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Thought I would start this thread so you can at least connect and share stories together. Seems like there is a fair amount of you in Great Lakes and just as many more trying to decide if you can more to Great Lakes.
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Permalink Reply by Mary - wife of a sailor on
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He is really wanting San Diego.
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Permalink Reply by Courtney (Adam's wife) <3 on
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San Diego is where we live... I am hoping that my hubby gets it b/c then we wouldn't have to move! :) He is just classing up for ATT tomorrow, night school blah, any tips for keeping sane?? :)
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Permalink Reply by knwisconsin on
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congratulations
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Congrats Mary..!! My son will Graduate "A" School July 23rd..And I hope to see him as well.
I'm so happy for you and your Family. Good Luck !!
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Hi all, I'm at GL and my husband just started A School. He'll be done in August. So I want to see if any of you can answer this question. I am Pregnant and due the first week of November. A yeoman in the SDC's office on his ship said they will not send him to C School or give him his next duty station till I have given birth. Is this true?
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Permalink Reply by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on
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Erin Marie, I have not run into this question before. I know if you are too close to your due date they may not want you to travel but August to November is a few months. It's possible that he may still be waiting for orders to C school because of the budget --- please keep us posted on what you find out.
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Erin, I have a friend who is due on April 26th. Her husband was going to pick orders a couple weeks ago after finishing A school, but since the move date was around her due date, they didn't let him pick orders. Chances are, you'll just be here a couple of months after the baby is born. Good luck and congratulations!
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My hubby is in GL now also. He is ET and just classed up for ATT (graduated BC 2-26-10). School for ET is 33 weeks with several months of holding. I am not sure what duration FC school is, might be the same. If schooling is longer than 20 weeks, the Navy will move you up there. He will have to put in a request (chit) to live with you off base which from what I hear can take a while (maybe several weeks). I have decided not to move to GL as of right now, so I don't know anything about the moving process through the Navy. Hope this helps! :) BC will fly by, even though it doesn't seem like it right now, welcome to the group! :)
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Permalink Reply by Mistycb on
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FC school is 27 weeks i believe... There are LOTS of holds for both, my husband is waiting to class up for ATT and he graduated boot camp March 12th.... ATT is approximately 9 weeks or so then they go to A School depending on whether they are ET or FC. As of now, my husband has been told his A school (he is ET) is on hold for 3-4 months. He put in his live ashore chit almost four weeks ago and he was told to resubmit it Monday as he changed ships and they think it may have been lost. If you read through this discussion board (especially the first 15 pages or so) you will get a lot of information and be sure to pass it all on to your hubby as from what my husband says, they don't tell you a whole lot there about the process. Ask me anything you want, I will be glad to give any answers i can .... good luck
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Hey ladies, I have not been on in a LONG time, so I do not know many of you, but to fill you all in my husband is a FC and is in A-school right now and will be finished with A-school the second week in June. Then he has 18 days of ATT. So all together he will be done with school in GL in July. An orders guy talked to my husband's class and told them right now there is a 6 month waiting period for orders, (I'm guessing for his class and like classes) So we'll see if it takes that long but if it does then we will have lived here for a year and 3 months. Just something to consider if you are not wanting to move with your husband. It's different for different people but I know my husband and I could not stand to live apart for over a year. Right now I get to see him every day and get to sleep with him every night (except duty days) and I have no clue how we could do it with out. I do not nag him or make school any harder, I am just here to support him and we both agree he would do worse in school if I was not here. Just something to think about.
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Wow...six months wait for orders. This is craziness; I had heard it was running three to four months and even that is ugly. Speaking with a instructor recently about all of these holds - he did say if a student is waiting for their C school orders and have leave time available - they would authorize a leave chit HOWEVER if orders come in while that student is on leave...............the school would assign orders to them.
Moral of the story.....move to GL, enjoy the snow, the sun, the four seasons --- do what ever you have to do to enjoy your time together! -
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April,
I am in the same situation as you, staying put in California for a while. I am making this decision based on our plans to see him every 2-3 months. July, September, November, December, March, June... then hopefully he will be done! See? Written down it seems easy, lol. Emotionally it is a different story. I hope this journey gets easier for us wives deciding to stay... and on a side note... this should make us really strong and prepared for those inevitable 7-8 month deployments headed our way!! -
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