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Comment by Mike K on May 21, 2011 at 1:19pm

I agree with old Lt, it is a really nice ceremony and well worth attending.  According to our son, the only ceremony really worth attending of the three if you are going to travel a good distance.  We moved our son into his apartment right after the ceremony.  They really want the sailors out soon.  We were lucky that he got leave right away and was able to be with us for the next week.

Comment by old Lt on May 21, 2011 at 9:12am

It is a very nice ceremony. Only a few minutes through the gates have everyone's id. They will check it again as you enter the building where the ceremony is. We ended up parking in the students / visitor lot, a very large lot. There were open spaces in the rear so if you have anyone with you who would rather not walk drop them off in front of the lot and park the car yourself. Give yourself at least 10 minutes to park and walk up. The building is a short walk from the front of the lot.

Everything starts on time and if I remember correctly the ceremony lasts roughly 60 to 90 minutes. After the ceremony you get a short period of time to take pictures and then they go direct to sign some papers  and get their certificates, leave papers signed etc. They tell you it only a few minutes but it was at least an hour before they came back out.

We spent some time out of the weather in the Rickover room which has exhibits and seating. 

Then they go back to their rooms to get in civilian clothes so if you want pictures get them then. They were all in a hurry to get on with the day or get home.

I think we were out of there around 11:30 1200.

Comment by GP on May 20, 2011 at 2:09pm

My wife googled our name the other day just to see if there was anything new we weren't aware of.  She was surprised to find an article about our sailor graduating the PTP in Ballston Spa.  What was really astonishing was that it included our first names and hometown.  My son knew nothing about this.  Is it common for the Navy to release this information?  We cannot figure out how the news agency that reported this obtained this info.

Comment by Steven S on May 18, 2011 at 4:18pm

Sorry for all the crappy grammar mistakes. This isn't easy on the cell phone.

Comment by Steven S on May 18, 2011 at 4:16pm

Yes, they will. You will need to find out what navy office near you to contact. There's a form your son will have to fill out . I have notes on all of this somewhere . The most important thing I learned was SIT. Sit in transit . You son will have to be there when they in pack, but with all the traveling that will be going on, they may find it daunting to schedule both movers and when they might arrive themselves. Your sons items can "sit" at a storage facility there in Goose Creek until he can get there. That's something no one told him until I called. A pro moving company will pick all up at one location. We has to get the wife's items brought to our house and then her parents took some when we all drive there. Anyway the moving company will come, pack, box, wrap everything. There could be multiple families on each truck, so they
schedule pickups in a route. It's each once you schedule it. Then you call the moving co in GC when they are ready to move in.
There are specific offices and contacts thy your son can get.
We all drive there from Texas and helped them move in.

Comment by Anthony R. on May 18, 2011 at 11:04am

Forgot to ask one more question on the subject of family moving to Goose Creek.  Will the Navy ship household goods or personal property for my son and his family or do they have to do their own move and get reimbursed? 

Comment by Anthony R. on May 18, 2011 at 9:53am

Thanks for the replies to everyone.  This is really helpful to have some other parents to talk to that have already experienced the same things.

Comment by John B on May 17, 2011 at 9:45pm

Don't know if this is typical or not. My son arrived at GC, and was assigned a dorm room. The room mate he had was married, but he lived in the dorm, and his wife was back in their hometown. After the room mate phased up, his wife moved down and joined them so they moved to an apt.

Comment by David B. on May 17, 2011 at 8:10pm

My son and his wife were together thru all schools. Got Married right after basic and she moved right in to GC.

Comment by Steven S on May 17, 2011 at 3:38pm

Anthony- my daughter in law has an email to pass to yours fr questions if you would like to have. Email me.

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