My son's girlfriend asked me a question that I don't know the answer to, so I'll ask it here: After my son has his PIR and moves on to A-school, and presumably graduates from there some day, is there an official celebration that marks that occasion, too? She asked the question, and now we're all wondering just how many Navy functions we might be attending in the years to come.
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PIR after boot camp is the big one.
For nukes, power school grad is almost that big.
Those were the only two where they had an admiral and a big deal.
Don't worry -- after PIR most promotion ceremonies are not a big deal except for the participants.
You don't have to be there for anything more -- no big deal -- maybe if your recruit makes MCPON you should be there.
Thanks for the answer, Gary T.
To answer the question ref: A-School graduations. These are a rather small brief ceremony in which certificates are given. Family may attend upon request. Your sailor must gain permission and must escort you onto the base. My sons GM A-School made special arrangements for family. I have heard of several other rates offering the same opportunity. Once your sailor starts A-School he can ask for the latest information.
Thanks Hannah, I value your posts. Actually, we're really putting the cart before the horse, because my son hasn't made it through boot camp yet, but with each week that passes, I gain a little more confidence that he'll make it!
I think we wouldn't mind a carrier Tiger Cruise. We got very spoiled because our time was near perfect weather-wise, and I'm quite sure the seas wouldn't be as friendly ever again. A carrier certainly would be more stable, except I doubt they could ever put the aft rails in the water on high-speed turns like what we did.
Yeah, I'd recommend watching The Carrier for anyone with kids in the Navy. It seems some really take to it, but others find it's not at all what they had expected or been promised.
It's a 10 part series. We downloaded it from Amazon and watched it while on flight of our recent vacation.
Anyway, their Tiger Cruise was five days from Hawaii to San Diego. Would think it might get a tad crowded.
No, unless our daughter's destroyer turned into an aircraft carrier back in April and they didn't tell us. LOL! But there is a difference in a Tiger Cruise, depending on where the home port is located. I believe most on the East Coast are day, or maybe overnight cruises, but on the West Coast it depends on where the last port is prior to reaching the home port.
We had to "suffer" through flying to Hawaii and then all that way to San Diego. Poor us!
And two of the days we had glass seas - no waves (other than the ones we were making) and absolutely no breeze. Not even an occasional stirring of the water, except behind us.
Don't know the answer to your question, but that Carrier series by PBS was awesome. I watched the whole series myself, then watched parts of it again with my wife. I liked it because it was so "real." It wasn't just a lot of drum-thumping, but showed real people having real questions and the true melting pot that is the U.S. Navy. Highly recommended, and available for streaming via Netflix if you have that. I think it's 8-10 one-hour episodes.
Is a Tiger Cruise only for the aircraft carrier? I was watching the documentary The Carrier the other day. The Tiger Cruise looked pretty cool.
Thanks for the answers, guys.
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