Navy Nukes

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Comment by Brian E. Moore on March 21, 2013 at 10:17pm

Beth, my daughter got to come home for Christmas as the school shut down for the Holidays. I believe she can take leave in May in between A school & power school & again between Power School & Prototype.

Comment by Beth Gonzales on March 21, 2013 at 9:43pm

Got a question, Do the students get to take leave to go home in between classes?

Thanks

Comment by Bob morrell on March 21, 2013 at 9:15pm

Dan C.  Hope your son gets the clearence and is on his way soon. My son Matt is in GC right now, finished his "A" School (Mach Mate) in January, just started Power School this week.

 

Matt said the Nuke class the graduated before Christmas had only 4 go to Subs, because thats all the spots they had open.

 

My Matt also wants Subs, he is looking at either applying to the Academy (75% of Nukes get accepted), or doing the STA 21 program and becoming an officer that way. The reason for this is that all the Officers on a Sub must be qualified on the Reactors, so it would pretty much be a shoe in.

 

Best of Luck

 

Bob

Comment by Anthony Zeigler on March 21, 2013 at 7:36pm

OLD FAT FINGERS

Comment by Anthony Zeigler on March 21, 2013 at 7:36pm

THATS MY OLS SHIP GOT OFF IT IN 85.  MY NUKE ET IS GOING TO THE BUSH.

Comment by Chuck Gant on March 21, 2013 at 4:55pm

Thanks Isdemme2001.  My son is in school for ET also.

Comment by Daniel Cederborg on March 21, 2013 at 4:19pm

Thanks Isdemme2001, useful info.  My son is an ET too.

Comment by lsdemme2001 on March 21, 2013 at 3:48pm

Daniel C.- My guess is that he will probably get the clearance that he needs for sub duty.  Relax about that because there isn't much you can do about it either way. As for life on the carriers...my son completed his second (and hopefully final) deployment in November.  He is a Nuclear Electronics Technician.  Not sure what your sons rating is, but the ETs don't have it too bad on the carriers.  My son really hated the deployments though.  The first one they are all low man on the totem pole and get pretty lousy watches and they have to qualify almost the entire time.  Second deployment was better because he was fully qualified as a reactor operator and the watches were much better.  Aside from the tediousness the working conditions were decent for him as an ET.  Life on board the carrier is only as good as your sailors attitude.  When my son was involved with intense body building exercises for most of his second deployment, he lost thirty pounds of fat and gained ten pounds of muscle and had a whole new attitude about everything.  So it really is what you make of it.  My guess is that life on board the carriers is more comfortable than life on board a sub.  Either way your sailor is among the Navy elite and should always keep that in mind and be proud no matter if he is on a sub or carrier.  Best of luck to you and your sailor.     

Comment by Daniel Cederborg on March 21, 2013 at 2:43pm

So I need some advice.  My son is still in the THU at GL.  He has apparently cleared his medical hold for Nuke but still has to get a waiver for his "history of ulcers" for sub duty (which he got at boot camp due to the antibiotics they gave most of them for the epidemic of colds/flu -- No major symptoms).  While we're hoping there won't be any problem with the waiver, he's been hearing that life on the carriers for the Nukes isn't so hot so he's doubting whether he wants to stay in Nuke if he doesn't get approved for sub duty.  I don't know who he's hearing this from 'cause he just texts us snippets of info from time to time.  Anyone have any views on that issue?  Life on board carriers for Nukes?  Do you think they'd even allow him to transfer out of Nuke for some other duty once he's signed up for this?  I expect to talk to him as some point over the next couple of days and any insight or experiences would be welcome.  Don't want him making any decisions in a vacuum.  We're hoping he just gets cleared for sub duty.

Comment by Ric Pallson on March 20, 2013 at 2:05am

Thanks Chuck --

I think your advice to just find somewhere, take it easy and catch up slow with your (used to be kid) and now (seriously competent sailor) -- that's been good advice for me from boot camp through PIR and GC and A-school and the two deployments my kid has done since signing up.

Do - leave a lot of time to hear their stories -- because there will be times - real soon, when the only contact for a few months or 8 months - or something -- will be you sending a CARE package and sometimes a postcard - so very little communication for long stretches of time once they join the fleet.

Take care.

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