Christmas Exodus

[sweetmtn]

Originally Posted by Jazzy

Yeah I believe you are correct. My boyfriend left yesterday the 4th and we were speaking to his recruiter. She advised us that it may be a little longer than 8 weeks due to them allowing the RDCs to leave for break this year. Not sure if it's just for Christmas or for Thanksgiving as well. Of course the recruits won't leave.

Unless it has changed a lot...my son went in about the same time...the first week of November...his PIR was January 5th...the only holiday he got to have was since he was close to graduation was be adobted by a family for Christmas. Flying to Chicago in January was a NIGHTMARE!

[AyeeYoAP]

I actually shipped December 5th of last year You'll start training before Christmas. You won't be in bootcamp longer than anyone else (unless you get ASMO'd). I shipped out December 5 and graduated February 1st. You'll get holiday routine for Christmas and New Years and nice meal. You get a nice meal for MLK Day as well.

[llamayamaa]

Originally Posted by AyeeYoAP

I actually shipped December 5th of last year You'll start training before Christmas. You won't be in bootcamp longer than anyone else (unless you get ASMO'd). I shipped out December 5 and graduated February 1st. You'll get holiday routine for Christmas and New Years and nice meal. You get a nice meal for MLK Day as well.

I also shipped out during that time, December 3, and graduated on February 1st. But that totals 9 weeks- bootcamp is usually only 8 weeks long. We had almost a week of holidays- Christmas, New Years, MLK. I was also on p-hold for a week before my division even started p-days.

So yeah, if you're there during the holiday 'season' you'll probably be there an extra week.

[AyeeYoAP]

Originally Posted by llamayamaa

I also shipped out during that time, December 3, and graduated on February 1st. But that totals 9 weeks- bootcamp is usually only 8 weeks long. We had almost a week of holidays- Christmas, New Years, MLK. I was also on p-hold for a week before my division even started p-days.

So yeah, if you're there during the holiday 'season' you'll probably be there an extra week.

From the 5th??? Its 8 weeks. 8 weeks and 2 days.

[llamayamaa]

December 3 - February 1 = 8 weeks 4 days

Close enough to 9 weeks… still longer than a recruit would spend normally.

[D.Brothers]

So does that mean I could be there even longer bc I will be there for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years

[Angst]

Stand down dates for leave at GL (A-school) are 20 DEC - 5 JAN.

[llamayamaa]

Originally Posted by D.Brothers

So does that mean I could be there even longer bc I will be there for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years

You can either expect an extra week of training to compensate for all the holidays, or a really condensed schedule to fit everything in (we took our final test and PFA the same day we did Battlestations, which was 2 days before our PIR). Also be prepared for flu season… wintertime has higher ASMO rates because so many people get sick.