the link to Great Lakes liberty policy (after PIR):
https://www.facebook.com/notes/training-support-center-tsc-great-la...
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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5. A Push Division has the exact same 6 weeks of training as those in the other divisions in the TG. They just finish training the week of PIR and have BST closer to PIR so that they have to push to be ready since there is no extra time to redo things if they do not pass something (such as the final PFA).
Alicia83, Depending on his ship date, he will have 8 or 9 Fridays at the RTC. Ten Fridays is also possible if he ships at the end of the week and there are too many and he is held over for the next TG. There are extra days built into the schedule to take the holidays into consideration. See Arrival and What Happens at the RTC.
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