Navy Nukes

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Comment by Bob morrell on January 10, 2014 at 8:31pm

KTR, Congrats to your Son...well Done.  Keep me informed on the coins will take 1 or 2

Comment by B'sNukemom&dad⚓️MM on January 10, 2014 at 6:00pm

Son left this morning for Philly (then driving to NY tomorrow) He made it from Ontario to Vegas & then flight was delayed for 3 hours.  Still sitting in the airport.....Hopefully he will be in the air in about another 30 minutes!

KTR - congrats on your son passing his 100% - such a huge accomplishment! Good luck with the orals.

I've responded to you about the coins on the Navy Mom's site....I would be interested down the line too!

Comment by KTR on January 10, 2014 at 5:32pm

My son passed his 100% earlier this week, and feels (by comparison) relatively good about passing his oral.  With the expectation that he will be graduating this month, I have begun the process of commissioning a run of 50 challenge coins to commemorate his accomplishment. They will say Navy Nuclear Power Training Unit on the front perimeter, have a nuclear trident design on the front, and an engraveable field for name, date, class and unit (or whatever) on the back.  They will be done by NTM, and if anything like what I have already bought from their stock coins, will be very high quality.  I will update as I have more information, but thought I would see if there is any interest.  Engraving would need to be done by a local-to-you jeweler, and they will not be ready until February.  I am prepared to shoulder the cost alone but would love to recoup at least a portion.  Stay tuned if you are interested.

Comment by B'sNukemom&dad⚓️MM on January 9, 2014 at 4:43pm

My sailor just stopped by my work and said hi & bye to everyone - I've worked here for 17 years so they've known him since he was 7!  Last time they all saw him was before he left for BC in Oct '12. He leaves in the morning for BS....it's been great having him home!

 

Comment by B'sNukemom&dad⚓️MM on January 9, 2014 at 10:44am

Tim - that's great news on your son.  Now the real fun begins!

Comment by Tim on January 9, 2014 at 7:22am

Thanks B'sNukemom&dad(Proto Hold Bs) for the info. Got the call last night that Medical had released him after 3 weeks in THU (there wasn't an issue) so now he is out to Charleston. The posts here are great and very informative. Thanks!

Comment by Ric Pallson on January 8, 2014 at 8:59pm

What I remember when my daughter was in prototype, was that she only phoned every 3 weeks for a while.  Those crazy rotating shifts. Now, in the fleet, the hours can be "interesting" at times.

Ballston Spa -- sometimes there's snow there Dec-March.  Be prepared to shovel some snow before driving to work. Wasn't there a Winter Olympics near there back in '80?

Goose Creek -- those old subs, called MTS (Moored Training Ships) can get kind of humid inside, sitting in the river as they are in that Low Country humidity, with all those Nuc trainees moving in and out (and sometimes sweating for various reasons)

Comment by lsdemme2001 on January 8, 2014 at 3:56pm

I think the worst thing about Prototype was the fact that you have completed all of the very difficult schooling and made it to prototype...but you can easily still be washed out of the Nuke program even after all of the hard work and schooling.  My son had a room mate who was washed out with only two weeks left in prototype!  He had no disciplinary problems and was working hard to be a nuke.  Two weeks to go before finishing and he was washed out because they felt he just did not have what it takes to be a successful nuke. Over two years of schooling and training and then he is removed from the program just before finishing prototype. Imagine how crushing that must have been.  It shook my son up and made him realize just how special it is to make it through this program in its entirety.  

Comment by Bubblehead on January 8, 2014 at 1:17pm

Yeah, falsifying logs/records is the short path to being de-nuked.  I was the Engineering Watch Supervisor on a sub when I discoverd a watchstander had falsified his logs.  I had him immediately relieved & reported him to his chief.  He never stood another watch and was removed from the boat.

Comment by B'sNukemom&dad⚓️MM on January 8, 2014 at 1:17pm

It's starting to make a little more sense now - thanks for the input.

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