Air Travel:
Cadets are to travel in civilian clothes and arrive atCleveland Airport unless absolutely unavoidable, all Cadets are to arrive at CLEVELAND between the hours of 0900 and 1400 on 23 July 2017 and depart from CLEVELANDbetween the hours of 1430 and 1800 on 29 JULY2017.
The Travel Form MUST be completed and forwarded to LCDR Robert Hooven, at as soon as plans are confirmed.
A Escort Officer will meet Cadets upon flight arrival at baggage claim. Upon arrival at CLEVELAND, Cadets are to immediately go to their designated baggage claim area to retrieve their seabags and to meet with the Escort Officer. Cadets will be required to call their parents/guardians to advise them of their safe arrival and that they have met up with theEscort.
Boarding passes for the return flight(s) will be printed at the Command and provided to the Cadets if needed.
Cadets traveling by air are to ensure that they keep their service jacket (service record) on their person. Do NOT place the service jacket into the seabag or other ‘checked’ baggage. This will eliminate any possibility of the service jacket being separated from the Cadet. Arrival at check-in without the service record will prohibit entry into the training.
Parents/Guardians: You must ensure that your choice of airline carrier permits your cadet to travel un-escorted. A Escort Officer will meet your Cadet at the baggage claim area upon arrival to CLEVELAND. Following graduation, An Escort Officer will return your Cadet to CLEVELAND airport; however, the Escort Officer will not escort your Cadet past the security point at the airport; therefore, ensure that your airline permits unescorted travel of your Cadet.Your cadet will be told to call you when they get past security.
Travel by Vehicle:
Parents/guardians should plan to stay through the completion of the check-in process. The check-in process includes an administrative process that will be conducted in the center, and it also includes a seabag inspection that will take place at that time. Parents/guardians will need to locally purchase any required items that are missing from the seabag list. When both parts of the check-in process are complete, parents/guardians will be notified and released. COTC must know to whom the Cadet is to be released following the training. This information must be provided on the travel form.
ALL CADETS: ENSURE YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS EASILY ACCESSIBLE AT CHECK-IN
- I.D., Valid through31 JULY2017
- Service Jacket
- All Prescription and Non-Prescription Medications must be turn in at check in.