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Comment by Joe on March 5, 2010 at 11:39am

From GL to A School is the first 6 months, the ceremony from A to Power School is not such a big deal like GL to GC according to my son who is now in power school. He says graduating Power School is similar but a smaller ceremony and many families attend that day. The navymoms back that up.

Comment by Steven S on March 5, 2010 at 9:10am

Is there a graduation after the first 6 months.. That's considered power school right?

Comment by Joe on March 4, 2010 at 6:13pm

hi jeff b... my son is in power school ,graduating 5/14...we hear very little from him. he spoke of the back up, maybe 10mths. this has been the case since he was in bootcamp ,when i joined this site. i thought the backup was due to maint.issues at the NY prototype facility.

Comment by Jeff B. on March 2, 2010 at 9:25am

My son graduates May 14th (I think) - sounds like they could be in the same class.......I remember that was how the military was when I was in also.......everything may change at a moments notice.......he also mentioned that a lot of the guys were trying to plan for where they will be stationed and where they will live........
T track is when they are waiting to class up and they are given assignements like cleaning, painting, or whatever needs to be done around the base.......they will do various duties as assigned until class starts - that could be anywhere from days to months depending.......right now it "sounds" like it will months after power school before they start prototype...

Comment by GP on March 2, 2010 at 9:01am

My son was told the same although he doesn't graduate until May. He is not even sure if they need to find off base housing while on T track. He was told that things are always changing (what else is new in the Navy?) so any news he hears can change completely the next day.

Comment by Steven S on March 2, 2010 at 8:59am

It sounds as if he is on the 15/3. He had 6 over the weekend. He says he has a 3.3 on a 4 scale. (?) I asked about any PT and he said it was somewhat unorganized and a little frustrating. I'm sure they are concentrating more on academics at this point though. He's buying out the Subway there from what I can tell. : )
Jeff - T track?

Comment by Jeff B. on March 2, 2010 at 8:44am

My son said that there seems to be a backlog going into prototype. He graduates from power school in a couple months, but not sure when he will actually go to prototype. Has anyone else run into this lately? What are they having them do in the interim? I imagine back on T track but was checking if anyone had other info.....thanks Jeff

Comment by Mike K on March 1, 2010 at 6:23pm

The way study works as I understand it is that when the sailor first classes up, they are assigned a study plan such as 15/3. What that means is they must log 15 hours of study a week with a minimum of 3 hours per day. This is assigned by each classes leading Petty Officer. Depending on how the sailors do on tests, this mandatory study will be adjusted. If they do really well, they could go on vols, which basically means they need to get their work done but they do not have mandatory study hours to keep. Our son has been lucky enough to be on vols most of the time. Some though who really struggle can get to as many as 35/5 our son said, he has seen this. The key to the school is that the sailors need to keep on top of their studies and if they have trouble, make use of the help available from either their classmates or the night duty instructors of which there are at least one on duty each night. The Navy really wants these sailors to succeed and they do a lot to try to make that happen.

Comment by GP on March 1, 2010 at 9:02am

Steve....Pre planned study is actually "mandatory" study time. Can range anywhere from voluntary to 30 hours or more per week depending on how well he's doing in classes. I know my son has had his changed at least 5 times since last June.

Comment by Frank on February 28, 2010 at 1:03pm

Steve
We had an enjoyable trip. We went to the NEX and the clothing sales store with Franklin. All of the new arrivals are buying the windbreaker, patent leather shoes and the rough boots. It definately beats spit shinning and wearing the p coat all the time. We were hoping he could bring a friend along but the liberty rules said only riding with immediate family for the 1st 4 weeks. He has been calling routinely but I am sure that will come to a screeching halt oncehe starts class. I looked at your page. Franklin is a native Texan as he was born at Ft. Hood. I retired out of there in 92.
Have a good week.

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