I’m currently a split op at fort Jackson, can our graduation date be adjusted or is it set in stone?

2020-07-05T12:12:38-04:00

I’m currently a split op at fort Jackson 42A
My class was supposed to start this week but we didn’t have any additional teachers, so it’s going to start next Tuesday. Our DS said our graduation date is August 21st, is the graduation date set in stone or can it switch around I know my AIT is shortened by a week but a little clarification could help?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2020 12:15 PM

2020-07-05T12:15:40-04:00

Anything in the army can change at any moment and at anytime you have to learn to be fluid it’s possible that it will change again and it can remain what it is just have to wait and see and adjust as things change

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2020 12:15 PM

2020-07-05T12:15:55-04:00

Uh, most of us didn’t go through a COVID cycle, so we can’t really offer much help. Sorry...

Response by GySgt Gary Cordeiro made Jul 5 at 2020 12:41 PM

2020-07-05T12:41:03-04:00

You gave yourself to this country for “X” amount of years. “Adapt and overcome” is your new motto until your contract is over, or heaven forbid, you decide you didn’t get enough and reenlisted.

Response by Maj John Bell made Jul 5 at 2020 2:30 PM

2020-07-05T14:30:38-04:00

It all depends on what you want.

If you want it to be flexible..., it isn't.
If you want it to be set in stone... it isn't.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2020 2:36 PM

2020-07-05T14:36:38-04:00

If you want clarification....you need to speak with your Cadre. Only THEY can give you a clearer set of dates. We here on RP can only speculate on when YOUR class will graduate.

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2020 2:40 PM

2020-07-05T14:40:11-04:00

Im split op as well but 36B here. When we got here they told us Aug 21st (we are on week 4) and now they are saying it is actually Aug 6th. I’d imagine if you are just starting now your grad date will stay as 21st to not interfere with the following cycles

Response by SFC Kenneth Hunnell made Jul 5 at 2020 2:58 PM

2020-07-05T14:58:08-04:00

Do you doubt your Drill Sgt.?

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2020 3:01 PM

2020-07-05T15:01:07-04:00

When I went to basic in 2002, we had a couple people graduate about a week early so they could make it back for high school. That is the most recent intel I have on it, however I would be extremely surprised if the Army could keep you in training beyond the projected start date for your senior year of high school. This is one of the few cases where education takes precedence.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2020 3:35 PM

2020-07-05T15:35:28-04:00

Why the concern about the date?
I went to SLC in Jan 2018 - the government shutdown a week later. They sent us home...I drove out to Arizona from Nebraska. So I was five hours from home and they called saying if I wanted to come back and finish (after the government came back on the next day) I could. They were going to do an accelerated course and graduate us a week early even if the government only shut down for a minute again.

I turned around and drove back. Got put in a new platoon with a new SGL. We did do an accelerated schedule. No PT. Class 0730 or 0800 - 1700 every day. We came in on that first Sat for half the day.

The government did shut down again for a couple hours - and we went back to the regular schedule and the original graduation date despite them saying "no matter what" we'd graduate a week early.

The point - the Army will do whatever it wants and you run on its schedule when you're in training or school. No matter your rank.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2020 3:45 PM

2020-07-05T15:45:32-04:00

Speak with your cadre and voice your questions and concerns. They will be the ones who will be able to tell you what you need to know.

As others have said get used to just going with the flow. For example I went to DCC and when we could fly home and graduation times changed multiple times. So it’s not just enlisted.

Same thing with BOLC and covid. You just gotta ask your questions through student leadership and cadre and be flexible especially now with covid gumming up everything.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2020 4:16 PM

2020-07-05T16:16:09-04:00

The Army will do what is good for the Army.
But the graduation date is embedded in a plan for cycles and shouldn't change much, if at all.

Response by SSG Gordon Hill made Jul 5 at 2020 4:30 PM

2020-07-05T16:30:21-04:00

If you think the Drill Sargent is wrong please go ahead and ask him.

Response by SSG Gordon Hill made Jul 5 at 2020 4:32 PM

2020-07-05T16:32:11-04:00

Rough call your in the army now just wait and see.

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2020 5:18 PM

2020-07-05T17:18:05-04:00

No one on RallyPoint can provide you with clarification for a question like this. Why are you not asking the right folks, your leadership, for clarification. Why are you even questioning what your DS told you?

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2020 5:46 PM

2020-07-05T17:46:06-04:00

I went thru a covid cycle as well infantry osut but our drills told us we had a set date out of there and we left that day. They usually just make you train more to make up for the lost week or so.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2020 5:58 PM

2020-07-05T17:58:47-04:00

You should just wait for your DS to give you the information. No one on here unless they are one of your DS’s will have any information regarding your cycle. I recommend you just sit tight and learn and let information come to you.

Response by CSM Darieus ZaGara made Jul 5 at 2020 7:25 PM

2020-07-05T19:25:21-04:00

Me very thing in the military is flexible based on mission.

Response by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 5 at 2020 7:30 PM

2020-07-05T19:30:04-04:00

I don’t doubt my ds but I did ask my cadre and we are set on August 21st. I was only confused because we were supposed to start class this week but we are starting next Tuesday due to the holiday

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 6 at 2020 6:26 AM

2020-07-06T06:26:16-04:00

That will depend on what your Instructors say. They will have more info on class dates. Depending on how packed your MOS school is they may still try to make you graduate on time or you could take the extra week. You may not be the only class that has been delayed because of the virus.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 7 at 2020 4:06 AM

2020-07-07T04:06:02-04:00

For the most part it's pretty set and stone but it could change by a couple days mine did and I graduated five days sooner than expected but it all depends on your cadre just listen to their guidance and follow what the army tells you it'll all buff out the way it's supposed to