Navy Nukes

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Comment by John J on July 1, 2011 at 12:42pm

My daughter grad Power School Jun has a 4/6 month hold for prototype to start has been in Navy 13.5 months of hard school and still about a year to go before she hits the fleet so yes its hard and you need to be dedicated to the program

 

Comment by lsdemme2001 on July 1, 2011 at 12:15pm

I want to reiterate what KS Dad mentioned in his last post...my son had a room mate who failed out of the program with less than two weeks to go!  The poor kid worked hard and really wanted to be a nuke, but it wasn't enough and they determined that he simply wasn't nuke material.  It is too bad that he went through all of the schooling and then they made that decision.  I guess it just proves that the Navy is very selective when it comes to the Nuke Program. Funny thing is that my son hated Nuke school and would have loved to be washed out, while the poor kid that was washed out had his lifes dream crushed.  Hard work and perseverance is the only way to be successful in the Nuke program.

Comment by KS Dad on June 30, 2011 at 9:12am

     My son finished prototype in March at MARF in BS. He's a MM & applied for ELT school but was assigned the USS Ronald Reagan instead and is now deployed with the 5 fleet in the Arabian Sea. lsdemme2001 more or less says what we also experienced.

     I truly believe that it's only hard work (plus family support) that gets you through this VERY tough school. My Sailor barely qualified on his entrance exam but was always in the top third of his class in A, Power, and Prototype schools. And yes you can fail at any time in this school. I know of one Sailor who failed out of nuke school in the last week of Prototype.

     I'm very proud of him. He entered the Navy as a DEP at age 17, eight days after graduating from his Jr. year of HS. He went to BC a few weeks after his 18th birthday and he hasn't look back.

     He's 20 now but at least five years older than his high school classmates.

 

 

Comment by lsdemme2001 on June 28, 2011 at 3:32pm

Congratulations to you and your son Ernie! You have both earned the right to be very proud. It takes a special person to complete this training, and it takes a special dad to support his sailor through the very long and tough Nuclear Training process! I wish you both the very best.

Comment by Ernie on June 28, 2011 at 3:26pm

My son Will be done with Prototype July 22nd. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. What a long haul it was. I am a Proud Proud Proud Dad.

Comment by lsdemme2001 on June 28, 2011 at 3:00pm

My Son is on his way back home on the USS Enterprise CVN 65 after his first deployment! He is a Nuclear Electronics Technician with a rating (or rate, can't remember and always get them confused) of Petty Officer 2nd class. he has completed his first deployment and completed his qualifications while deployed.

I must tell you that it has been a long hard journey from the first day of his enlistment, through boot camp, through A school, Power School, Prototype training and finally the first deployment. There were many times, especially during power school, where I had a full time job keeping my sons spirits up and encouraging him to hang on and stick it out. It was the toughest thing that he has ever done, and he wanted to quit many many times. But he didn't, and he graduated power school and then went to New York for his prototype training where it started to get a little better.

Now that he actually is in the fleet, fully qualified and finally performing the duties that he trained for for almost three years, he feels satisfied and understands his tremendous accomplishment. I am so very proud of him and I look forward to being on the Tiger Cruise with him in just a few short weeks! I encourage each of the Dads here that are just starting their journey with their young sailor to stand strong with them, stay in contact with them and offer as much support as you can. It is a long, tough road for your sailor, (and it is a long tough road for you as well) But, it is worth every minute of it!

Comment by Coach on June 24, 2011 at 8:51pm

Does the indoc count as part of Phase 1

Comment by William in Nashua on June 24, 2011 at 3:43pm

My son arrived at Goose Creek on a Tuesday in mid-February and began ET A school classes 13 days later, on a Monday.  The week before A school included 4 days of Indoc.

Comment by Anthony R. on June 24, 2011 at 2:30pm

My son's PIR was June 3rd and he was sent to Goose Creek the next day after.  Since then he had time to return home and move his family out to South Carolina and has been doing indoc up to now so it looks like 3 weeks is pretty normal wait time to class-up and start A-school.

Comment by Mike K on June 24, 2011 at 1:34pm

As for PIR and grad-n-go as far as I remember there is no real way to tell very far ahead of time, if at all, before PIR.  They receive their orders the day of PIR and most do not know.  Some go out that very afternoon, some the next day and so forth.  My son was lucky in that he did not ship out until the following Tuesday.  Since we are local Chicago people that worked out wonderfully for us but I am sure the uncertainty for those from out of town is tough.

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