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Welcome to the Division Discussion for Divisions 049 and 050

These two divisions are brother divisions and will be training together from the beginning through BS21 their final test. Your SRs, soon to be SAILORS, are becoming friends, and some of them may be heading to A School together.

Get to know each other, your SRs are!

Please still use the Main Wall of the PIR Group to post questions, and concerns, we “veteran” moms don’t always get to into the discussion area as often as we would like.

Every single question that is asked is important Every single concern is genuine Every single member is important to us We don't want to accidentally overlook any of them or you.

Hang in there!!!

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i think this is where i belong i am still hoping to find out if anyone knows when the liberty will be after graduation.  i am looking forward to getting to know families that are going through the same things.

Liberty Call will be made at the end of the Ceremony. They will call out "Liberty call, Liberty call. Prepare your Sailors for Liberty". The RDC's will do so and Liberty will begin :-)

Now, Liberty will differ depending upon where your new Sailor attends A school. It is broken down in two ways:

DEPARTING RECRUIT TRAINING COMMAND AFTER PASS-IN-REVIEW

Sailors transferring to Great Lakes “A” School:

If your new Sailor is attending “A” school in Great Lakes please note they will need to check into their new command before they can go on liberty. The Great Lakes “A” schools are not located onboard Recruit Training Command. The check-in process may take up to 5 hours. Please ensure your Sailor has your phone number so they can contact you once they have completed the check-in process.

Sailors transferring to “A” School Outside of Great Lakes:

If your new Sailor is attending “A” School outside of Great Lakes, generally they will depart RTC the day after graduation. Travel arrangements are made by RTC; therefore, Sailors are required to travel on their government orders. If your Sailor is flying out of state they must travel to the airport using government transportation, you may not escort them to the airport; however, you may meet them at the airport.

Your Sailor will receive guidance from their Recruit Division Commander regarding their liberty period on the day of graduation. Your Sailor may be required to check out with their RDC prior to commencing liberty. Please ensure you return to RTC with adequate time for your Sailor to reach his barracks prior to expiration of liberty.

RTC does not have your Recruits liberty or travel schedule, so you will need to stay in contact with them. Only your Recruit and their supervisor know their specific liberty schedule.

A few extra details and possibilities:

Sailors transferring to Great Lakes “A” School

This means Sailors who will be attending “A” school at Great Lakes Naval Station at TSC – Training Support Center. They transfer from RTC Friday, after Graduation, to move over to their new barracks. This can take from 3-5 hours. I do not know how much time they get directly after graduation to spend with you before they have to go move their things and get settled and briefed. I am sure it is not very long though. Make sure they have a working calling card to call you when they are done. You can also go over to TSC and wait there for them. There is a Visitors Center and a Museum. See this link: RTC Website Graduation Schedule/Sailor Departure/Liberty and Museum...When they are done they may spend the rest of PIR day with you. They will be given a time to report back to their barracks. Then they should get Saturday and Sunday to spend with you. Times and such will be given to you by your Sailor. This could change daily!

Here is a link to the:

Abridged Phased Liberty Policy (clickable link) for TSC (Training Support Center) GL.

Sailors transferring to “A” School Outside of Great Lakes

This means those Sailors who will be attending “A” school somewhere other than Great Lakes. They usually get to leave right after PIR and spend the rest of the day with you. This is subject to change. The time they report back to RTC on Friday …is subject to change! (Are we seeing a pattern here?) It is usually 8-9 PM. They then get ready (or already are)…TRY to get some sleep and then muster up and board the buses to go to their airports around 1-3 AM Saturday Morning (this can vary). Their flight could be ANYTIME on Saturday…the Navy only makes ONE trip for all Sailors. There are three airports. Midway, (Milwaukee-don't hear much about them departing from here), O’Hare. You won’t know which one probably until PIR day. It is possible to find out before PIR though. If there are flight availability issues then they will “depart” RTC another day…these Sailors will be “on hold” on RTC and may have extra liberty (yippee!)

Make sure your Sailor has a working Calling Card just in case they need to contact you if you are going to the AP to see them off.

that would be nice if he had extra liberty

thank you for the information he is going out of great lakes i just am glad i can see him graduate

I would like to know too about how much liberty do they get. My son will be going to A school in another state in the south
I believe if you click on the your guide to PIR on the left it gives a breakdown of the days events. Will your SR stay in GL for A school or fly out.

he is leaving the great lakes area

My son is in this division and he will be leaving the Great Lakes area too
My son is in this division. I can't wait to see him soon.

What "A" school will yours be attending. Mine will be going to GC, SC.

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