How long is Naval A, B, and C school generally? My boyfriend is in Fire Control (non-sub), and his C school will be close to my home. Are they a few months each? Is there anywhere I can find out online? His recruiters are kind of turds...
Thanks. =)
2007-09-02 18:06:33 · 5 answers · asked by F-22's are sexy! 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I was an FC in the Navy too. First off, there are no FCs on submarines - those are FTs, and have an entirely different basic school, A School, and a different selection of C Schools.
Also, there is no B School - only A and C. For FCs, their eduction generally goes through Tech Core (where they designate as an FC or ETs - members of the AECF field are one of the few jobs that don't actually have a rating in their contract), which takes about 16 weeks if I remember correctly (I did this in 1999...so it was a while ago) and is in NTC Great Lakes, IL. If he designates as an FC, A School is also in NTC Great Lakes, IL and takes 11 weeks. During the 4th week of A School, students are allowed to select their C School - all of which vary in length.
I was an 1121 FC, Phalanx CIWS Operator/Technician. My C School was in FCTCLANT Dam Neck (NAS Oceana Annex) in Virginia, and took 36 weeks to complete.
2007-09-02 18:37:34 · answer #1 · answered by theREALtruth.com 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, there are only A and C schools. Don't ask why, just press the "I believe" button on that. Second, unless he is already there, hemight not be an FC at all. Everyone in ARTC goes through Tech Core first, and then they get to choose ET or FC. Sometimes based on the needs of the Navy, you might not get to pick.
FC "A" school is in Great Lakes, and when I went through lasted 12 weeks. He will not know his "C" school until half way through "A" school when they pick orders based on their class rankings. Those "C" schools are located in both Virginia and San Diego. The length of the schools varies based on what system he gets.
Tell him if his recruiters are promising him those schools to get them in writing, otherwise he is outta luck.
2007-09-03 02:36:29 · answer #2 · answered by Rav 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The length of a "C" School depends on what type of "C" School he goes to. I was a fire controlman in the Navy. The first school was 5 months(I hear that it has been considerably shortened since in went through in 2000) My "A" school was 3 months long and both of those were in Great Lakes. My "C" School was 8 months long and I was in San Diego. Some "C" schools will be longer or shorter depending on what kind of FC he is going to be.
2007-09-03 01:26:42 · answer #3 · answered by cielita_linda2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no such thing as B school anymore.
If he is certain to get any of the FC C schools, many of them are at San Diego, Dam Neck or Dahlgren. Those range in length from a couple of months to nearly a year and sometimes more.
Between Boot Camp, Tech Core(AET) and FC A school, it is around a year or so up at Great Lakes. You will NOT be able to see him until after Pass in Review and then after He reaches the proper phase School side.. Maybe less if he gets through the self paced AET quickly.
Once they arrive at C school, there are several phases they must go through before he is allowed off base, overnight Liberty or even be allowed to live off base. Expect at least 30 days before he is allowed off base.
2007-09-03 09:30:03 · answer #4 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different schools have different lengths of time to complete as well as there are several schools he will have to complete before his B school my schooling took 8 months and I did my C schooling later at my first duty station
2007-09-03 01:16:59 · answer #5 · answered by tap158 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋