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Corpsman School Graduation...Is it worth going?
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Permalink Reply by JessicaB-Sailor Mom on
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You may want to join the group for corpsmen moms..search groups. Like Hoppi said the A school graduation is nothing like PIR. If you don't mind driving that far, really want to go and can afford it...then go but it will may be a let down after having gone to PIR.
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Permalink Reply by angelzanesmom on
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If I knew what occurs when someone graduates with distinction, then that might help me decide. Does he just get a letter from the Captain, does the Captain show up and say "good job" and that's that, or does he get some kind of award or pin? Is the graduation taped so if I don't go, at least I can buy the DVD? About the Groups, I did a search on corpsman groups and there's so many, it's hard to decide which one to pick. Some look like there hasn't been any activity since 2009 (based on the date of last comment entered). How do you choose? I also have dial-up which makes it difficult to do a quick search, since each time I hit Enter, it takes an average of 10 minutes just to load the next page! Aaargh!
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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He'll get a nice letter, and likely a handshake from the CO. No pin. I doubt very much anyone will record it. I don't know how big HM classes are, I was an ET, on the other side of the base, and we stood in the hall.
If no one beats me to it, I'll look at the groups and post a link to the most active one for you.
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He said there were about 60 people in his graduating class. Thanks if you can point me to a good group! $12 a month for dial-up is what I have to put up with right now; hope someday soon I can go to satellite.
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60? That many they might do a nice little ceremony. Nothing fancy, I think.
Hey, what you have is what you have. This site is heavy with videos, pictures and sound, so I can't imagine how long a page takes to load. Yikes!
Most active HM groups:
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/corpsmanmomsanddads
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/sailorsinaschoolforcorpsmen
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/ship13div158
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I can only speak for myself - I went to my son's graduation and would not have missed it for anything. It is not the same as PIR this is more personal. This is one of the few schools that have graduation ceremonies. It is held in the School auditorium - there are speakers and rifle performance (sorry cannot think of the name) etc. They come in singing. I loved it. You are encouraged to get up and take pictures while the ceremonies are going on. My son wanted me to attend. Some are going out right away to their new assignments and others are going home for a break. I set up transportation for around 7-8 to the airport afterward along with myself and my son. I went a few days early and had the opportunity to meet a lot of the New Corpsmen. The school is relocating to Texas. After the ceremony the school sells some Corpsman t-shirts and such in the lobby. If you go to "Sailors in A School for Corpsmen" you will find others who have someone graduating same date, get info, etc. Another site is "Corpsmen Moms and Dads and these are all with graduated Corpsmen and will give you their opinion also. It is a great mix of parents with kids deployed, overseas, here in States, and some who have returned from deployment. Where is your son going after A School?
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Thanks everyone for your helpful responses!! I still can't decide about going...I only have 9 hours of leave at work (although I could go in the hole) and lots of bills to pay, so it'll probably be a last minute decision. I got clarity on a few things I said in my earlier posts: There were 60 classmates originally, but due to various reasons, there are about 52 graduating. My son ended up being 4th in the class (someone beat him for 3rd by 0.2 points) but since he had over 90 average, he is still graduating with distinction. They got to pick their duty station today; he will do FMTB in Lejeune for a couple months, then go to Annapolis. That's only about 3 hours from home and if you've never been to the campus, it's really lovely. I took my boys there when they were little and we visited John Paul Jones' tomb.
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