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Comment by Carol Pigg on January 13, 2012 at 3:38pm

Well, golly darn Zazzws.  Now you have two more years to visit the fantastic Chucktown!   Our sailor hopes at this time to end his time there and live in Charleston.  He fell in love with the area just as we did many years ago.

Comment by Zazzws on January 13, 2012 at 11:56am

My sailor graduates prototype today. They picked him up to be staff for the next two years. He reports for duty in four weeks. He has to stick around for a couple weeks to study for an oral board then he can come home on leave. He has to get back to stand some watches before his duties begin.

It will add two years to his six year enlistment. I told him to be fair with the students because he may end up working for one of them when he reports for fleet duty.

Comment by Bill on December 23, 2011 at 6:40am

Thanks for the info.  My sons says a few hints were dropped that they may have a leave avail at end of JAN before powerschool starts.

I think it will all be ok, he loves the Navy, just wishes he could get into ps faster rather than hanging around.  KS dad, you are dead on with enlisted being last to know.  The big picture is hard to grasp, but somewhere up the COC it all makes perfect sense, and as I relayed to him, when (if) he ever gains that level of rank, he will probably see why things are done the way they are.

Thanks all.

Comment by William in Nashua on December 22, 2011 at 9:57am

Hi Bill, the reason for that is,  your son is on T-track now [the break between A school an Power School] and unfortunately they do not get Christmas leave on T-track because they are not in Power School yet.  My son went through the whole 12-24 duty shift thing too but it is just the start of T-track.  Keep a low profile in T-track, if you walk around looking idle so  some chief sees it, well my son got roped into a work detail of moving 540 pound safes and got a groin pull on T-track.  It is all part of paying their dues, Bill.  My only other advice for your son would be to not get cocky or overconfident but do be a team player, because people are dropping like flies in his Power School, remember A school is just be beginning.   Their A school GPA counts for nothing in Power School. There are 33 in his section and 14 of them failed the most recent test.

This year they even have a Christmas break at boot camp starting this year; when my son was there exactly one year ago he was there for Christmas, New Year's, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. day too, no breaks.   It is all the luck of the draw Bill.  

 The reason people in power school go home is because they shut down the school so there is no point in keeping the students there.

Comment by KS Dad on December 22, 2011 at 9:22am

I've read the previous remarks in this thread with great interest. I've experienced almost all of the situations discussed. Each dad (or mom) handles their child's struggles in the way that works best for their family. I don't respond to whining, negativity, bitching or complaining. That's is just my way be it right or wrong. I miss my son at Holiday times but I knew that was part of the job when he joined and so did he.

Teenagers all have a negative streak in them. They outgrow childish cynicism as they mature. (mostly)

Enlisted ranks are always the last be informed about the "needs of the Navy." They bitch about it. The Chiefs know this and the good ones manage it.

If the Chiefs didn't have personnel problems to solve each day they'd drink even more coffee.

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on December 22, 2011 at 7:23am

guess no matter what age, dads will be dads!!!!!!

Comment by Bill on December 22, 2011 at 7:11am

Thanks Paul.  Actually my dad still does to me and I PIRd in 88. :)

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on December 22, 2011 at 7:07am

Please don't be sorry for bringing anything up on the site.  I think some of the responses were a little over the top, but passions do run deep for our sailors scattered around the world!  And I'm still reading my son the riot act when appropriate- and he PIR'd in '07!!!!!

Comment by Bill on December 22, 2011 at 7:03am

Micheal, isdem and Zazz, thanks for your insight and support.  What wonderful sailors you have and blAH BLAH BLAH.

Lets see, I get it.  His grandpa got it.  His great grandpa got it (sunk by Germans and swam well enough to do it again).

My daughter is in for an Academy appointment as I type.

We understand the the  USN here:  what I didn't understand was the nuke school philosophy; will they give and take a bit down the road?  I read him the riot act, trust me.  He is no snivveling whiner, actually a class leader.

Fact: an 18yo man who never lived anywhere else and had an exceptionally tight home life after loosing his mom 13 years ago might get a bit down at his first holiday away, especially when he thought he might get to come home.

Sorry I brought it up.  He took my advice, chatted up an experienced chaplin and will be fine.

Comment by Zazzws on December 21, 2011 at 8:34pm

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/dec/19/just-a-few-really-big-shi...

BREMERTON — Aircraft carriers could be playing musical chairs in a couple of months at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.

The USS Nimitz is wrapping up a major overhaul at the shipyard; the USS Ronald Reagan is scheduled for similar work; and the USS John C. Stennis will be returning from the Middle East.

Nimitz's yearlong Docked Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) maintenance was expected to be completed by year's end. By the time the other two ships had arrived, it would be moored at its new Everett homeport. The change of homeport for sailors and their families became effective Dec. 15, which isn't directly related to the ship's departure. It won't beat the Reagan out of town but should be gone before the Stennis gets back.

"Additional maintenance work was identified, requiring the ship to be in dry dock and has delayed her departure," spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Karin Burzynski said. "We are currently planning to arrive in Everett sometime in February, once the maintenance work is completed."

Nimitz, first in its class of 10 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, received upgrades to several ship systems, including defense and navigation. The first 10 months of work was performed in dry dock. The ship, commanded by Capt. Paul Monger, was moved back to Pier D Sept. 29. The total overhaul cost $239 million.

The Reagan's homeport change from San Diego to Bremerton takes effect Jan. 10, but, like Nimitz, that's not when the ship will be leaving San Diego or arriving in Bremerton. Those dates haven't been determined, or at least announced. The shipyard is planning for both ships to be here for a while.

"PSNS ... has been aware of the overlap of the two carriers and are coordinating to minimize impact on USS Ronald Reagan's arrival," shipyard spokeswoman Darcy Jenne said.

The Reagan, commanded by Capt. Thom Burke, will be undergoing a DPIA maintenance, estimated at $218 million.

Photo by MC3 Kenneth Abbate

Contributed photo/U.S. Navy The USS John C. Stennis, seen here in the Straits of Hormuz in November, is scheduled to return to Bremerton in February from a seven-month deployment to the Middle East.

Photo by MC2 Kevin B. Gray

Contributed photo/U.S. Navy The USS Ronald Reagan, seen here on a port visit to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, will be changing its homeport in January from San Diego to Bremerton, where it will undergo planned maintenance.

The Stennis departed Bremerton on July 25 for a seven-month deployment to the Middle East, where it's providing air support for soldiers on the ground in Afghanistan. A seven-month deployment would equate to a return date around the end of February.

Stennis, commanded by Capt. Ronald Reis, had a port visit to the Philippines canceled by a typhoon, but sailors visited Kuala Lumpur, Bahrain and Dubai.

Naval Base Kitsap spokesman Tom Danaher said it's unlikely there will be three aircraft carriers here at once but is preparing nonetheless. The operations department is conducting a study on the base's ability to support three.

"The study indicates that we can support three carriers for a limited amount of time, with the major drawback being parking," he said.

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