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Phone call but not from my son
I just received a call from admin at boot camp. My son arrived May 16, 2018. The gentleman said that we should disregard the first form letter that was mailed. He said that our son has been placed in Division 288 and his graduation date was now July 20, 2018. Can anyone tell me why this would happen?
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Permalink Reply by Julie on
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So, I checked with my son's recruiter this morning. Apparently he failed his PFA. When the gentlman called me on Friday, he said that my son had been placed in another Division (288). Does this mean he has retested and passed? Or is there still a chance that he might not pass the second try? The recruiter could not answer this question. I am a total wreck! Can someone please advise?
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Julie, how do you know he failed the PFA? (Was it recorded in his record by the RTC in the system that he had failed the PFA on his first attempt when the recruiter checked or did the recruiter decide that is what happened since your recruit was moved to a different division than the one that had previously been assigned? If it was the second, then I respectfully disagree with him.) Even if your recruit failed on the first attempt, then he passed on the second attempt since a form letter was mailed even if the info within that form letter now turns out to be wrong.
The call you received indicated that he has been placed in a Division, which means that he HAS passed the PFA on either the first or second attempt. Those who fail the PFA do not send form letters and are not placed in a division; they are sent to SEPS after making a call indicating that they will be coming home.
Something happened at the RTC (perhaps so many failed the initial PFA that there were not enough recruits to fill the expected divisions for the TG and so recruits were moved around--we may never know, but we will have a better idea once the division numbers are posted at http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/tg_grad_dates.html, especially if there are skipped numbers for some of the divisions).
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Permalink Reply by Phoenixmom on
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Julie, if he was placed in another division then yes he may of failed. I am going to put some sites for you to read, so that way it will be clear on how things work ok.
On about their fifth business day at the RTC, the new recruits are tested on the 1.5 mile run of the first Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) at boot camp. The initial run standard for male recruits will be 16 minutes 10 seconds and 18 minutes 7 seconds for female recruits. See Navy Sets New Physical Fitness Standard to Start Boot Camp. Those who pass continue with BC. Those who do not pass are moved to FIT and will be retested in 48 hours and must pass in order to continue at the RTC. See Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) and Fitness Improvement Training (FIT) for more information.
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Here are some other sites as well.
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