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boatswains mate
my fiancé will be attending A school in great lakes. he will be a boatswains mate and I heard it should only be four weeks long. How does the school work? Will I be able to see him during this time? Can we get married during this time? Can he stay with me in a hotel? Anyone with any info please let me know... I am going crazy not knowing.
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Permalink Reply by Deb (FC Mom) on
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The short and not so sweet answers are no & no. I know you don't want to hear that but he needs to focus on learning his job right now. There are a lot of things that have to happen in order for your sailor to have the privileges to do those things, not the least of which is getting the approvals to get married. Be patient, support your sailor and accept the process. Military life is not for the front of heart. Good luck.
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*feint of heart* not front
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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The school is only four weeks, but he may need to wait a week or so for a few more new sailors to graduate to make up a class.
He cannot stay offbase overnight, not until he earns phase three liberty and then it would only be a weekend night, with permission for you to be his liberty buddy.
While in training, he is supposed to put in a special request chit to let them know he wants to get married, he's supposed to go to a class. With such a short school, he may not have time to get that done. It wouldn't get you "on his orders" anyway, the time frame is too short.
After A school, he has the chance to take a week or so of leave and travel home. That would be your best chance to marry.
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Permalink Reply by mysailor_myanchor0701 on
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I've read that BM's A School is 6 weeks... and now I'm reading 4 weeks? Lol. I was expecting my hubby to be home around the middle of October and I thought about making a trip out there one weekend to see him but if it's only 4 weeks then I won't go. Can anyone clarify? :)
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Depends on if they're counting "seat time" which is the length of the school, or actual time he will be at Great Lakes. A four week school can take over six weeks as they do not always have enough bodies to fill a class right away, and often the first week is indoc, which is a series of intro to the base and Navy classes. Hard to pin down because it can vary!
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Permalink Reply by Nicole (Caleb's fiance) on
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It is listed in the book the recruiting office has as a 4 week A school, but that's the length of how long the school takes. I was told it can take weeks or months for them to start the school or it might be that Monday after PIR it all depends on how many recruits there are.
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Permalink Reply by EmilyNicole98 on
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Hi! My husband is a BM and was in school in fall of 2012. His school was 4 weeks with a 1 week waiting period. I went to visit in week 3 and he was phase 3 so he was able to get a chit to stay in an off base hotel with me all weekend. He had just gotten his orders as well. After school, he had two weeks of leave before having to report to his new command. They bought him a plane ticket from Chicago to Washington (his new duty station) so we had to drive him back to Chicago for that flight.. They wouldn't book it from the city where he was staying on leave. You could get married when he is phase 3, but because BM school is so short it would make more sense to wait until he graduates. You will not be on his orders either way because of how fast his school is.
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My son will graduate Aug 28th & he will be attending A school in Great Lakes. My questions is will he be able to stay with us all weekend or will he be reporting to his A school on Saturday instead of Sunday? We were hoping to spend some time with him before his schooling.
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