My husband graduated boot camp Dec. 7th and now is heading into A-School. Does anyone know how leave time works, like when he can come off base, or stay over night, how long? Things like that. Im trying to debate if i should move up there while he is in school or not. Its only for 10 weeks and then he will get his orders and will probably go somewhere else. So if anyone has had the experience or is a sailor can you please help me? Thanks..
2007-12-12 01:26:21 · 7 answers · asked by !*navy wife*! 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
dont move up there. if it's only 10 weeks, tough it out. you will move shortly after finishing A-school. my hubby is navy. so he went straight from bootcamp to A-school. after two weeks, they are granted leave until for a few hours, Not overnight. overnight leave comes a few weeks after that. i would make the 3 hour drive every weekend so me and our little girl could see him, whether it was for a few hours or overnight. if you dont live close enough to drive, you'll be able to talk to him. but really, i would not move, it's so temporary, it's probably not worth the effort. but to be honest, i wanted to move as close as possible to my hubby too! :)
some of the other comments say that he may not be able to leave overnight. not the situation with my experience. i took about 3 or 4 weeks. and when he could stay out overnight, we would stay together as a family at the Navy lodge.
2007-12-12 05:52:17 · answer #1 · answered by navywife 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I was in A school, we didn't get leave until Christmas standown. When you get to your A school, most of the time you have to go through "phase" where you can't leave the base and can't wear civilian clothes, etc. When I went it was 3 weeks. I've heard from friends that it varies by school.
I definitely wouldn't move anywhere for less than 2 months. There is a possibility, though, that when he gets to school he might have to wait for a class to start. While you're doing that you basically do things like clean the grounds and go to GMTs and things like that.
2007-12-12 02:02:18 · answer #2 · answered by Denise S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He will only get leave for Christmas if his "A" school authorizes it. It all depends on the need for his rating out in the fleet. He may or may not get leave at all. They will tell him all about what he is authorized to do when he gets to "A" school. IF he was smart he would stay on base even if he is authorized holiday leave because if his school is only 10 weeks long he could use what little leave he has when he PCS's to his first real command. He will only have about 12 days on the books and if he uses it for Christmas leave he will have to report straight to his next command. From experience you would rather have the time to PCS and celebrate Christmas together a little late than taken the Christmas leave. He won't be alone on base, lots of people stay back because they don't have the leave days on the books yet. You never want to go into the negative with leave because it will keep you from going on leave if an emergency comes up or something.
YOU are not authorized to move with him while he is in school. SURE you COULD go, but what a total waste of money you probably do not have. Thosands of extra dollars going towards a hotel room is just a real waste of money. It does suck, but let him finish his school. He will never be able to see you anyway between school, duty, PT, extra study. Your husband is doing his job, let him do it. He will not be able to stay overnight with you or live with you anyway so your idea is really not practical.
Once he gets his first set of orders you can get ready to move with him then and only then. Just be patient and don't blow money he doesn't have. Money is going to be very tight for the first year so be practical and listen to those of us you have been there already.
2007-12-12 02:49:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
I have been through Navy A school. It is not nearly as bad as boot camp. He will be expected to show up for his classes, probably in uniform, and the rest of the time is his, minus studying. I was not even required to stand watch on weekends, however, it was many years ago and things have changed. Most likely the changes were that he has even more freedom than when I was in.
Other than distracting him from his studies, I recommend you go with him. If you can either leave him alone for a few hours to study or even read his material and help him study, then I would say you would be more than welcome to be with him. It is more like school and less like boot camp.
2007-12-12 01:36:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
don't bother for just ten weeks he will NOT be allowed to live off base, and in fact may not ever get permission to stay overnight.
minimum 30 days before he can leave base period, in or out of uniform. He will be required to be back on base by curfew every night, even weekends.
not to mention the Navy will NOT pay for you to move there and all expenses incurred will be out of pocket.
2007-12-12 03:18:58 · answer #5 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you move up there it will be on your own dime. You will also have to find your own lodging and the BAH rate will be based on where you are supposed to be. So you can end up paying a lot more than you think out of pocket. You may get to see him, you may not it is going to depend on what he is doing, what the restrictions are, etc.. They can also change from day to day.
Then afterwards when he is finished and has his orders, the government will only pay for your things to be moved from where they are supposed to be. So you will have to go back to arrange the move. And again the trip back will be on your own dime.
2007-12-12 02:05:03 · answer #6 · answered by NWIP 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dont bother moving with him. You're REALLY going to have to get used to him being gone for much longer periods of time than that! This is good practice.
2007-12-12 01:30:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Try marks and spencers, they have a massive school range
2016-03-19 02:09:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋