From U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command:
We are no longer using the term Grad & Go because it no longers means anything. Yes, the initial form letter home still contains the term but that's only because those letters were pre-printed and we're using them up before... the new letters omitting the term are used.
Years ago, Grad & Go referred to those recruits flying on the same day as graduation. Now it referred only to the recruits checking into their A School here in Great Lakes the same day as graduation. All other recruits either departed on Saturday or later in the week.
Today, all recruits depart either Friday (if staying in Great Lakes) or on Saturday (if going out of state for A School).
We are instructing the RDCs to stop using the obsolete term because, again, it doesn't mean anything.
The term has been removed from our website and we do not even use it on Facebook
I hope that helps.
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