AECF field info sheet...

[FutureSailor]

The lengths of the schools are never exact; they're more like approximations. I can pretty much guarantee that you'll be in Great Lakes for about a year though. You have ATT, A-school, and then you'll be put on hold to wait for orders which, currently, are taking at least a couple months to get.

[DiNovo]

My question concerning the AECF program is if FCs do pretty much everything ETs do and also deal with the firing systems why do ETs go to school for a longer period of time?

I'm just curious, because no matter what job I get I'm going to do my best to make top scores and work my ass off. Also, I was told that FCs spend more time at sea which I'm interested in.

[kforbs126]

Originally Posted by DiNovo

My question concerning the AECF program is if FCs do pretty much everything ETs do and also deal with the firing systems why do ETs go to school for a longer period of time?

I'm just curious, because no matter what job I get I'm going to do my best to make top scores and work my ass off. Also, I was told that FCs spend more time at sea which I'm interested in.

They don't do the same thing ET's do. ET's do comms and radar and FC's do weapon systems. There is a big difference in what we both do. FC's are a sea going rate and I do know their first tour is 5 years at sea then 2nd is 5 years compared to ET's which is 4 years then 3.

[DiNovo]

Interesting. Thanks for the information. I've seen the manning levels for ETs and FCs. The probability of being assigned ET seems to be more likely since the manning levels are lower, but a friend of mine said during boot camp he was told he would be an ET, but when he was being assigned he made a suggestion that he would rather be a FC and he got the latter instead.

Regardless, I plan on make the best out of whatever I get.

[kforbs126]

Originally Posted by DiNovo

Interesting. Thanks for the information. I've seen the manning levels for ETs and FCs. The probability of being assigned ET seems to be more likely since the manning levels are lower, but a friend of mine said during boot camp he was told he would be an ET, but when he was being assigned he made a suggestion that he would rather be a FC and he got the latter instead.

Regardless, I plan on make the best out of whatever I get.

I find that hard to believe that he made a suggestion and got what he wanted. They usually have your orders cut and that's when you find out what you'll be. But I guess it could happen that way.

[KaiserBachfeld]

Originally Posted by FutureSailor

The lengths of the schools are never exact; they're more like approximations. I can pretty much guarantee that you'll be in Great Lakes for about a year though. You have ATT, A-school, and then you'll be put on hold to wait for orders which, currently, are taking at least a couple months to get.

I am assuming that the training called 'Advanced Electronics Technical Core Fundamentals' (on the first sheet) and 'Apprentice Technical Training' (on the second/third sheets) is A-school. Then C-school refers to the advanced training when the FCs and ETs split. Is this correct?

I have a ship date of 20150607 for the Navy Reserve. I will be an ET since there are no FCs in the Reserve.

FutureSailor, you mentioned that the dates are approximations. So A-school could be anywhere from 9 to 19 weeks and C-school could be anywhere from 13 to 42 weeks? That seems like a large variation. The .doc file is dated 01/08 so we could probably throw that one out and stay with last .pdf file name 'aecf_06_11' that is dated 06/11. The first .pdf file named 'AECF' is a different format and has no date. Throwing out the .doc form doesn't change the approximate length because it lands between the two .pdf files.

I am trying to plan out my training schedule so that my wife (and future baby due 20151018) will know how to plan and what to expect. I may have them come live with me during C-school especially if my training is over 6-months and the Navy pays to move them to Great Lakes.

I should be completed with RTC on about 20150817 (two months after my ship date). I understand that I then will go directly to the barracks and begin A-school. According to the posted info sheets, I will complete A-school sometime between between October 2015 and January 2016 (based on the approximations from the posted job sheets). Then from what you said I may be sitting around on base for a couple of months to get my orders for C-school to begin (I assume I would have permission to take leave, will I still get paid during that time)? So I may start C-school some time between December 2015 and March 2016. Then I will finish C-school sometime between March 2016 and December 2016.

Does anyone know what the training schedule looks like around Federal holidays such as Christmas? My calculations earlier didn't include any holiday time off so it may be finished with my training at the end of January 2017.

Thank you for any help that can be provided. I am not worried about it but my wife certainly is.