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Chances of him leaving for school early?
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Permalink Reply by Angie on
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You can NOT change thier flight when they leave for "A" School...they MUST take the flight and fly out after PIR when they are scheduled to...if they do NOT they WILL get in trouble!
They do NOT have LEAVE after PIR, they go right to their "A" School.
So do NOT even think you can change their ticket around so you can spend some time with them. IF that is done they will be UA and get in more trouble than you can even imange.
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Grad and go is an oudated term...they don't use it as they don't leave RIGHT after PIR. That is what Grad and go means.
If their school is out of state the odds are 99% they WILL fliy out the day AFTER PIR. and they will be bussed EARLY in the am to the airport. There are three airports near the base and they could fly out of any one of those. They will not know the final info until a few days before PIR.
Yes if he flys out you can go to the airport and TRY to get a pass to go past security with him. I say TRY as it is up to the airline who they allow past...what may have been ok last week could change so don't count on being allowed past security point.
Also people can tell you what happened last week of a few weeks before for them...but again it can and does change
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Permalink Reply by eyeronics on
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Even if he leaves for school early, getting to go to his graduation, seeing him after 8 weeks of being apart, and spending the day with him will be totally worth it. My opinion- Buy the ticket for sure and go to the graduation. No question about it!
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Permalink Reply by Mac Marie on
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So out of all of you, how many hace had a grad n go sailor? Just to see what his odds are...
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that's what the recruiter told me would happen. and it's not that i won't go, it's more that i don't want to go expecting one thing and get another, you know? i just want to prepare myself emotionally
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Well things with the Navy are always up in the air and could change any second. My sailor was actually supposed to leave Saturday morning but a few days before he found out he wasn't leaving till Sunday so I changed my flight and booked another night at my hotel. So, I figured I could spend all day Saturday with him. Come Saturday, he called me in the morning and told me he wasn't going to be able to hang out at all because he had to stand watch. I ended up going to the base and walking around the Nex with him until he had to go back and then getting a cab to the airport at 1 AM and staying with him until his flight left at noon. Plans will change and you just have to be flexible and ready for anything. As for being emotionally prepared, just be thankful for the little time you would get to see him after graduation. For me, I didn't even mind if he was a grad & go or what because seeing him graduate and getting to hug him after they call liberty was the only thing that mattered. Any other time we got to spend together that weekend I took as a blessing.
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Permalink Reply by Team Leo <3 on
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Well my boyfriend left right the next day too, and trust me I don't feel it was a waste. I had the chance to be with him all day the day of his graduation and then they dropped him off at the airport at 2 in the morning so we stayed with him at the airport till it was time for his flight.. which was at 145 pm. If you won't get to visit him anytime soon after his graduation, I recommend you do go. But then again that's me.. and don't think I also went because I had the money and time because honestly I didn't at all. I was not working and I was a week away from graduating high school and I needed to still do a lot of stuff. But if you're going to visit while he's in school in the next couple of months or so, than mmaybe you should wait.
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What do you mean exactly? He graduated and was able to come with me back to my hotel off base until about 7 when he had to go back. The next day he called me from the nex and said he wouldn't be able to hang out. I took a taxi to the base and was able to hang out with him in the nex for like thirty minutes before he had to go back to his "ship" and stand watch. He wasn't on liberty or anything. I guess I kind of broke the system by getting on base and meeting him at the nex lol. I was desperate!!!
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There is no breaking the system...if you think you got over on the Navy you are mistaken.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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That's not breaking any rules, on duty days they can do stuff like go to the NEX if not on watch, or to a meal on base. Just as long as you weren't wandering around the base by yourself and had your visitor pass. You only thought you were getting around the Navy, LOL. Surprise, you were within the rules!
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