Navy Nukes

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Comment by lsdemme2001 on March 11, 2012 at 8:21pm

My son left today on his second deployment with USS Enterprise.  Cant help but feel a little anxious about this deployment considering all of the noise that those crazy Iranians are making right now.

He should earn promotion to First Class Petty Officer this year.   

Hopefully this will be his last deployment.  We will be counting the days until his return. 

Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his Navy Nuke brethren, as well as the entire crew of The Big "E". 

Smooth seas and following winds.

Comment by Bill on March 5, 2012 at 2:25am

Congrats to those with passing kids. 

As mine enjoys power school, we see the light at the end of the tunnel is probably Amtrak, but maybe not.

BZ

Comment by Bill on March 5, 2012 at 2:22am

I made a mistake...she is a non rate FN now. After A school is done she can call herself an EM.

Comment by Bill on March 5, 2012 at 2:20am

Her "rating" is her job field after passing the tests for it.  EM, MM, ET, AO, GS, etc.  Her rating will usually be the same for entire career.

Her "rate" will be her paygrade, at this point, E3, or Fireman if in engineering field. EM-FN now will become EM3, aka PO3, third class EM and hopefully keep going in that direction.

Comment by Thomas Mazzaccaro on March 4, 2012 at 3:44pm

My daughter just graduated from RTC and is on her way (well should be there by now) to Goose Creek.  She is an EM.  Is her rate EM or EMFN? 

Comment by jeremy mcelroy on March 4, 2012 at 6:21am

You get your dolphins after completing your qual card and oral board on your sub. Same goes for getting your surface pin. Some surface nukes go and get the aviation warfare as well even though it is not a requirement.

Comment by Richard A on March 3, 2012 at 7:54pm

Ric - "nerd" is not a bad word in my book!  (I'd plead guilty to that accusation).  

Hey - a question --- do Nuke ETs get dolphin pins (after qualifying - obviously)?  

Comment by Ric Pallson on March 3, 2012 at 6:18pm

It is possible that some of our kids are slightly nerdy.

So **#** what.

They truly and literally  make the Navy go.

Like propulsion they call it.

Make it move -- yeah --Hoo-yeayh

They do it

We stand back and wonder "how they do that"

Bless em all

Comment by Ron Schultz on March 3, 2012 at 3:26pm

This is for Craig. My son is on the USS GHW Bush

Comment by Craig on March 3, 2012 at 9:58am

Any USS GHW Bush parents here?

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