Navy Nukes

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Comment by Ric Pallson on April 21, 2012 at 6:21am

Hey mon -- yeah they working their tails off -- that's how it goes.

That's how it goes -- first aboard -- last  ashore. Make it move. Shut the plant down. No excuses ever. 

The training is stressful -- but the deployment is also stressful. Stressful -- and boring -- they are paid to make it as boring as possible == the training helps.

The nuke friends of my kid that I've met are some if the most calm competent " make it work"  "no excuses" people ever.

The training at Power School and proto helps -- even the washouts at Power School seemed real competent.

In the fleet - my kid doing second deploy --

They just make it work.

What they do.

Comment by Ric Pallson on April 21, 2012 at 5:30am

My Sailor got through all the Power School, prototype -- whatever -- been in the fleet a few years. It's real boring. It's really important.

The nukes in the fleet -- their job --totally boring -- totally competent. Extremely highly skilled. They just make the propulsion work. Real skilled - real responsible

They learn how to make the ship move.  "Box of of hot rocks"

Then -- "once a nuke -- always a nuke" 

When they prove their competence -- they are locked in.

Nuke for life. First two re-ups 40-80 k$ bonus. 

After that -- no NAVY options but the nuke.

Can't ever transfer to Decks or anything else.

Locked in -- up or out.

Super-skilled - super-responsible -- totally trustworthy where to go?

Yo no se

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on April 20, 2012 at 9:15pm

watch your OPSEC....RTC considers BS21 schedules secure information

Comment by mlongst on April 20, 2012 at 9:09pm

My congrats also Ken.  My son goes to Battle stations Monday night. Can't wait for that call so I can relax for a few days.

Comment by jeremy mcelroy on April 20, 2012 at 7:43pm

@john...... i wouldn't go that far lol. he may just be busy and not feel like calling or talking to anyone. i know i felt that way many times.

Comment by Cheryl on April 20, 2012 at 7:10pm

Congrats Ken, enjoy PIR! John where is your Sailor? Mine is at Goose Creek and when he started prototype his command sent us contact info.

Comment by KenH on April 20, 2012 at 6:59pm

Just got word that my son passed Battle Stations! One week to PIR.

Comment by KenH on April 20, 2012 at 2:47pm

Sounds like nothing's definite yet. PIR 4/27. I'll guess I'll wait to hear from him next week about when he ships out

Comment by KTR on April 20, 2012 at 1:46pm

My son was a DEPper in the Nuke program.  He graduated from MBT (boot camp or whatever you want to call it) on 03/30/12.  I went up there fully expecting him to leave Sat morning after PIR.  He didn't leave until Sunday. He wasn't able to call me that last week since he was in a push division (accelerated timetable), so I went to Great Lakes not even sure he had passed.  BTW, they don't use the term "grad and go" anymore, according to the Recruit Training Command's Public Relations Officer.

Comment by Mike K on April 20, 2012 at 1:26pm

I am not sure there is any real rhyme or reason to the way they send out the nukes to GC.  I have heard of some being grad and go where they leave the day of PIR. Others may leave any day over the weekend.  My sailor left with a bunch of other nukes on the following Tuesday.  As has been said here before, the Navy works in mysterious ways sometimes and this is a perfect example.  The sailors should know the week of PIR though when they will be leaving.

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