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GUNNERS MATE (GM) TRAINING AT GREAT LAKES
Please introduce yourself if your sailor is in the GM rate and provide background on your sailor so that we can get to know you. If you have specific questions about these ratings, and you ask them here, Will and Hoppi will be able to answer your questions. This will help all of us because the answers won't disappear pages down in the general forum.
I want to give Gary T. credit for this great idea; he just hired me as his secretary to put it together. So, jump in and we hope this will be helpful to all of you.
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Permalink Reply by Gary T on
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Welcome to the group Tina. If you read everything posted under Gunners Mate GM Training at Great Lakes you should have an idea of what to expect for your son. Please read from page 1 through 10 and you should be well informed. Any question feel free to ask.I am not a MOM but I still feel I can help. Gary T.
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Congratulations! My son is almost finishing A school. He had PIR on 4/17. We too are really proud of him. This is a great site and has helped us as well as our son, especially since there have been long delays, but, as they say, "This too shall pass." Welcome aboard.
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Permalink Reply by Vee, Michael's Proud Grandmother on
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Hi Tina and a HUGE WELCOME to our little group of GM parents. I have not been on the site recently as much as I should be, but there are great parents here who are very knowledgeable and will get you the answers you post. I will need your son's name if you don't mind. You and hubby should be proud of him and please let him know I am proud of his decision to serve our great country in the US Navy. My grandson finished his GM A school on September 18th and is awaiting his final orders for C School for V.L.S. He has been assigned to the USS Lake Erie (cruiser) in Honolulu, Hawaii. We are hoping he gets San Diego for his C school as he is a SoCal young man and that would put him just 90 miles from home. Again, Welcome, and jump right in and ask questions remembering no question is a dumb one. Gary T was so correct in directing you to all the pages of this forum for an idea of the ride you are on for awhile. Have a great evening. Vee
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Michele, I am a little surprised your daughter doesn't have at least her temporary orders by now. Usually, they have been getting them during the last 2 weeks of A school. I am sure they will be forthcoming and do let us know when she gets them. Michael got his orders during his last 2 weeks of A school and that was about 6 weeks ago. He is still awaiting his final orders and is still on hold there at GL. I hope this helps. HAGN Vee
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Michele, GM school is now moving along more rapidly then in the past. The average A-School class is ten weeks for graduation then one week for FATS (Firearms Training Simulator). Graduation is open to family members upon request. It depends if the sailor wants family or not.
During the final week of A-School orders will be posted for the class. Choices will be made according to class standing. My son Nicholas was #2 so he chose second. The date for choosing of orders may differ from class to class, but it usually is in the week before or the final week of A-School. They then do FATS and go on hold awaiting hard copy orders.
Vee's grand son Michael graduated two weeks before my Nick. I believe he has waited 5 weeks for orders. My Nick has waited 3 weeks today. Both will be going to VLS school hopefully in San Diego. Then on to Pearl Harbor HI. on the U.S.S. Lake Erie.
One nice thing about the hold for C-School sailors is they are all being placed in different barracks. They have a much more liberal liberty policy and more freedom with less if any duty. Hope I helped Gary T. -
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Michele, I am not qualified to answer the automatic C-School question. Most of the better choices for assignment Ex V.L.S. (Vertical Launch Systems) have C-Schools usually 6 months or longer. It may be in the realm of possibility for a sailor to go directly to the fleet for O.J.T. (On the Job Training). I can not answer that. I will bet your daughter will do well.
I do recommend she choose something with a better advancement potential or something she can build upon after the NAVY. My son chose V.L.S. and will eventually be stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hi. Hang in there mom. Just have your daughter ask questions to help her with her choices. Gary T. -
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Hi Vee, Thanks for adding my name to the list. Sorry I didn't give my son's name. His name is Alex. :) He is still on hold to start school. Hopefully soon though.
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Thank you, Tina. I have added Alex' name to yours in our family list. Hopefully, he will start school soon. Hang in there tough through these HOLD times...Vee
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Permalink Reply by Jamie Trammel on
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Does anyone have their GM in the Riverines? My son just got his orders after being in A school for 152 days. He is going to Mississippi for a month then to Camp LeJune to train with the Marines. After that he is going overseas to either Iraq or Kuwait, somewhere he is not sure or not telling me. I'm really not liking this. I was hoping he could get on a ship and travel at least that is what his objective was to start out with. I am afraid the Navy dangled $$$ in front of him. Does anyone have experience with this?
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Thanks Kelly. Where do I find that group?
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Wow! David just got his orders today, and he will be going to C school and stationed in San Diego, which is where we live. We are all so excited! Don't know yet when he will actually be moving here, but he says they will all get to go home for Christmas.
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Mary, what did David choose? Small arms, 3 or 5 inch guns, V.L.S., what type of ship and and where will his final destination be. My son finally got his hard copy orders with a confirmed school date, graduation date and shipping date. Vee's grand son graduated two weeks before my son has not heard anything yet and he is going to the same ship and school as my son. Gary T.
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