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Comment by B'sNukemom&dad⚓️MM on August 19, 2013 at 9:51pm

Great picture Bob! Congrats to your son and all in his section. Will you be going to the graduation? How soon do they leave for Ballston Spa?

Comment by Bob morrell on August 19, 2013 at 7:40pm

Comment by Bob morrell on August 19, 2013 at 7:40pm

This is our Matt's Graduation photo of his Section at the Goose Creek Nuclear Power School. Matt and the other sailors graduate this Friday 8/23. Then it is off to Ballston Spa for Matt for Proto Type School

Comment by B'sNukemom&dad⚓️MM on August 18, 2013 at 11:38pm

Had a nice chat with sailor son tonight - classes are going well. Says to hold off on shipping car for now. Fine with me - one less thing to worry about.
Got college son moved back into the dorms today - house is quiet!

Comment by Evan Barnard on August 18, 2013 at 2:17pm

LukeH, I currently have Geico, but I think USAA likely works the same way.  We dropped our sailor from our policy as soon as he shipped out for BC.  Even if he were to come home on leave, he would still be covered under our policy just like any other visitor we granted permission to use the car.  However, when he is ready to buy another car (whenever that is) we are going to add him back as a driver on OUR policy and then immediately carve him out to start his own policy with Geico.  (Obviously if between now and then USAA proves a better deal, then we won't have to go through this step.)  This way he benefits from our long term relationship with our current insurer and it does serve to help lower his rates a bit.  Hope this helps.

Comment by Mark Church on August 18, 2013 at 1:53pm

Great Discussion. Lots of great info. and advice.

While in A-school our son just used taxi's to get around. He bought a car about two weeks before graduating A-school. He then caravaned with several of his buddies to Balston Spa. After graduating prototype he drove to Chicago and picked up my wife and they drove home to Oregon. They pulled in on Thanksgiving Day in 2011.

He is now stationed in Bangor Washington on SSBN-730 Henry M. Jackson. We are extremely lucky that he is on 3 1/2 hours away. We get to see him quit a bit. Just 3 weeks ago he called and asked us to bring him a box of his books so we loaded them up and went and spent the weekend with him.

He is now E5, is fully qualified, and has his dolphin pin. He works with a great bunch of guys. We went to the boat picnic and got to meet everybody from both gold and blue crews. He loves being at sea, and will probably reenlist. We are very proud of him and the young man he has turned into.

Comment by KTR on August 18, 2013 at 12:01pm

John, my son had a similar experience. He wasn't much of a gear head, and though he thought about getting a motorcycle, common sense, frugality and the needs of the program (studying) prevailed. However, he absolutely needed it for prototype, so I drove it to GC from Texas and we road tripped to Rock City Falls from there. A great experience.

Comment by John Caporal on August 18, 2013 at 11:41am

I've been following this thread with sailors wanting or needing cars. My son, who is now in the final phase of prototype at Balston Spa, NY, did just fine without a car during his stay in GC.  He purchased a vehicle up here after he arrived and with the housing allowance plus base pay, he was able to purchase the car he really wanted.  As someone earlier mentioned, a sailor with a car during 'A'  and Power School is a distraction that he or she just does not need.  What your sailor will need is your unwavering support during this phase.  Just my two cents.

BTW, the best to all those who are going thru the training at GC. It is rigorous and intense and designed to weed out those not up to the task - but it will make for excellent Nuke Sailors in our fleet.  

Comment by JMBrouPTBSSGN on August 18, 2013 at 11:21am

My EM-3 son has done well taking personal stuff on himself. Finished A school mid July, came home to visit, & rented a Hyundai Elantra while here. After his 10 day visit, went back & bought himself one (second hand), but got if for under 10K and less than 60K miles. He likes it so far.

Comment by Gary Summers on August 18, 2013 at 10:21am

Tom, my son will be starting power school this month and wants to start looking for a car. What is the name of the dealership that you would recommend? Appreciate your help.

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