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Wondering about HMDA
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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I see you joined one of the HM groups (there are several others as well) and that is a good place to get some of your questions answered. You should also join the group for his PIR date. You can go to GROUPS: Listed By PIR Date - Pass In Review (Boot Camp Graduation) and click on the date and join the group for that.
Since he is flying out to A School, he will have Liberty on the day of PIR until evening when he must return to the RTC and then he will most likely fly out the next day. He will know at PIR what time he isto be at the airport and when his flight is and you can meet him at the airport and spend time with him there until his flight. loved ones generally meet them at the USO or ticket counter.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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He will be able to have a phone while at A school, but there will be restrictions on where and when he can use it. Once he earns his liberty privileges, you can go see him for a visit. He can't take leave during A school, although if he is there for the holidays, he can take a week or two over Christmas.
After A school, he might go to a C school (specialty). Then to his first command for about three years. This could be a ship, shore duty, or overseas. He can ask to be stationed in Great Lakes, but if there are no billets (job openings) there, they won't send him.
He won't be an officer unless he applies for and completes an officer program. A degree doesn't make you an officer automatically. If he were an officer, he'd not be going to regular boot camp and A school.
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Permalink Reply by vnguye24 on
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oh... then i think i need to tell him to apply for officer...but if they train u to be an officer, would they extend ur contract?
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It would be a different contract. Craig can give a good run down of the various programs. (paging Craig!)
Of course, the question is does HE want to be an officer? Not everyone finds it appealing. He may want to be a hands on dental technician.
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Money isn't everything, being an officer carries heavy responsibility.
Go home easier? How do you mean? All the good officers I served worked longer hours than we did. Their leave time is somewhat different, but no, they can't just go home any old time they feel like it.
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oh he is in the bootcamp now...he sent his first letter to his mom address, i havent receive anything...so they could only send one first letter?
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They can only send one form letter. The second Sunday after he is at Boot Camp, he will be able to mail letters.
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The Recruit makes the choice of who to send the Form Letter to. Typically, if the Recruit is unmarried it goes to Mom/Dad. It the Recruit is married, it goes to the spouse.
I hope that I am reading too much into the attitude I see in your post and you really are pleased that he loves his mom and cares for her enough to honor her with this Form letter. How a young man treats his mom is often indicative of how he will treat his wife later.
I hope that you and his mom are both members of N4M and that you can support each other through this time. One day he may be on the other side of the country or even the other side of the world and you will need each other.
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oh his mom doesn't know English much thou... Yea he made the last phone call for me and his mom...i texted his mom everyday too... I am just really hoping for that letter so that why i'm sad. so the recruit made the choice not my bf? well i'm sad because in the letter he didnt tell his mom to give me the address or write anything about me...but he did put my name in the grad list..
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