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where are C school locations at?
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Permalink Reply by lori on
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My son is also ET and is now waiting for his orders for C. He graduated 3 weeks ago. From what he has told me the schools likely are San Diego or Norfolk. But there is also Dahlgren in VA. I haven't heard of anyone going anywhere else for ET C but there is another school in VA in Dam Neck- but I haven't seen anyone mention that.
Hope that helps some what.
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Permalink Reply by Mrs Eubank on
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what states lol?
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Permalink Reply by ProudNavyWife Ship 7 Div110 on
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From what I understood, FC schools are likely to be in Norfolk or San Diego, but ET C schools can be anywhere, depending on the needs of the Navy. There's really no planning to do until unfortunately. I've been doing research for months on it and that's the answer I've been given.
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er lol im trying to decide which college is best lol
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SD is in California and Norfolk is in VA.
Proud- you are right- very difficult to plan anything because everything is subject to change! My son reminds me of that all the time!
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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My first C school as an ET was in Ft. Gordon, GA, an Army base. The school is still there, and we have a small detachment stationed there! I have been to other C schools in San Diego and Atsugi, Japan. The other place I went to C school is closed now, but it was in CA. C schools for ETs can be as long as six months, or as short as a few weeks. ETs tend to go to more than one throughout their career.
ETs have many, many locations where they can go to C school, not like the FCs. And as I did, they can go to C school on bases of other services.
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One option you might consider in the meantime is to fill your basic college requirements (English, etc.) online. Just choose a school whose credits transfer easily.
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ong i live in GA!!!!!
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That is good info Anti M. I hadn't heard of any other C schools and didn't know the length. What determines the length of time they go?
You are a wealth of info!
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Um, it depends? Some systems are more involved than others. My short schools were for soldering and circuit board repairs.
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When does the Navy "cubby hole" them into the specific category of job they will be doing? At the beginning of C? My ET son says he wants to do comms. Does it become more specialized then that?
His ultimate "dream" is to do VBSS. I'm thinking those rates are far and few between as they only need so many on the ship they are stationed at is that correct?
Still waiting for his orders!
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Much more specialized than comm or radar! All has to do with NECs. C school is when they pick up their NEC. Navy Enlisted Code, indicating what systems or gear they work on. A system school is comprised of a number of pieces of gear, so they pick up more than one NEC. That code is how the detailer knows where to send each sailor.
VBSS is ship by ship, and not what they'd go to C school for. It is not a rate. My ET works on radar, yet he does VBSS also (at least, I think he does. He handles a 50 cal when they stop pirates. Yes, he's shot at them). Most sailors do double duty like that. He will want to request a C school which will lead him to the type of ships which have VBSS teams. Not all of them do.
Funny, my ET works on literally the same radar my husband did, because he's on the same ship and the gear is still in use. Not for much longer, headed for decommissioning. End of an era and a little sad.
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