NSW Breakout in Boot Camp

Posted by NDx2 on September 10, 2010 at 3:06pm
Hi Dads.., new poster, so I apologize if I should have instead started this discussion in the Bootcamp grp. I'm sure the mods will point me in the right direction if so.

My son reported to RTC, Great Lakes last night with NSW contract in-hand. Before leaving, he mentioned that the NSW are grouped separately from the Big Navy while in boot camp. This site has a number of great resources regarding what to expect during boot camp. Does anyone have any further information about how the NSW breakout (for lack of a better term) is conducted and how it differs?

Thank you for posting back;
Steve

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  • Roger C February 2, 2012 at 6:47pm

    Thanks, JG! And, thank your son for me for his service...cheers!

  • JG February 2, 2012 at 6:35pm

    RC,

    All of what you stated may in fact be true now.  S went thru Basic & Pre-Buds roughly 6570 days ago and has since graduated w 286.  Our experience was - he had weekend liberty and had to return Sunday evening.

    It could be associated with whether or not they win Captains Cup if they receive weekend liberty, and the fact that Pre-Buds is literally across the road. Again, that is how it played out for us - and like many things in the course of their chosen career path - subject to change in the proverbial blink of an eye.

    Hope that helps.  Good luck to your son in his chosen path. 

    JG

    Roger C said:

    Hey JG, correct me if I'm wrong, but immediately after PIR and a brief visit with family (one hour?), your new sailor needs to grad-n-go and report to his new "ship" (this can take 5-7 hours?). Then, he/she is granted liberty for the weekend, but they still need to report back very evening by 9 or 10pm ~ their curfew. It's my understanding that overnight liberties are not being granted right now.

    rc
     
    JG said:

    KC,

    Yes they will.  Actually, in most cases or at least in our son's case it was several days.

    JG

  • Roger C February 1, 2012 at 10:09pm

    Hey JG, correct me if I'm wrong, but immediately after PIR and a brief visit with family (one hour?), your new sailor needs to grad-n-go and report to his new "ship" (this can take 5-7 hours?). Then, he/she is granted liberty for the weekend, but they still need to report back very evening by 9 or 10pm ~ their curfew. It's my understanding that overnight liberties are not being granted right now.

    rc
     
    JG said:

    KC,

    Yes they will.  Actually, in most cases or at least in our son's case it was several days.

    JG

  • JG February 1, 2012 at 8:56pm

    KC,

    Yes they will.  Actually, in most cases or at least in our son's case it was several days.

    JG

  • KC February 1, 2012 at 8:43pm

    Do they even get a few hours with parents after PIR and before Pre-BUD/S?  

  • Roger C February 1, 2012 at 7:22pm

    Thanks Jerseydad!

    Jerseydad said:

    They go from basic training pir graduation and move across the street to a pre-buds class right there at great lakes. From there it's based on competitive pst scores before they can move on to Coronado for indoc. The process is repeated again at indoc before they actually class up.
  • Jerseydad January 31, 2012 at 9:17pm
    They go from basic training pir graduation and move across the street to a pre-buds class right there at great lakes. From there it's based on competitive pst scores before they can move on to Coronado for indoc. The process is repeated again at indoc before they actually class up.
  • Roger C January 31, 2012 at 7:31pm

    Lots of good information. I'm glad I read this discussion forum first before posting. Last posting appears to be July 28, 2011. Seems to be a rather large gap of "no discussion" up to this point, or did I miss a few pages somewhere? Anyways, my NSW guy just started RTC, and we have received his safe arrival call. My question is: Has the trend lately been for these guys to grad-n-go to a pre-BUD/S ship there in GL, or are they shipping directly out to Coronado? Obviously, we're making plans now for attending PIR, and want to spend the max amount of time with him. Thanks in advance for any responses...cheers!

  • Toto V July 28, 2011 at 10:16am

    The NSW Guys will all be together and when they graduate from boot camp will stay at GL in another facility where the will wait for thier class cycle.  After which they will head out to Coronodo... good luck

  • Horseshoe09 December 4, 2010 at 4:02pm
    Thank you. We received two letters from him today - he says they will be given a phone call on Tuesday, 12/7 and be allowed a 12 hour liberty on Christmas day. We plan on going out to see him for this, followed by graduation on 1/7.
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