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Power School Graduation
Hello! My sailor graduates on Friday from Power School at Goose Creek. Does anyone have suggestions on when to arrive? We plan on getting there by 7:30 so we have plenty of time (in theory) to get in, parked, etc. If anyone has been through the process please let me know!!!
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Rolo's Mom - I don't recall when graduation starts, but if it is at 0800, I would actually suggest getting there about 0700, as you will have to wait in line in your car to be approved from your name on the list before you can enter NNPTC. They had two lines going through the gate for check in. One was for regular employees trying to access NNPTC, and then the other line was for those of us going to graduation and we had to pull over so they could look up our name on the list. Then we parked. For our Power School graduation, due to rain we ended up having two graduations because they could not fit everyone inside Bowman Center. (I think that is the right building). Otherwise, Power School graduation is held outside. My son's graduation was the 2nd one and they had us all wait in the galley until it was our turn to have graduation.
What I wish I had known was that the shop where you could go buy NNPTC souvenirs closed at noon. By the time we got over there after my son had received his orders, they were just closing up. We probably could have stopped by there during the first graduation and shopped.
If there is a change in plans for how graduation is going to take place, your sailor is the best person to ask. And don't expect just anyone in uniform to know exactly where you should go, if they do have to split the graduation. (I learned that the hard way.)
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