18 Weeks Later... I'm Back! (Fall 2014)

[Haasino]

Originally Posted by NavyPanther

Is staying so long in great lakes common?

I wouldn't say common... but Recruits going into special programs that require more stringent medical exams are more likely than your average GM, AE, etc. to end up in the Temporary Holding Unit following graduation while they wait on medical waivers. It's not bootcamp... you work admin and support jobs, stand watch with RDC's during the night, and you get liberty in phases like you will at A School. I got to spend weekends in Chicago and Lake Forest, then moved on to Pensacola with everyone else.