Navy Nukes

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Comment by mlongst on May 14, 2012 at 2:45pm

Gary,  my son also PIRed on 4/27 and was one of the lucky one's who didn't  ship out until Sunday morning so we had an extra day with him.  He classed up today down in Goose Creek.   He enjoyed the two weeks of "leisure"  but was eager to class up and get rolling

Comment by lsdemme2001 on May 14, 2012 at 2:02pm

I agree with everything that Ric stated below.  My son is an ET2(N) on the Carrier Enterprise.  He has been in almost six years now.  He re-enlisted almost two years ago for another six years.  On his second deployment now.  The promotion timeline is exactly the way Ric describes it.  They get to E-5 pretty quickly.  Then regular promotion schedules kick in, except that the promotion opportunities for Nukes is greater than most other ratings in the Navy.  The boring part about being a nuke that Ric mentions is exactly the way my son describes it as well!   

Comment by Ric Pallson on May 14, 2012 at 1:15pm

All the super-quick promotions in the first 2 years are part of the incentive program for Nukes.
You get to the fleet get promoted E-5 almost as soon as you get there,
Then things get back to normal Navy. 2 years in grade. Quals quals quals.
Deploy deploy.
Daughter on Abe 2nd deploy extended twice -- won't get on land this month like we thought - maybe August. But might make E-6 before that happens - waiting on the results of the March promotion process.
She's been in 4+ years now and likes it -- but being a Nuke is "boring"
Likes her officers, supports her shipmates, on the carrier only sees sunshine once a week or so. It's always 100 degrees in the engine room, but she keeps in shape because every watch she climbs up and down many 5-deck ladders - the engine room on a carrier is huge.
Not counting shaft alley and bilges.
Don't know if she'll re-enlist.
She likes it ok so far. MM2(N)
Take care all -
Ric

Comment by Mike K on May 13, 2012 at 9:13pm

I do imagine that it would be different for those who go onto carriers vs subs out of prototype being they work on subs.  Once they get on the subs though they still need to qualify for every watch station, nothing is automatic out of prototype.

Promotions seem to be a funny thing.  Yes, they are promoted to 3rd class(E-4) upon graduation from A School.  My son is on an attack sub and graduated prototype in Jan 11', reported to his boat in early February and was promoted to 2nd class in May from his results on his 2nd class test.  He says he must stay in rate for two years before he is eligible for 1st class.

Comment by KenH on May 13, 2012 at 9:03pm

Right now my main concern is seeing him succeed at A-School; starts tomorrow

Comment by jeremy mcelroy on May 13, 2012 at 8:43pm

right but the way you said it was stated as if a student gets picked up as staff they just automatically get advanced to E5 without doing anything else.

Comment by jeremy mcelroy on May 13, 2012 at 8:32pm

no they dont get auto E5 if they are picked up staff at prototype. they get the E5 from doing a star reenlistment which is one of the requirements to be staff

Comment by KTR on May 13, 2012 at 8:07pm

Gary, I had a similar experience as KenH. Mine, however, got liberty on Saturday as well, so make sure your plans for PIR are flexible. 

Comment by KenH on May 13, 2012 at 8:04pm

My son had PIR on 4/27, then had Liberty until 7:30pm. At midnight he was on a Navy bus to the airport, where I met him and gave him his iPhone, and I hung out with him until his flight left at 7:20.

Comment by jeremy mcelroy on May 13, 2012 at 7:58pm

No, you get auto advancement to E4 upon graduation from A school if you sign for your extension. You get auto advanced to E5 if you do a star reenlistment which can be done at your 2 year point.
After bootcamp you go straight to charleston unless you are married in which you can possibly go home to move your family

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