Navy Nukes

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Comment by Gary Summers on May 13, 2012 at 6:29pm

My son is currently in DEP and doesn't go to boot camp till November and into the nuke program after that. It was mentioned to him that the sailors in the nuke program get automatic advancement to E5 upon graduation from prototype school, but reading the last couple of post I am starting to wonder if this is true. Can someone please shed some light on the advancement process for sailors in the nuke program? Also, after boot camp and prior to nuke school do the sailors get to come home for leave or do they go diectly to South Carolina?

Comment by Mark Church on May 13, 2012 at 5:45pm

Our son is stationed in Bangor WA.. When he arrived there he was a assigned a barracks room with a roommate. The room is a lot like a college dorm room. It has a bed, a desk and a locking closet for all of their stuff. When the boat was in port he only stayed on the boat fro 24 hours while he was on duty and that was every four days. In between that time he would get to come home because we only live 225 miles from base. So we are very lucky we would get to see him about every week.He is currently out on his first deployment. Trying to get his dolphin pin. He is still an E4 but when he gets back he should have enough points to become an E5 which at that time he will be able to move off base with a friend that they have been together through basic, A school, prototype and are now both assigned to the same boat.

Comment by jeremy mcelroy on May 13, 2012 at 3:26pm

Not sure where you got that from.

Once he reports to the boat if he is not married he will be assigned a barracks room just like he was in power school where he will have his own room and share the bathroom. If by some chance the barracks are filled then he will be given housing allowance and can stay wherever he chooses to rent/buy a place. There is no living on the submarine except overnight on duty days or while on deployment, or of course if he gets in trouble and gets restricted to the boat. He is free to go out in town and do pretty much whatever he pleases as long as its not like 300+ miles away in which he would need a special request chit.

It is different for people on carriers though as they do most often live on the ship until they make E5.

Sometimes this doesnt apply to nukes as usually once you start getting housing allowance in the navy(which they do in prototype) they usually will let you keep it if the command is nice.

Comment by Mike K on May 13, 2012 at 12:26pm

Well, my sailor was assigned to Groton and he did not have to stay ON the boat at all.  He was assigned a  Petty Officers room in a PO barracks with a roommate(not from his boat as I remember).  They have plenty of room there to store their stuff.  Yes he did need to stay on the boat when he had duty which lasts 24 hours about every third or forth day.  As for leaving base, I don't remember him saying anything about base restrictions at any time.  As I said, that is Groton and I don't know about any other base but I would bet they are similar.  Like all other things with the Navy, there are lots of stories that go around that are not true and it is great boards like this where we learn what is real and what is rumor.

Comment by NukeDad on May 9, 2012 at 10:23pm

Tour of the carrier Yorktown is very cool, with its Medal of Honor museum and up-escalator from the pilots ready room. The Noisey Oyster restaurant and She-crab soooup are must do again.  The horse-carriage tours are also kinda neat. No two tours the same.  Can't wait to go back. Very excellent time for my sailor's A-school graduation.

Comment by jeremy mcelroy on May 9, 2012 at 9:42pm

downtown area with all the shops is pretty nice to walk through

Comment by Douglas H on May 9, 2012 at 9:20pm

Just booked flights and hotel for NPS grad on 25 May!  Truly excited to see my MM Sailor, his sweet GF and explore Charleston.  Any "must see" recommendations? 

Comment by KenH on May 8, 2012 at 9:02pm

Mine's doing cleanup duty too. His roommate has been here about 4 months, which will be a big help for him. He's also hooked up with other ET's from boot camp, so they're anxious to get started.

Comment by mlongst on May 7, 2012 at 7:25am

My son hasn't classed up yet either.  Waiting for more  to show up.  Probably classing up next week.   About half of those waiting classed up this week with sailors who had been there a few weeks.. Doing cleanup duty now and getting familiar with surroundings.

Comment by KenH on May 5, 2012 at 5:04pm

He still hasn't started school; says he's getting a few briefs, standing watch, out on Liberty now.

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