Navy Nukes

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Comment by Daniel Cederborg on March 25, 2013 at 4:54pm

Thanks Isdemme2001.  We will be mindful of all that.  I know there are many serious challenges ahead for our son.  But one step at a time.  I think he'll be much more OK with any assignment he gets once he's gotten through A school, power school and prototype training.  Really appreciate your insights.

Comment by lsdemme2001 on March 25, 2013 at 12:59pm

Daniel Ce- Hopefully your son will get the assignment that he requested.  But don't hold your breath.  You guys, and I do mean you and your son, have a long road ahead of you...through A school, power school and prototype.  It is a long and difficult journey and you will be needed as his chief cheerleader and morale booster.  Getting through all of that with my son was the most difficult thing that I have ever done as far as effective parenting.  Your son will need all of the encouragement and support that you can give him.  There will be some very tough times ahead for both of you. You will be needed when he feels that it is too tough and he wants to quit, or when he feels that he just can't do it.  I had many soul searching conversations with my son throughout the entire process.  Even at prototype they wash some of the candidates out.  My son had a room mate that was washed out two weeks before prototype graduation.  Imagine that.  How crushing after putting in more than two years of schooling and training, then being told you are not going to be a Nuke with only two weeks to completion! I really didn't know if or when I would get the call from my son telling me that he wasn't going to make it.  As big of an influence that I think I was, his superiors are the ones who actually gave him the encouragement to keep going.  I didn't know it at the time, but my son attempted to quit several times.  His superior officers intervened and fortunately saw something in him and they simply wouldn't let him quit even though he badly wanted to!   But the reward of seeing your son make it all the way through is well worth it and beyond description.  Best of luck as you move forward through the Nuke pipeline.    

Comment by Daniel Cederborg on March 25, 2013 at 11:05am

Good News!  Just got a text from my son in the Temp Holding Unit at GL that his waiver for sub duty was approved!  Waiting for orders for A school in Charleston.  I know that he may still end up on a carrier but it's such a relief to have him finaly moving forward.

Comment by KenH on March 21, 2013 at 11:36pm

I appreciate all this info. My son (ET) hopefully graduates NPS early next month. I won't make it to the ceremony, but hope to have a casual few days with him in Charleston in June.
Thanks for all the tips.

Comment by Ward Baxter on March 21, 2013 at 11:26pm

My son just finished power school and was able to come home for 10 days. Then again, he's on hold for at least four months now before prototype.

Now that I think about it, he was home for a week after A school, too.

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.

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