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Liberty Weekend.
My boyfriend wrote saying he's watch? But he'll have liberty weekend free because of it. What does that mean? And in a later letter he wrote about having a week with me? How long does Liberty weekend last? He's an OS and his schooling will be at Virginia Beach. Also, he wrote about Christmas stand down, does that mean he gets to come home?
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Permalink Reply by emmie<3 on
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Is your bf still in boot camp? Im not sure what he meant by watch if he is. However os a-school is in great lakes which means he will get to spend the weekend of his pir with you unlike other sailors who go other places for school. That weekend he'll get to spend friday evening through sunday evening with family with the exception that he muat sleep on basr in his new room. There is a c-school for os here in va beach where i live. But I'm thinking most, if not all sailors go to a-school before they go to c-school. Im not sure what happens during holidays while there in school because my husband and i didnt go through that. I hope i helped. Feel free to ask anything else your unsure about. :)
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Permalink Reply by Kyla-PIR Oct 5, Ship 11, DIV 320 on
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Yeah he's still in bootcamp, maybe i just misunderstood about eh VA beach part. So, he doesn't get to stay with me over night? And there's no exceptions to that? I won't lie that's a bummer.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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OS A school is in Great Lakes. He will have PIR, visit briefly, then go check into the barracks on the school side of the base. Odd that he already knows he has duty, but it means he won't see you Friday night. He will have Saturday and Sunday off, going back each night before curfew. He must not be late!
C school always comes after A school, so that's probably the VA part of it.
Yea, the schools shut down for Christmas and he can take leave and come home.
C school is always after A school.
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Well, i've been under the impression his schooling was in Virginia Beach i could have gotten that wrong if he was talking about C school not A school, i didn't even know C school existed till today. He just wrote "i have watch, i'll explain that later" and think he has during boot camp because he also wrote about having to get up early for it? Then he said something about having liberty weekend free and in an earlier letter he said something about a week. It's all very confusing, i just want to make sure i'm planning the trip well and not leaving before he goes off to school.
And yay for the Christmas part! Do you know how long he can come home for?
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Permalink Reply by Le Shelby on
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Having watch just means hes standing guard. Unless he wrote sloppy and meant that he is an IS and not OS, IS is in VA beach. Thats where my sailor is now.
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He's an Operations Specialist? I don't even know what that is, i've looked it up but never really find anything concrete. And standing guard of what?
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Standing guard of the ship and his shipmates while they sleep. There is ALWAYS someone on watch.
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oh, that's odd wonder why. thanks!
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Its so when theyre actually on a ship or on base, there will be people on watch so no one can attack them, basically.
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Thank you! you've been so, so helpful!
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:) youre welcome. I just went through the bootcamp process with my sailor in february and hes in C school now. A lot of the girls here are extremely knowledgeable !!
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Permalink Reply by EricaJ (Ship-03 Div 281) on
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My boyfriend is an IS and graduates on Friday. After graduation, he will go to school in VA. Any advice you can give me?
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