Navy Nukes

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Comment by Jmespo on January 10, 2011 at 11:06am

BobD, when my son graduated we sent his laptop and phone via the UPS Store.  From upstate NY to Goose Creek it cost about $60 with them packing the laptop (if I packed it they would not give me insurance), insurance and the shipping.  It took 2 days to get there, but about a week before he got it becasue of his schedule and when he could get to the receiving point on base. 

Comment by William in Nashua on January 10, 2011 at 10:48am

BobD by coincidence I asked the same question in another forum and here is the answer I got, send the phone to A School at this address:

 

FN last, first, Middle Initial (if  EM or MM) SN last, first etc if an ET

NFAS Indoctrination Division (change to Class # when in A-School)

101 NNPTC Circle

Goose Creek, South Carolina 29445-6324

 

Comment by BobD on January 10, 2011 at 10:28am

Quick question. My daughter just graduate boot camp and is heading down to Goose Creek Tuesday. Any recommendations for us in getting her cell phone and laptop to her as quickly as possible? Wish we could have met her at the airport or had USO give it to her but wasn't an option.

Comment by William in Nashua on January 10, 2011 at 10:12am

 

The reason I ask is, it said in the article it is "the Navy's only pressured submarine escape trainer".   The only one in the Navy, but only the non-nuclear enlisted train with it? They probably just hand the nukes an instruction manual and tell them to memorize it LOL.

 

 

Comment by Bubblehead on January 10, 2011 at 6:27am

In the "old days", the nukes would get a "short course" on damage control and escape when we went through Perl Harbor on a WestPac.
The training curriculum seems much better organized now, so I'd expect there's a better answer from someone with recent experience.

Comment by William in Nashua on January 10, 2011 at 4:47am

If the course is for officers and non-nuclear ratings then how do the nukes practice using the same escape breathing apparatus?

Comment by Bubblehead on January 9, 2011 at 5:56pm

That escape suit is WAY better than what we used in the '70's.  Then we had the Steinke Hood (look it up on wikipedia).  That was good to maybe 200 feet.  Pretty much useless in the waters we operated in.

 

We once had serious flooding at test depth, and the escape trunk & Steinke Hoods offered no comfort.  Stopping the flooding & getting to the surface was the only way out.

Comment by Jim G. on January 7, 2011 at 5:57pm

The training at Prototype is much different than Power School, and primarily focused on ensuring the budding nukes can actually operate the plant (translate theory to practice) and that they possess the self-motivation to complete all the required checkouts.  Once at their new command, they will have a Sponsor to help them but they will be responsible for qualifying to stand watches in the Engineering spaces.  From my discussions with my son, the program has not changed all that much in the past 25 years...but they do provide more assistance to those who are struggling than they did when I went through.

Comment by Mike K on January 7, 2011 at 12:12am

My son is an EM and actually graduating from prototype tomorrow at GC.  Steven, you are so right, it is so important for them to keep up as the material comes to them.  Falling behind is not good.  Prototype is a very different type of school as they are given a book of checkoffs and told to learn the material for the checkoffs on their own.  They have to keep on or ahead of the curve(baseline expectation).  Prototype is also 7 on 2 off, 12 hour rotating shifts so the intensity keeps rising.  They do get 4 day weekends every 5 weeks or so.  I guess the idea behind the learn it yourself and the checkoffs is that is the way they learn the material once aboard a boat.

Comment by proud dad Nuke sailor on January 6, 2011 at 11:36pm

Math is an easy thing for my son, he has done well in that area. My son has not had to spend a lot of extra study time up to this point. My son has had more trouble with memorization. My son is still single but says the cafeteria food is like the best cafeteria food you have had.

Im not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing. It sounds like my son is just a little behind your son in the pipeline. Tell your son thanks for the service he is giving to our country. And also I wish him good luck.

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