AECF FC A school and beyond

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Comment by Mary, Proud Mom on August 2, 2010 at 7:28am

And that incentive carries on to C school as well, the top students get first pick of orders that are but the classes are much smaller. In our son's case - the choices were one set of orders to Hawaii and four sets of orders for Norfolk. He was Honor Grad for the class so...he is enjoying Hawaii!

Comment by FC1 (SW) Sean M. Officer on August 2, 2010 at 7:19am

Tim - Nat is in Phase I of ATT. They have different hours than we do here in 'A' school which is why he is on the night shift. Once he finishes ATT, he will be on a 0630-1530 schedule. The 'C' school he gets depends largely on 2 factors. The first is what orders we get when it comes time for him to pick. The second is his academic performance. The better he does in school, the higher up the pecking order he will be when it comes time to pick. The top guys get first pick out of the orders we have available at the time. the bottom guys get stuck with whatever is left over. It's a great incentive to do well in school.

Comment by Jim Butler on August 2, 2010 at 7:13am

Thanks for the info, FC. Really looking forward to that. I think he's going to hold out for the holidays before taking any leave, so probably won't see him this fall. Momma's ok with that, as long as we get some time over the holidays.

Jim

Comment by FC1 (SW) Sean M. Officer on August 2, 2010 at 7:11am

Jim - christmas stand down is different everywhere you go but generally they are 14-20 days long split into 2 groups, Christmas and New Years. Usually a sailor gets the chioce of one or the other. In some instances, like here in Great Lakes, we have the option to take both leave periods. That is not to common in the fleet though. Have to have enough people to cover the duty sections. I am not sure exactly how it will be managed in VA but your sailors should have plenty of heads up.

Comment by Jim Butler on August 1, 2010 at 4:05am

It's great to hear that. He mentioned that they had a new SDC and that a lot of guys had been failing personal inspections lately. He seemed to think they were pretty much screwups, like they were just being dumb. He also said they were doing PT 3 times a week, which he loves.

Jim

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom on July 31, 2010 at 9:27pm

Hi Jim,
Our son had holiday leave while at GL and then reported to Dahlgren on Jan 5th so we never experienced stand down in VA. I do not know if C school holiday stand down is the same dates as A school or not so hoping FC1 can give you some solid info.

Congrats to your son on his triple - so nice to hear his pride and excitement.

Comment by Jim Butler on July 31, 2010 at 11:16am

FC1, Mary?...anyone know the typical holiday schedule for Xmas at the C Schools down in Va? Xmas this year is a Saturday, so New Years, too. We're planning some family time over the holidays and are trying to figure out what the typical liberty scenario is around the holidays.
Chris thinks he may have his first Drill Team performance on 9/11, but wasn't sure. He said he "landed a triple" the other day, meaning a triple spin of the drill rifle, for us non-initiates :) and he was pretty excited. He mentioned that when you miss, "...it really HURTS". Sounded like the voice of experience to me :)

Jim
Jim

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom on July 28, 2010 at 10:20am

FCs has evening sessions as well Timothy. He won't know what C school until the end of A school or later (in some cases recently).

Comment by Timothy W. Puffenbarger on July 28, 2010 at 10:13am

one question nat said he was in class 4 to 12 pm as a fc guess they chgned some things thought that was for et and not fc but he likes it better i think..........how will he know wht c school he wil got to sean?

Comment by Timothy W. Puffenbarger on July 28, 2010 at 10:10am

well been a bit but been so busy heads spinning but nat is doing good hes a E3 now and taking a test thurs to be able to wear civies and have his first beer in a good while lol but got chosen to stay on board his ship for a school unfournatly it has no a/c just fans and been hot but hes ok and looking forward to tommmorrow and we plan on making a trip to see him again on labor day keep yr eye on him sean ty see ya in a week me and wife off for vacation....tc

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