after "A" school?

Comment by Lady Hamilton on June 27, 2012 at 5:12pm

Do you know what job she is going to school for?

Emma

Comment by lovemysailor1215 on June 27, 2012 at 5:35pm

She is going to school for Boatswains mate

Comment by Anti M on June 27, 2012 at 5:51pm

She may have a short wait for the class to form up, and will have a short indoc, introducing base and liberty policies.    If she doesn't already have orders to her first command, she would wait at Great Lakes until those are issued.  How long that takes can vary a great deal.

Usually they can take leave after A school and visit home, but it would only be a week or so.  If she can take leave, when she gets her orders, she tells the travel office (SATO) that she would like to detour home, they adjust the tickets, and the difference comes out of her pay.  

Comment by lovemysailor1215 on June 27, 2012 at 5:58pm

Thats good to know..thank you! She was under the impression she would start school, get her orders half way through, come home for two weeks and then have to report to her permanent duty station!

Comment by Anti M on June 27, 2012 at 7:58pm

Basically, that is what she will do.  There's a lot of hurry up and wait, and sometimes the new sailors expect the timetable to move along faster than it actually does.  They may put enough BMs through that she won't have to wait to start class, but almost every other rate waits, so.... making an educated guess here, she might have a few days of orientation and well, waiting.  Perhaps not, I haven't seen a lot posted about the BM training.  You'll have to let me know, and we can be experts for the next mom!

She might get two weeks leave, but she might not have earned that much yet.  They earn 2.5 days each month, so you can count from day one and estimate how many days she has about the time she graduates.  They might let her go in the hole, but she can't take leave again until she earns the days back.  If she deploys though, it won't matter much.  

Ideally, orders come halfway through school.  Not everything in the Navy is ideal though, so stay flexible if you want to make plans.  At least she won't be waiting for months for orders like some of the other rates with long schools!

Comment by lovemysailor1215 on June 27, 2012 at 8:33pm

Thank you! I guess I will find out soon enough..lol..She is supposed to be volunteering at her recruiters office when she comes home, so Im not sure how that works with her leave days, but I guess we will find out. Thank you!

Comment by Anti M on June 27, 2012 at 8:43pm

Good plan about the recruiting.  Of course, everything depends on her report date to her first command. Shouldn't be a problem.   So difficult to plan around the unknown!

Comment by Kathy (AOMom) on June 27, 2012 at 9:22pm

You may want to check on the volunteer benefits at the recruiters, I heard that getting back leave time is no longer available? My sailor did it but that was almost 4 years ago, and I heard that the policy changed, unless she just likes to hang out at the recruiters?

Comment by lovemysailor1215 on June 27, 2012 at 9:40pm

Her recruiter told her she had to do it for a week! I will have her check on it..thank you!

Comment by Anti M on June 28, 2012 at 9:07am

There's two programs, HARP and RAP.   HARP used to be a funded program and was suspended at one time, although I don't know if it was reinstated.  

RAP is for between A school and the first command, and can run for five days.

The most common mistake is A school students trying to do RAP while on holiday leave, it can't be used then.

http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/rap-duty

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