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Assigned to Laurdry Duty
We got the first letter today!!! He said he and another recruit are assigned to laundry duty. They are washing 75 recruits clothes. Is this a good job? He also said he was PO assigned to Laundry.. is that Petty Officer? Any info. will help. Thanks! Laura
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Permalink Reply by ChrisAmo on
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They're assigned different jobs at different times. My son was a medical yeoman for a couple of weeks (lots of paperwork, which he hated). Well, PO usually stands for Petty Officer but in boot camp it's only a temporary rank. He won't make real Petty Officer for quite a while after he gets done with all his training.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Actually, they aren't washing the clothes themselves. they gather them up, sort and send them out, then sort and return them when the clothes come back. Tedious job, but at least every single item has a name or initials on it. Socks are in a net bag, pinned closed, and the bag has the recruit's name on it.
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Permalink Reply by laura h on
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Thanks Jaimelu and Anti M! Hopefully he tells us in the next letter that he is getting a promotion (: Laura
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Permalink Reply by bbus (FC) on
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Actually some laundry can be done "in house" I know some things were sent to the nex, some were washed in the compartment.
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I was the Education PO in boot camp, they found out I had a couple years of college. I got to track test results, and tutored the girls who weren't doing well. Broke my heart when we lost our first three shipmates because they simply could not pass one of the written tests (Naval history). They were set back into another company for a final attempt, but I never found out of they made it or not.
I didn't promote any faster, I was already in the AECF program and was going to advance as much as possible out of boot camp. But yes, if they are at E-1, they could possibly be bumped up for exceptional performance to E-2 upon graduation. Up to E-3 is generally by contract.
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