Navy Nuclear Power School

[Boymomof3]

That’s so special! Family support is so critical, especially for single sailors, as they get through the training process.

There are many forks in the road ahead and Navy Needs are the priority of course. My DS has gotten his top choice at every step so far (we’ve always called him “Lucky”) but that won’t always happen.

My kid’s section happened to have several draftees but DS said he only sort of knew of one person in another section who was seriously unhappy.

Here’s a seemingly worse case scenario: one lass was drafted subs, had to show up at Goose Creek 7 days after graduation, was nearly yanked out of the last training phase weeks before its completion (last minute reprieve gave her 3 days after its completion to get to the boat), and was assigned a boat type and port that weren’t even listed on her preference list. Yeah. Bummer. But this young officer was all grins and “game on” in describing her adventure. I’m just waiting for my kid to have a chance to communicate to find out how her story continues…last he heard she really liked her female senior officers and was settling in well.

But she was his NPS’ class odd-case scenario: pretty much everyone got their #1 choice for port and boat type. Subs are based in some pretty nice places…

I hope your DS gets a chance to do a sub cruise in the summer (we know kids who did sub and aviation in the same summer too). My lad finagled a sub cruise even after he received admission to NPS (he was accepted Jr year spring). He spent a couple weeks on board a Seawolf class boat and it blew his mind: after that he no longer described his motivation as nuclear power but as the type of missions he’d be part of. We have no idea what those are but apparently they are the coolest!

Great stories! Love it! We watched the live stream of his Unit’s service assignment from this year (included some of his current roommates so wanted to see how things turned out for them) & the realization hit us that he’ll be next. We all agreed we are a little nervous for next year but we’ll be there to celebrate no matter what happens. He said he actually would prefer subs (in true Engineering fashion - “I want to do cool .” - he’s geeked out by the new subs) & has mentioned Guam . The school he’s at was on the bottom of his list but ended up being the BEST fit for him. We know he’ll end up where he’s supposed to be in the end….

 

[ProudDad17]

DS is getting settled in Charleston. Got the keys to his apartment a couple days ago and picked up his unaccompanied baggage (kitchen stuff and linens) from the movers the other day. Household goods are there, but can't be delivered until the 8th. Guess its good we gave him our good air bed while he was home. Week one of Nuclear pre-school down. Timing works nicely that he finishes the pre-school before Christmas, then I believe there is a stand down until after New Year's, the he will start power school. It's nice that he knows several people, both former shipmates and classmates, who are in various stages of the training pipeline, so he's getting a preview of what to expect.