Coming Home from A School?

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Permalink Reply by Dale Wiles on July 18, 2018 at 9:55am

Regina, MA "Master at Arms" is what they are called in the Navy. It was two years ago but if I remember correctly they can change their flight home and then to the base that is deploying them. They are allowed up to the price of the ticket and if it comes to more than that they have to pay the difference. MA graduation can see some of the MAs leave right away and they might get back before the family. They can also have a delay sometimes because their orders aren't official yet. Our MA had to wait almost a week before he could get out of Lackland. He did reroute his flight. One thing. If he reroutes his flight he should make sure that he allows extra time to get to the base for deployment. Our MA had a weather problem here in Colorado and the flight was delayed. Luckily, the air line, Delta, got him on another flight. However, he almost didn't get to the base in time for the Navy flight out to his deployment. In addition, he needs to carry on anything he might need for a week or two. Our MA had his bags left at the base in Virginia because the Navy didn't get them on the plane. It took two weeks for the Navy to get his bags to his new base. Dale

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Permalink Reply by Regina Gonzalez on July 18, 2018 at 10:00am

Thank you for the correction. Wow. Now I am really confused hah! So the flight they are giving him, is it to come home before he goes to his duty station?  Also, if I am reading your post correctly, he has to fly back to Lackland so that they can send him to his duty station?  

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Permalink Reply by Dale Wiles on July 18, 2018 at 10:09am

They give them tickets home before deployment. They change them to come home and then go to the base for deployment. He shouldn't have to go back to Lackland unless they have told him he has to. The way it worked for our MA is he changed his ticket, came home, left from home to the base in Virginia and then they fly them to the deployed base. Your brother has a couple of days. He needs to go in and ask them more questions to make sure he knows what he is doing and his options. He will need to make sure everyone attending the graduation is on the list given to the gate. If he leaves a name off there will be a delay at the gate to take care of that. Some of the gates at Lackland are not 24 hours so the two gates that are open are the one on Luke Blvd and one on Valley HI.

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