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Those who don't make Air Rescue...
Hello again.
I am still a newbie, so bear with my niave questions! My son is scheduled to PIR in 2 weeks from GL, and then go to Pesacola for Air Rescue.
I hear a lot about the high rate of those not making it all the way through the training for Air rescue.
I have 2 questions:
1) What are some of the reasons not to make it through?
2) What happens to those who don't? What jobs do they get? Is it a choice, or are they assigned? And would they then start A school all over, with the new job designation?
I hope none of this matters, but thought it couldn't hurt to ask.
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Permalink Reply by sweetpea4 on
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Best of luck to your Son. This is very difficult training! Stay positive, and supportive, your Son will find his way! Good luck! My Son has just classed up! Prayers are being said!
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Permalink Reply by Ashley on
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Hi Jody,
My name is ashley and my husband is a rescue swimmer. So far we have made it to FRAC, so I can fill you in on all the stuff that comes before. Of the 25+ guys that were in my husbands RSS class 13 made it, wchich is a high # most of the time it was only classes of 3-5. I know from him telling me stories a reason some guys dont make it is they dont stay motivated or focused. Its a very stressful time for these guys and which they are in class if an instructor ever hears them say "I Cant" or "this is too hard" anything like that they can and will get droped.
If they drop from air crew or rss, like one of his buddies did, he got sent out with the fleet as undesignated. Sometimes they may just get a new rate, but once you dop this rate you are done, even if you are in A school and then you start over.
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Permalink Reply by Cinthia on
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Hi I just wanted to ask how long was ur husbands training for AIRR in pensacola ? My husband is about to start his A school there and we are so confused about the length of time he will be in FL? Not sure if I should move there or not
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Permalink Reply by NavyWife10 on
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Ashley- did the Navy pay for you to move to Frac with your husband? Mine will be going to a-school in two weeks, and I was just curious as to if they pay for the move or if its out of our pocket, again!? Thanks in advance!
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Well FRAC is in Jacksonville at the mayport base. So we had to move 6 hrs from Pensacola. We had them come pack our stuff and they gave us about $400 to move. if its a bigger move you get more $$ than we did. Then We got to jax and waited a couple weeks to get our stuff. Anything we had to pay for on the way we kepts our recipts and turned in our paper work after my husband got back from SERE. We had a lot of stuff missing a nd broken so you get reembursed for all that. If you can do it your self its probably better.
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Ashley- you said on my other discussion to make sure I'm on his orders... I'm on his page 2 and other documents, such as insurance etc.. So I would assume we ( me and our daughter ) will be on his orders to move. What A school did your husband do? Mine will more than likely be Sierra.. I think the a school you go to depends on where the frac will be.. We have some friends that just graduated a school for romeo that got sent to San Diego for Frac..
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Also, did your husband have brown bagger when you lived in Pensacola?
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When we lived in pcola we had brown bagger the whole time and yeah I was on his page 2, on his tricare and everything too, but when we moved to jax I wasnt listed on his orders and I didnt even know that till we got here and it wasnt a huge deal there was something that we needed to do and couldnt because of it but I dont even remember what now so dont fret too much about it. His platform is sierra too. Its the one with the longest a school 17 weeks. I think only romeos go to SD we had some friends go there too and they got done really fast.
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Hmmmm... My husbands a school is around 6 weeks long, and its Sierra... I think Romeo is the long one. The RSS class that graduated last Thursday all got assigned to Romeo, and they're gonna be here for nine more months, so I'm pretty sure R is the long one
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You may be right . I get them mixed up Still... So if he is a sierra then frac is in SD.
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Permalink Reply by CaliMom (Maryann) on
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My son is Sierra, and is doing FRS in Norfolk VA, so Sierra is not necessarily always SD.
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Permalink Reply by ChrisAmo on
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Sierra is usually San Diego and Romeo usually J'ville. I say "usually" because with the Navy things are apt to change any time.
As for your question about failing RSS......those who pass are very motivated. If they fail and the instructors recognize that this is someone special, they'll often give them another chance. My son failed one tiny test but was allowed to repeat it and passed the next day. His friend failed the whole thing but was allowed to retake it with the next group and he passed with flying colors. But this was 2 years ago when the Navy wasn't so crowded so they may be less forgiving these days. Tell your son to stay positive, study hard, don't fool around, take it all very seriously and do not accept defeat.
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