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Comment by Randy Bloom on August 4, 2010 at 7:56pm

My son, went right after A School.

Comment by Joshua C. on August 4, 2010 at 5:26pm

My son is currently in power school at Goose Creek and is scheduled to graduate at the end of October. He will then be on grad hold
until prototype school. He is then hoping for HT A school. Now for the $64 dollar question. My son wants to go on a boomer so at what point would he go to BESS?

Comment by ctyankee on June 29, 2010 at 1:10pm

Interesting... He just drove it here from KB (his 1st long drive), and I've done CT-FL, but I've never done the northwest passage. I used to do 400+ mi and 4hr of skiing in a day, when I was young and crazy.

I guess we'll talk it over as a family tonight. TY

Comment by Randy Bloom on June 29, 2010 at 12:43pm

I'm guessing Washington, I just looked it up on google...2 days, yeah, only if you are a cross country truck driving team, and you don't stop, If you make 600 miles a day, which will be about 10 hrs of hard driving, it will take you 5 days to get there...personally, I would allow for 6 days, or better yet, fly him out there, so that way he can spend more time with the family, and then you drive his car out to him, right now, with all the airfare discounts, it shouldn't be very much to fly him out there, if you have never done a big cross country trip, you are in for a big surprise, I was exhausted, when I took 2 hard driving days, from Washington state to Minnesota. Good luck!!!

Comment by Randy Bloom on June 29, 2010 at 12:34pm

Is that Washington state, or Maine ?

Comment by ctyankee on June 29, 2010 at 12:30pm

Michael & I will be leaving for Bangor in a few days. Google Maps says: 2 days 0 Hours from southwest Connecticut. We're going to allow 4 days for the drive. Does that sound like enough?

I hate to cut his time with his mom & sister short, and I don't want to risk not getting him there on time either.

Comment by Dan Hall on June 6, 2010 at 2:30pm

My wife and I are visiting our son at Sub School in Groton. We are staying at the Navy Lodge and having a GREAT time.

Comment by Randy Bloom on June 2, 2010 at 11:22pm

Thanks for the update Jim, I believe this to be the reason, they want to treat him, but won't be able to monitor his progress, which would be hard to do, on board a sub. It's just a real bummer, that they took away his LS rating, he completed his "A" school before reporting to Groton, what a waste of time and money, so now he will be reporting to the surface fleet un-rated...make's no sense?

Comment by Randy Leeper on May 30, 2010 at 8:48am

Thanks Dads. I appreciate all the input. I will pass on the info about acne to my son who has a little. Hopefully it won't affect him, because he REALLY wants to earn his dolphins. So far he really enjoys the Groton area and is hoping to be stationed there. He was told 'A' school will finish early Sept. He and fellow sailors went to NYC for fleet week yesterday. The initial input was they had a great time and that a lot of tourists asked to take their pictures. God bless everyone and especially all who have served our country. Randy L.

Comment by Randy Bloom on May 27, 2010 at 12:25pm

What would acne have to do with him serving ??? My son is in RTC now heading for groton next.....He has some pimples should he see a doctor before going ? He wears glasses ? will this hinder him ?

I don't know, why it would stand in the way of my son serving, but it wouldn't hurt, to have your son, get an appointment as soon as he reports to Groton, my son has gone through several physical's and hasn't had an issue, until the last week of training.
My son has been told, he will not be on Sub's, and that he will be transfer to the surface fleet??

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