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"A" School and then what?
Hello Ladies,
My Husband is still in boot camp (he's PIR is supposed to be by 11/30) but I'm already thinking about what will happen after A school. So his A school is supposed to be almost a year long and since we are married and he school is that long he should be able to get permission to live with us after he's been in school for a certain amount of time and gets he's approval. My question is what happens after A school and he starts his new school?? Do we have to go through the same process again? Me and my daughter live in NYC with my family at the moment but are planing to move out to Great Lakes to be with my husband so I want to be prepared for what will happen to me and my daughter after A school since we will be leaving all our family behind here in NYC and this will be our first time being on our own.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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If he goes to a C school after Great Lakes, the length of that school will determine whether you will be authorized to be moved or not. A short school would mean it could be best to just stay in place at Great Lakes and not bounce around. A longer school will allow you to follow him. So hard to tell this early what will happen, except in the most general terms.
What rate will he be? (I think you may have posted it somewhere but I'm not sure...)
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Permalink Reply by Michelle on
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I don't know alot about rates but he'll be going in for Advance Electronic Technician. They said he's school would be almost 2 years long, so I'm guessing about a year in A school and then another year in C school, or am I totally off??
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Means he will be an ET (electronics technician) or an FC (Fire controlman). I was an ET. The "fire" in FC is for firing the big weapons systems, not firefighting. First they go to ATT (electronic prep school), then they go to A school. The reason it takes about a year in Great Lakes is there's a lot of hurry up and wait for classes to form, and then the wait for orders. C school for FCs can be about six months or more. For ETs... it depends a great deal. Lots of variation. Six months, more, or maybe very short.
They don't get to choose, they are assigned.
Two years is what is added to the contract. They aren't actually in school the whole time, but they could be at their training commands that long. 18 months is more accurate, but it gets rounded up to 24 for paperwork purposes.
The good news is they come out of boot camp as E-3s, and A school guarantees advancement to E-4.
Lately, some of the FCs go to their ship before their C school. This is because the schools are backed up.
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Permalink Reply by meagan5220 on
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Well it depends does he know if he will have a c school? is there a possibility of a c school? Just like A school if its not long enough then no they will not move you. But if its not too long he might know his permanent duty station so you could start researching that. but It will again depend on the length of c school but I dont know many people that got to move with their sailors during c school because they were short. (I am not saying thats always the case... its just the people I have known)
If he doesn't have a c school then after he graduates typically or after he graduates c school (not always) they get two weeks of leave (and not always that long), in which time they move to their new duty station, visit family, etc. Some commands give ten days of house hunting leave but I wouldn't count on it. My husband and I tried to get it since we would be looking for a place since his ship was moving and it was denied.
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