AECF total wks in school?

shamablama · 01-15-2014, 02:21 PM

Does anyone have the current school lengths for this program? I am leaving on February 18th for AECF… originally I was leaving March 25th for AC, but I wanted the earlier ship date, and both ratings sounded awesome to me. Also, do you actually get to choose your rate or does the Navy assign that to you?

calie89 · 01-16-2014, 08:21 AM

As of right now, both of my posts from above are still current, when referring to average time in school (for an FC) I spent a little over a year in Great Lakes (including 7 weeks of boot) I will spend about 8-10 months in C school. Time in C school varies greatly based on which NEC you choose.

As for picking ET vs. FC, you do not pick. You get assigned either one during bootcamp, and will find out which towards the end of boot.

shamablama · 01-16-2014, 10:36 AM

Cool, thanks

Rogers784 · 02-08-2014, 10:28 AM

The info above was off a bit for FC's

ATT=9weeks
A School= I started mid-late November of 2013 and my class graduates on
04APR14 so its not all that long.

Bahrke · 02-08-2014, 01:05 PM

Whats up guys, Haven't been on for awhile. Thought I'd I'd stop by to throw in my 2 cents on the AECF training pipeline. I left for bootcamp 11Dec12 , graduated 08Feb14 ( Year ago today ) .. Once I crossed the street to Great Lakes I had to wait almost 2 months before I even started ATT. This was really common at that point in time.. ATT was just about 10 weeks for us. I'll say it now FOCUS on what you are learning. It's crucial to understanding your job as a whole and passing advancement tests. After ATT I waited a week and started A-School that lasted I believe around 11 weeks. I graduated around the 25th of September 2013. I was then put on the usual hold before C-School for all FC's for 3.5 months, and reported to Dahlgren, Virginia on 06Jan14 and started class for FCS/400Hz on 13Jan14. I am set to graduate 11Jul14 .. Good part is I get to take the E5 exam in March.. without my Aegis NEC .. (Better quota). Hope this helped! Got any questions about the rate, Great Lakes, anything at all please e-mail me at cody.bahrke@gmail.com!

FC3 Bahrke

Gage · 02-09-2014, 10:17 PM

A lot of misleading information.

I'm currently going through A school as an FC right now.

ATT=10 weeks for FC's, 11 weeks for ET's.
A school= 15 Weeks for FC's, ets is 19 weeks. we basically go through the same A school except FC's do not do the comms portion.

Good luck on your venture.

kforbs126 · 02-09-2014, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gage

A lot of misleading information.

I'm currently going through A school as an FC right now.

ATT=10 weeks for FC's, 11 weeks for ET's.
A school= 15 Weeks for FC's, not sure for ET's but it's relatively similar, we basically go through the same A school except they don't do the radar portion of A school.

Good luck on your ventures. But seriously, if i had to go through 19 weeks of ATT i might have committed suicide. Rather go undes than be at that school house.

Why wouldn't ET's do radar portion?

02-08-2014, 01:05 PM	#5
Bahrke Newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Dahlgren, VA Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	My experience Whats up guys, Haven't been on for awhile. Thought I'd I'd stop by to throw in my 2 cents on the AECF training pipeline. I left for bootcamp 11Dec12 , graduated 08Feb14 ( Year ago today ) .. Once I crossed the street to Great Lakes I had to wait almost 2 months before I even started ATT. This was really common at that point in time.. ATT was just about 10 weeks for us. I'll say it now FOCUS on what you are learning. It's crucial to understanding your job as a whole and passing advancement tests. After ATT I waited a week and started A-School that lasted I believe around 11 weeks. I graduated around the 25th of September 2013. I was then put on the usual hold before C-School for all FC's for 3.5 months, and reported to Dahlgren, Virginia on 06Jan14 and started class for FCS/400Hz on 13Jan14. I am set to graduate 11Jul14 .. Good part is I get to take the E5 exam in March.. without my Aegis NEC .. (Better quota). Hope this helped! Got any questions about the rate, Great Lakes, anything at all please e-mail me at cody.bahrke@gmail.com! FC3 Bahrke

02-09-2014, 10:17 PM	#6
Gage Newbie Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Naval Stations Great Lakes Posts: 12 Rep Power: 0	A lot of misleading information. I'm currently going through A school as an FC right now. ATT=10 weeks for FC's, 11 weeks for ET's. A school= 15 Weeks for FC's, ets is 19 weeks. we basically go through the same A school except FC's do not do the comms portion. Good luck on your venture. Last edited by Gage; 07-24-2014 at 04:51 PM.

01-15-2014, 02:21 PM	#1
shamablama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Newport News, Virginia Posts: 85 Rep Power: 0	Does anyone have the current school lengths for this program? I am leaving on February 18th for AECF… originally I was leaving March 25th for AC, but I wanted the earlier ship date, and both ratings sounded awesome to me. Also, do you actually get to choose your rate or does the Navy assign that to you?

01-16-2014, 08:21 AM	#2
calie89 Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Dahlgren, VA Posts: 70 Rep Power: 0	As of right now, both of my posts from above are still current, when referring to average time in school (for an FC) I spent a little over a year in Great Lakes (including 7 weeks of boot) I will spend about 8-10 months in C school. Time in C school varies greatly based on which NEC you choose. As for picking ET vs. FC, you do not pick. You get assigned either one during bootcamp, and will find out which towards the end of boot.

01-16-2014, 10:36 AM	#3
shamablama Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Newport News, Virginia Posts: 85 Rep Power: 0	Cool, thanks

02-08-2014, 10:28 AM	#4
Rogers784 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Great Lakes, Il Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	The info above was off a bit for FC's ATT=9weeks A School= I started mid-late November of 2013 and my class graduates on 04APR14 so its not all that long.