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Living at Great Lakes while husband is in A school
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Permalink Reply by jessisawesome87 on
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I lived in Forrestal while my husband was in ET A school. It was ok. Most students live in the apartments. They're smaaaaaallll, and at the time I was living there, there wasn't any information about them on the housing website. If you're lucky, and there isn't an apartment available, you could get one of the duplexes. But it worked for us for the 6 months we were there. It took my husband about a month to class up and get his live ashore chit approved.
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Permalink Reply by Anna on
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Thanks for replying. We have twins so hopefully we can get a duplex or a house. My husband will be ET or FC when finished with RTC as well. He's hoping to get ET. Did the Navy pay for your move, and do you know if C School will be in GL for ET? Thanks
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It's luck of the draw really. You'll definitely get a place with 2 bedrooms, but whether it's an apartment or a duplex is really based on what's available. They try to keep the students away from where the instructors live. The Navy did pay for my move from California. ET C school is not in Great Lakes. San Diego, Virginia, Maryland, and Florida are the main ones, I believe. My husband has done 2 C schools in San Diego, but his main one out of A school was in Virginia then Maryland.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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I was an ET, the C schools are all over the place, and vary widely in length. I went to several, but my main one was on an Army base in Georgia. It is still in operation, although updated. That one was 6 months, I have been to some as short as 4 weeks.
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Thanks for replying, We were told ET C school is in GL and FC C school could be in FL, MD, CA, VA. Did that change recently for ET? I wanted to complete my education at a community college in GL while my husband finished his training. Assuming he will be in GL the entire length of his training if he gets ET.
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ET C school hasn't been in Great Lakes for several years. I don't know why they keep telling sailors that it is. My husband graduated bootcamp in August, and was done with A school in June of the next year, and we moved from Great Lakes beginning of July. With hold times between Boot Camp, ATT, and A school, you could be there a little more than a year.
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Try not for several decades! There was no C school for ETs there when I went through, ages ago. Maybe there are so many options the recruiters just don't know.
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We were informed on several different issues that now we have discovered are not what we where originally told... Its good to know this info. I always like to have a plan, which was to finish school, however I'm beginning to realize that I'm going to have to just ride the wave for a while longer. Its a sacrifice but I know it will be worth it all in the long run..
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