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What can we expect for Thanksgiving and Christmas?
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Permalink Reply by Phoenixmom on
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First off it will depend on where he goes to A school, My son attends in Great Lakes their stand down is from Dec. 22nd until Jan. 7th. right now they were told they are only accepting chits (request) for out of the country, after Halloween they will be accepting the others. It takes a few weeks to get back and then they will see if leave was approved. he wil be briefed on all of that once he gets into A school.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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No. The stand down is for A school commands on the TSC side, while boot camp is part of the RTC command.
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Permalink Reply by Cellomom on
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I just read this a different discussion from several years ago, so the dates are probably off a bit, but it sounds like we will get our Sailors for Christmas!
This is what was another group about the holiday stand down from lemeonelephant): "your then Sailor will check in at his "A" School and fill out a chit and will be able to take about 10 days of leave sometime over the holiday stand-down period. All of the "A" Schools observe a holiday stand-down around Christmas and the New Year. For most "A" Schools it will be at the close of business on the 12/20/2013 through 01/05/2014. That is the only time that Sailors are able to take Leave before the end of "A" School or training and one of the only times that a command will allow Sailors to go into the hole on leave days."
"Sailors earn 2.5 days of leave for each month of service beginning with the day they are sworn in at MEPS on the way to the RTC. They usually are not allowed to take more Leave than they have accrued, but they can usually take up to 10 days of Leave over the holiday stand-down, which may result in them "going in the hole" (taking more days than they have on the books). Sailors who do that may not have earned back enough days to take Leave again at the end of "A" School depending on how long the "A" School is. All Sailors who are already in "A" School before the holiday stand-down will be offered an opportunity to put in a chit to take Leave for part of the holiday stand-down." -
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If they are attending A school in Great Lakes I was told that they have a great feast for them there on base, sometimes the Chicago bears or the hockey team or baseball team are present and gives autographs, they have festivities for them, they get to watch football. So they will be set for turkey day. I was pretty worried myself, first year he will be alone but he said he is actually looking forward to this. So let Your Sailor Know.
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It has been said no Graduation on Dec. 22nd or 29th it may be set for Dec. 15th. Just posted.
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