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Is it possible to get out of A school for a couple of days to attend your brother's wedding???
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Permalink Reply by Craig on
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School is #1 to the Navy, they want him totally focused on his job. They will not allow someone to take off for anything except an emergency (ie a death of an immediate family member).
With that said, if the wedding is on Saturday or Sunday, he can put in an "Out of Area" chit. This will allow him to come home on his weekend break, and lets the Navy know that he is going past his travel limit (ie Pensacola is 300 miles). He just better make dang sure he reports back in and goes to school on time, else he will be seeing the Captain.
When my nephew was in "A" school he came home about every 3 weeks because he was trying to keep a long term relationship alive....
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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As Craig said the school is number 1. Also if your son says they will not let him leave...why are you trying to "find a way around it"? To me it sounds like your son is being an adult and understands where his priority's are. He is going to miss LOTS of things, he won't be able to "find a way around it"
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This is one of those times that all military families learn about Family events that our service men and women will miss. Our family video tapes these and in the age of eletronics we put it on a dvd or thumb drive so it can be viewed by our sons later..Families must learn to be flexible and accept the times when they can all be together and when they cant..I am proud to see yours understands his responsibility to the Navy and is accepting it even though I am sure he wishes he could be there..There is a new pecking order now 1 is Navy 2 is family 3 is friends..
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