there is not a specific day...BS21 typically start Sat. ni8ght and depending on number of divisions can end as late as Thursday....only two divisions run through at a time....and when he is done he'll call....though sometimes not for a few hours....

understand the frustration, but he has to "chive up" and do his best.  I'm not sure how long before he can "strike for a rate", but his odds of being successful are going to be pretty dependent on his mental state and evals for what ever job he is currently doing.  There has to be a realistic view of service in the Navy......for example serve on a carrier and everyone has to serve in the galley/mess "cranking".....there is always bad with the good regardless- much like life in general.  You may have to have a "cowboy up" talk with him.....there are opportunities out there, but there is always a measure of being in the right place at the right time with the right attitude. I wish there were a simple formula, but there is isn't - and I wish I could tell you what to say or do, but I have no wonderful solution on how to motivate-- I still have to have those talks my my sailor and he is serving in Hawaii and had his PIR in '07! 

hey Jerome...this Navy journey is as much a learning challenge for we parents as it is for our sailors!!!  We all had to face some of these issues and the biggest challenge sometimes is to step back and realize our "little kids" are not kids anymore and they must start to make their way in life on their own!!!  Fair winds and following seas Navy Dad !!!!