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What happens after "A" School????
Hello, I wanted to know if anybody can tell me what happens after Aschool? I have a daughter and a husband I know that after Aschool they come with me to where i get assigned. Do i get to go home to pack and visit family members or does that have to wait??? Any info is greatly needed!!!
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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The answer is ... maybe. Depends on where you will be going and how soon they need you there.
You might have a C school after A school. Your A school may even be long enough to authorize them to move there. I don't know your rate so I can't say for sure.
Once you get near the end of A school, you will get a set of orders. (Try to well in school so you get a chance to choose from what they offer the class) The Navy tries to provide a reasonable amount of travel time. You might also take a few leave days in conjunction with this time, this is pretty common after A school. You may have to pay to fly home and then travel with them, but that's a technical question for PSD when the time comes.
You will earn leave days at 2.5 days each month. Leave is like vacation days, liberty is normal time off such as weekends and evenings and holidays. No, you can't fly home on three day weekends. (I knew you were going to ask, LOL)
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THANKS .....although my husband asked that(fly home on weekends)....The recruiter said if school is longer then a year they could come along.So would that happen if I had aschool then cschool? Sorry for asking but whats PSD?
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It would depend on where the C school was located. C schools tend to be quite short, so they'd stay behind and then move to your new duty station when you do. It is quite normal for the spouse to move separately from the military member early on when there are schools and such.
PSD = Personnel Support Dept. They handle all the administrative paperwork side of your service. They can be your best friends or your worst nightmare!
The reason you can't fly home on weekends is that all commands have a liberty distance of how far away you may travel from the base. School commands keep their students close. Leave is different, and getting leave while in school is not often possible. You'll have duty some weekends too, everyone does.
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Thank you so much for ur info....I also had another question does the income kick in quickly for the dependents while ur in BC???? I heard sometimes its like ur not even getting paid while in BC
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My son graduated bootcamp 4/9. I am joint with his Navy Sea Air Federal Credit union account. I keep checking to see if he has received a paycheck and he has never received anything in his account. He took a direct deposit form when he left then mailed it back and said he did not need it because he already had an account and they just took his name. I don't know where his pay is going, is PSD the place he needs to go to find out where his money is going?
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My daughter didn't get a check the first 4 weeks, but it did arrive and it was around 1200, and then she got another one on the 15 and the 1st of each month.
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for my husband, the first paycheck came about 6 weeks after he left for boot camp and they varied by as much as $1000 during the first few months. The first 2 checks were especially low because he need to purchase his uniforms and other things while at boot camp and they deduct those expenses from the pay. It would be very helpful to put aside a little money before leaving.
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Several of the sailors in my son's A school (nuke program at Goose Creek, SC) live on the base with their families. Training can take 2 years (A school, followed by power school, followed by prototype school), so maybe that is why they allow the families to be with the sailors? I would find out before I signed any papers, if I were you.
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