NAVY SUB SCHOOL-DADS

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Comment by Pete Ziolkowski on January 12, 2011 at 6:01am

Go Navy- John (sailor) just said that only two people either chose or got fire control and "everybody else" was sonar.  The everybody else is probably a generalization based on the people he knows.  He came over from BC with a bunch of guys in SCEF.  He did say specifically they gave them at least a talk on the different ratings and he thought FCT was most interesting so he applied for that.  He didn't mention nav or communications but I think communications is seperate from the SCEF group (ET, ST, FT).  Pete

Comment by Jack Pouchet on January 11, 2011 at 10:08pm

BESS ends already? Seems like my son hardly got started especially with the Christmas stand down time. Guess I need to check in with him and see how the studies are going. I thought his class was going until mid-Feb.

Comment by Mitch on January 11, 2011 at 2:43pm

My son is waiting on the next BESS to start. When they got there last week, they told them they would be on hold for a couple of weeks.

Comment by Pete Ziolkowski on January 11, 2011 at 10:13am

Which A schools are they waiting for?  THe BESS class that is finishing this friday I heard has a lot of SCEF that chose sonar and only two that chose fire control rating.  Pete

Comment by John W Parker on January 11, 2011 at 9:09am

I doubt hes just sitting around waiting... :) But I know what your saying, my son is waiting to class up for his "A" school.

Comment by Mitch on January 10, 2011 at 10:52pm

Son graduated from bootcamp right before Christmas. In Groton on hold now. Waiting on school to start.

Comment by Jack Pouchet on December 30, 2010 at 11:06pm

KHK,

 

BESS lasts a while, is you son in the class that just started? Looks like that was scheduled to end in Feb. After that there could be three to four mini-classes that comprise his A-school for his rate.

 

Then it is off to either Bangor or Kings Bay for another six months of C-school. Unless they get rushed to the fleet for OJT, which is really hard for a NUB. 

 

Depending upon how long the A-school takes and availability of slots for a C-school it could be 1 1/2 years + before a real cruise.

Comment by ctyankee on December 30, 2010 at 9:24am

I'm pretty sure the rating has a lot to do with what he does next, but a cruise is probably not going to happen before passing his school(s) -- emphasis of the plural.

Comment by Pete Ziolkowski on December 30, 2010 at 8:23am

Comment on what happens after Bess- Good question. I am not exactly clear on this myself but I think it depends on his A school- If he is SCEF, I know they get assigned one of three schools (fire control, sonar or I think nav.) and they may or may not have to wait for a class to form up so they might go on hold.  I think there are also a couple of computer based courses they need to take that they might have to do on their own.  Pete

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on December 29, 2010 at 11:24pm

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