Submarine Officer's Basic Course (SOBC)

My hubby was picked upward STA-21. I've written several weblog posts most our power school as well as prototype inwards South Carolina. It is surreal to me to live writing this ship service most the concluding slice of his STA-21 journey, going to SOBC inwards Connecticut. It doesn't appear that long agone that nosotros received the tidings that he was picked upward STA-21. It was such a whirlwind leaving Hawaii to deed to North Carolina for him to larn his score inwards mechanical engineering; all also shortly he graduated college as well as nosotros were off to South Carolina going through the officeholder pipeline.It is crazy to me that in a few curt weeks nosotros volition live dorsum to the fleet. When nosotros left the fleet for the STA-21 program, I felt nosotros had all the fourth dimension inwards the world. I tried to remind myself along the way that the fourth dimension would sideslip away from us, but it is i thing to know it as well as some other to live it.

But I digress. Right at in i lawsuit my hubby is at SOBC (Submarine Officer's Basic Course). This is an unaccompanied schoolhouse inwards Connecticut. Unaccompanied agency that the Navy does non deed the household unit of measurement upward spell the service fellow member attends this school. The schoolhouse is most ix weeks long. It seems the service members tin flaming attend SOBC at diverse points spell they are going through the officeholder pipeline: earlier might school, inwards betwixt might schoolhouse as well as prototype, or afterwards prototype. It also seemed that the most mutual fourth dimension to attend SOBC was inwards betwixt might schoolhouse as well as paradigm or afterwards completing prototype. My hubby attended SOBC afterwards graduating prototype. While nosotros were inwards South Carolina, it seemed most spouses chose out of the next options spell their service fellow member was at SOBC:

• If the service fellow member went to SOBC inwards betwixt might schoolhouse as well as paradigm (attending paradigm inwards South Carolina, non moving from South Carolina to upstate New York), they stayed pose inwards South Carolina.
• If the service fellow member went to SOBC earlier might schoolhouse as well as paradigm or afterwards completing might schoolhouse as well as prototype, they would pack upward their solid (or piece of occupation out their HHG inwards storage for a bit) as well as become amongst their husband on their ain dime to SOBC. As far equally I know, this agency staying inwards the Chalet (a Navy hotel on base) for a brace months amongst their spouse.
• If the service fellow member went to SOBC afterwards completing might schoolhouse as well as prototype, moving to the side yesteryear side duty station on orders.
• If the service fellow member went to SOBC afterwards completing might schoolhouse as well as prototype, packing upward their house, putting their HHG inwards storage, as well as moving dorsum abode amongst their household unit of measurement spell the service fellow member is at SOBC.

I also noticed that it seemed that a lot of the families without children had to a greater extent than flexibility when it came to living arrangements during SOBC. For instance, it is much easier to alive inwards a hotel room amongst your husband for 2 months when y'all produce non also bring lots of petty kids to ground with. They also had a amend might to move during those times, visiting their husband for a calendar week or 2 inwards SOBC or packing upward their house, putting their HHG inwards storage, as well as living one-half of the fourth dimension amongst household unit of measurement dorsum abode as well as one-half of the fourth dimension amongst their husband at SOBC.

As for the hateful solar daytime to hateful solar daytime life spell at SOBC, I recommend reading A (Very) Unofficial Submarine Officer Pipeline Rundown's weblog ship service "Submarine Officer Basic School (SOBC) Rundown." After prototype, nosotros packed out our solid as well as I went to alive amongst my household unit of measurement spell he went to SOBC. I bring non been to Connecticut as well as produce non know what life is similar in that place or most life inwards the Chalet. Here are our reasons for moving inwards amongst household unit of measurement spell he is at SOBC:

• A lot of the people nosotros knew had already moved/were moving shortly from South Carolina. Because nosotros had gone to South Carolina for him to consummate might schoolhouse as well as prototype, when he finished those schools his classmates also left for SOBC or to become to the boat. That meant that I was proverb good-bye to a lot of the friends that I had made.
• We bring four children as well as the persuasion of living inwards the Chalet (a hotel room) amongst a 6-year old, twin 4-year olds, as well as a infant for ix weeks only didn't audio rattling appealing.
• We bring orders to the westward coast as well as our household unit of measurement is on the eastward coast. We don't know when nosotros volition wing dorsum to visit, particularly since nosotros also don't know the boat schedule (or how boat life volition be). It seemed like a proficient persuasion to pass some fourth dimension amongst household unit of measurement earlier moving as well as hence far away.
• A pocket-size bonus to this would hateful that our HHG volition definitely live at our side yesteryear side duty station when nosotros become far afterwards SOBC.

Those were our reasons for moving inwards amongst household unit of measurement spell my hubby went to SOBC. However, I bring heard from several spouses how they e'er deed together, fifty-fifty amongst kids, fifty-fifty if it agency staying the Chalet for months, fifty-fifty if they bring to pay for themselves to live there. I've heard from other spouses that they e'er remain inwards their abode for equally long equally possible, fifty-fifty if they are living in that place alone. As amongst all things, I recall it is of import to brand the best conclusion for your family. This was the best conclusion for us.

The other overnice thing, for us, was that my household unit of measurement lives a heck of a lot closer to Connecticut than where nosotros were living inwards South Carolina. This meant that my hubby was able to brand a brace weekend trips to come upward view me as well as the children. Unlike might schoolhouse as well as prototype, SOBC is a Mon through Fri matter as well as the service members bring weekends off. This facilitated the weekend visits. We took wages of that as well as visited friends stationed nearby.

The bad thing most that was that nosotros were non in that place to savour that schedule amongst him. He got out early on most days spell at SOBC as well as had the weekends off. It has been heartbreaking at times dealing amongst life amongst four children spell Daddy is away. The SOBC schedule has been a breath of fresh air compared to the schedules we've been contending amongst the yesteryear brace years. I wishing that nosotros were closer to savour it equally a family. The weekends bring been overnice as well as he went out of his way to drive as well as run across us often. Because nosotros are non together, nosotros did brand a witting test to savour this fourth dimension equally best nosotros could. When he wasn't visiting us, he would become to Boston or New York City amongst his friends at SOBC. I took wages of living amongst household unit of measurement as well as bring been going out inwards the evenings as well as to view friends over the weekends-- oftentimes without whatever kids inwards tow! (That is huge for a Navy married adult woman accustomed to living far away from household unit of measurement or amongst a trusted baby-sitter.) Even amongst all those fun things on our calendar, I sorely wishing that nosotros were together as well as could live using this costless fourth dimension to live together doing nothing since I know that boat life is going to live challenging. I've felt frustrated getting early on afternoon telephone calls that he's out of schoolhouse as well as I only wish, wish, wishing that nosotros were doing life together correct now, taking wages of that schedule. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 household unit of measurement nosotros went through paradigm amongst is also at SOBC, but they bring orders to a boat inwards Connecticut as well as hence they PCS'd to Connecticut afterwards completing prototype. I am envious that they bring their solid ready in that place as well as larn to savour the SOBC schedule. This fourth dimension apart has been a petty difficult on me knowing what nosotros bring ahead.

Sometimes I had serious doubts equally to whether or non nosotros made the correct conclusion non going amongst him. With all the changes, this fourth dimension was pretty difficult on our kids-- packing upward our things inwards South Carolina, moving inwards amongst family, Daddy beingness away, as well as this "move to Washington" hanging over them. I bring rolled roughly our options oftentimes inwards my head. Would it bring been amend to bring stayed inwards our solid inwards South Carolina? No. We wouldn't bring household unit of measurement nearby as well as Daddy wouldn't live able to come upward for weekends as well as our friends were all moving away. Would it bring been amend to bring gone to the Chalet inwards Connecticut? No. I can't imagine how my sanity would bring survived sharing a i room hotel room for 2 months amongst our four boys. We can't deed ahead to our side yesteryear side duty station; nosotros are inwards the procedure of edifice a solid there. This was our best option, beingness surrounded yesteryear the back upward of our household unit of measurement as well as having this fourth dimension amongst them. Yes, this has all been difficult on the kids, but I recall that this was the best choice for us, fifty-fifty amongst the challenges.

There is a graduation at the destination of SOBC, but I volition non live attending. It is the same fourth dimension equally kindergarten graduation as well as and hence nosotros are tied upward here.

How was your sense going through SOBC? Did y'all become the Chalet amongst your armed services fellow member or alive apart? Did your husband attend SOBC earlier paradigm or after?

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