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I need some personal experience.. Please
I know that it is hard to know exactly what your Sailors next orders will be, but if someone could tell me about what their personal experience with this is. I'm considering going to college by a base my boyfriend will be stationed at the time. I am a senior in high school and it is time for me to start applying to colleges. I plan on starting college next in fall 2012. My boyfriend started bootcamp on August 9th, graduated from that last week September 30, and now is in Houston, TX at A school, and he starts class on November 2nd and should be done by the end of February 2012. Could some tell me what are usually the next orders? Do they get deployed usually? Go on tour? or do more school? I know that you never know with the Navy, but I need some personal experience. Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by number1navywifey2007 on
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ihate to say this but you will not know till he gets his orders after a school.. My husband went from boot camp, to A school in Florida and then to Va for 2 years and now Cali.. When we left A school he was not sent out on deployments right a way cause he was on a ship that was in the ship yards getting worked on.. but there is a chance her can get shore duty after A school, that happen to my cousin. but there is also a chance that he could be taken directly out, or somewhere were a ship has just got back or is planing on going out in a few months. trying to go to school and be in the military is a lot of jogging.
i would say to start one semester if you can and take those course you can take. and then when you figure out were he is going to be you can fine a college by him and transfer. or just wait till he gts stations some were and then start.. but the number 1 thing i can tell you is when it comes to college, make sure you are at a credit school and your credits will transfer to other colleges. there are some colleges that there credits are only for there school and can not transfer to other places.
if there is anything else you need please feel free to email me.. i know how it is starting out.. i remember boot camp and a school like it was yesterday not 4 years ago.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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I was a sailor, and then a dependent wife, so here goes:
HMs usually do get a C school after their A school, some do not. No way to know this in advance. Join the HM moms group to get a better idea of what those C schools may be, where and how long.
Most sailors rotate between sea duty (two to three years on ship), then shore duty ( a couple years on a base), with sea duty first. However, HMs don't HAVE a sea/shore rotation exactly, their orders will be based on their NEC (Navy enlisted code) which they earn in C school. Since they get their C school orders after A school, and then their PCS orders after that, you can see why none of us can tell you where your sailor may end up! He could end up overseas with the Marines, so where your school is wouldn't matter. Yes, some NECs go to sea a lot, others stay on shore duty more.
Just pick the school you want to go to the most, start your program there, and worry about following him when you get more information. You can always transfer colleges, especially if you keep a high GPA as a freshman. Transferring may mean it will take you a bit longer to finish a degree, but it is not impossible.
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