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Comment by Douglas H on June 24, 2011 at 1:03pm

Thom, my son PIR'd on May 26 and just started actual classes this week, so 3 seems to be the norm. After RTC he was kind of glad to have some down time.

Comment by Michael E. on June 24, 2011 at 9:54am

My sons indoc hold was approx three weeks.  It seems to take a while for the classes to sort themselves out and actually start.

Comment by Mike F. on June 24, 2011 at 8:55am

My sons PIR is July 1st and he fly's down to Goose Creek on the 2nd and has leave till the 4th. Your son may have a week or so before classes start.

Comment by Thom Barker on June 24, 2011 at 8:11am

My son arrived at Goose Creek LATE Monday or very early Tuesday. Does anyone have an idea how long INDOC will last before A-School actually starts?

Comment by Jmespo on June 22, 2011 at 9:28am

Thanks to all who responded.  After talking with my wife last night we think we are going to wait until Chirstmas of 2012 and plan on meeting our son in Japan.  This way we can get some more information and plan the trip when the ship returns from it deployment.  Will be a lot easier when he is in one place and we can talk to him.

Comment by William in Nashua on June 21, 2011 at 2:49pm

Hi Jmespo

 

I don't know about in Hawaii but at the nuclear school in Goose Creek for relatives to stay in a military hotel, the sailor needs to make the reservation himself for the relatives and show the military ID.

 

You can buy refundable airline tickets, they do cost a lot of money though.  With aircraft carriers your son can tell you when the carrier is going to leave but nobody knows when it will return from deployment so that is a big risk.  On subs, you never know when they are coming or going.

 

Since the George Washington is based in Yokosuka, once it is back from deployment it will be there for a while.  You can get flights from NYC to Tokyo for around $1,500-1,600 round trip, which is not much more than going to Hawaii.  You buying tickets there will be much cheaper than your son buying his tickets in Tokyo and flying to Hawaii.   Just my opinion but it seems pretty complicated to have two parties flying from opposite ends of the globe and meeting in Hawaii.  The ticket prices I am quoting are the kind you cannot refund the ticket.  I would talk to a travel agent.

Comment by Jmespo on June 21, 2011 at 10:56am

Hi, This is my son's first deployment as a nuke on the GW and I have a question for those who have been through this before.  His twin sister had a crazy idea this weekend that we plan on meeting up with her brother right after Christmas in Hawaii.  I know that nothing is certain as to when he could get leave, but is there any way you can plan these things in advance and not commit a lot of money.  I check some flights and for us to fly from NYC to Hawaii is around $1200, but my son's flight from Tokyo is $2200.  I also heard that if we visited him in Tokyo, we could stay at a military hotel, can the same thing happen in Hawaii, even though he is not stations there. Is there anybody I could contact that could give me some advice on how to do this?

 

Thanks in advance and sorry for the cross posting with other groups here.

 

Comment by Donniec on June 14, 2011 at 4:57pm

Congratulation to my son Rob and all the power school graduates.. See you all on Friday

Comment by GP on June 13, 2011 at 2:08pm

Joe, good news on both of your children.  God bless them and all who serve.  At least the 2nd time around for you, you'll know what to expect.  My son is already talking career.

Comment by GP on June 13, 2011 at 2:05pm

Scott, Great news on your son. The Enterprise!

I have to say it"  Beam me up, Scotty!"

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