Navy Nukes

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Comment by GP on June 13, 2010 at 9:04am

My son got his schedule for Balston. 7 days on and then 2 days off with rotating shifts. Got a suprise when he came home this weekend for a quick visit. Living less than 3 hours away sometimes does have it's advantages.

Comment by John J on June 12, 2010 at 3:53am

Hey Guys
Where have all the Nukes gone? dads are letting the moms have all the say? come on guys, i cant believe there are no comments any guys have Nukes in PIR on July 1

Comment by GP on May 28, 2010 at 11:33am

Joe. My son chose NY and was happy to get it. He told me it is a combination of choosing NY over GC, grades (he scored a 3.48), having your home within 400 miles ( we live about 225 miles away) and most importantly remembering the navy does what the navy does. Until he picked up his orders after graduation, he still wasn't 100% sure he was going.

Comment by Joe on May 28, 2010 at 8:31am

Thanks Mike, my son is an EM. I didn't consider that EM/ET/MM is probably a major consideration into who is going where and when. We are so proud of him we want to see everything fall into place for him. He doesn't whine at all. He is in the military and that's the way it works.

Comment by Steven S on May 27, 2010 at 11:19pm

Good chatter guys. I have an EM with a few weeks left in A school. Peace to all!

Comment by Mike K on May 27, 2010 at 9:17pm

Not sure exactly how they selected who went where. My son was lucky and requested GC and was able to stay. I do know according to my son, the Navy is in need of MMs badly and most of them were sent to BS so they could start prototype ASAP, at least that is what he was told, he is an EM. Knowing one sub was in Norfolk probably had something to do with it also.

Comment by Joe on May 27, 2010 at 5:17pm

regarding the "majority of the 5/14 grad. class went to n.y." what was the formula used to decide who went and who got to be on hold at g.c.? my son scored well 3.25, and is discouraged that he did not go and couldn't say why/how this is decided

Comment by Mike K on May 27, 2010 at 12:07pm

Ah, thanks for the info, didn't realize that. Good to know. As I said earlier, this is one of the nice things about sites like this, it is a great way for getting information and getting questions answered.

Comment by GP on May 27, 2010 at 8:58am

Mike: I know my son choose Ballston because of the shorter wait time before prototype. Being closer to home was a secondary factor. I believe his classes start in 4 weeks.

Comment by Mike K on May 26, 2010 at 11:06pm

I know that I have heard from a person on N4Ms that her son is back in prototype and his graduation date is still the same as it was before the reactor went down. All I am thinking is that hopefully there will be minimal delay and hold time The sub in Norfolk would probably have been figured into the prototype schedule if the Navy did that in a logical manner, but as we know, we are dealing with the Navy and they do things their own way. I do know that the majority of the grads from 5/14 were sent to NY so maybe they took the Norfolk boat into consideration.

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