Alex called today at 1640 (Navy talk) to tell us he passed Battle Stations at 0700 this morning. Following that they had a graduation ceremony attended by about 50 different Naval captains and commanders. They played music, announced each recruit as Seaman for the first time (as opposed to recruit) and handed them their Navy ball cap.
Alex said he was very tired. He had been up since 0600 Thursday morning and had to stand a 2 hour watch Wed night/Thu morning.
Alex gave a more detailed preview of the next four months. He gets about 30 minutes to spend with family after his Pass and Review on Thursday. Then he has to move to the Great Lakes side of the base. He should be able to have dinner with us Thursday for a couple of hours. He has liberty Friday thru Monday from 0700 to 2000. He will stay at Great Lakes until September 20 and then ship out to Coronado, CA. His SWCC group classes up on October 30. That is when the real trial and weeding out begins. The initial SWCC training is basically two weeks and a 72 hour final evolution that is essentially very similar to Navy Seal training. SWCC training continues thru December 17. Alex should then get leave thru Christmas.
Between now and October 31 when SWCC classes up, Alex will continue to train at Great Lakes and Coronado with the rest of the Navy Special Warfare groups (Seals, SWCC, rescue swimmers and divers).
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