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Comment by Anti M on April 27, 2016 at 2:21pm

My nephew is a nuke, he was on a fast attack.  They were out to sea as much as any ship, long deployments, sea trials, exercises, short underways.  He missed the birth of his son, as did five other sailors on his sub.  They made the news with that homecoming! So I can't say a lot about SECF, because he had a completely different training experience.

Fast attacks get port calls, more mail, and some rare phone calls.  Boomers are bigger, rarely get mail drops when transferring personnel, and few port calls.  Fast attacks are out more often, but that also means they are at their homeport more often. One crew.  Boomers run silent and deep, and have two crews, so they swap off half the year (roughly, it varies, of course).  Research blue and gold crews.

Comment by Texasmom on April 27, 2016 at 2:01pm

Pobs. Thanks. I know when enlisting recruiters, and those at meps don't always have all info on all rates, or aren't always most detailed persons to get accurate details from. So my son has been under impression that su s out to sea less than ships etc. But I'm hearing yur experience. So yur husbands on fast attack? Boomer schedule better? But i heard yu say they don't choose out of A school. Interesting. My son's in secf program, so won't know rate till in bess, or a school. Do yu know if all those rates experience similar schedule? Ae, at, st? Did yur husband start in secf program?

Comment by Pobs on April 27, 2016 at 1:45pm

I don't think they have any say in which kind of sub they go to. I just know that since submarines are voluntary they can change to a ship instead while they are in boot camp. It would be a whole new rate and they might get stuck with something they really don't want to do. But if he definitely wants to be on a submarine then that's cool. My husband loves his rate and submarines. Him being gone all the time and rarely having a day off is just wearing on him.

Comment by Texasmom on April 27, 2016 at 1:37pm

Pobs, thanks so much for yur comments. Can yu elaborate on resv re subs, switch in bootcamp. How wud that be possible, and is it possible? I hear yur concern bout the schedule, etc. I do have some reservations bout subs for him, but...are yu saying they can change rates all together, or is there certain area of subs, st to get into?

Comment by Pobs on April 27, 2016 at 1:05pm

Texasmon, my husband was able to come help me move once he graduated from bess. They made him wait until a month into bess before they would talk about housing for us and moving me and our kids out to Groton. his instructors got him in touch with the right people to arrange housing and such. We did a dity move so I'm not sure who has to be there for the movers if the navy moves them. Also, if your son has any reservations about submarines I'd tell him to switch when he's in boot camp. Fast attack subs are out to sea a lot! And their duty rotation is every 4 days. My husband loves his rate, sonar tech, but we are completely over the fast attack schedule. He works so much. He wouldn't mind a boomer's schedule but you don't get to talk to a detailed and pick from available billets coming right out of a school. But, living in Groton while he was in A school was awesome! We loved going to the beaches in Rhode Island and traveling to New York by train and driving to providence and Boston. :)

Comment by Texasmom on April 27, 2016 at 12:50pm

AntiM, thank yu!!!

Comment by Anti M on April 27, 2016 at 12:47pm

Also, if his school is not long enough, and she decides to move to Groton anyway, they do not have to let him move out of the barracks.  He'll still have a nightly curfew, and only during phase three will he be able to spend the night offbase on weekends.  This is very much a hurry up and wait situation, unfortunately.

Comment by Anti M on April 27, 2016 at 12:45pm

The seat time for his A school needs to be over 20 weeks for her to have a paid move to Groton.  Once he gets there, he puts in a Live Ashore packet to start the process, which takes a few weeks.  Nothing done before or during boot camp can speed this up.  She may want a general POA in order to handle somethings which may require his signature, but as far as A school, it happens when it happens.  It is possible his school will not be long enough.  If he is on hold waiting for school, that time does not count.  

You can handle the HHG shipment with a POA.  It is done all the time.  

Comment by Texasmom on April 27, 2016 at 11:06am

Hi. It's been a while since I was last on sight. 3 weeks till married son ships out to bootcamp and then to groton ct. Trying to understand a bit further, what son and daughter-n-law can expect as far as her getting to ct to accompany hubby. My understanding is bc, then to ct for indoc and tgen BESS basic sub schooling, then just prior to graduating from BESS, will get orders for Which job, thus which A school. Then qualufy for accompany orders for wide to join him.
Has anyone recently gone thru the process, who can share some details. Anything they need to do before he leaves for bootcamp to assure best transition? Anyone's spouse move up sooner, see hubby at his,availability during his first wks at school, prior to his being completely qualified for navy housing, navy move? Does wife have to be on this end when navy moves belongings up to ct, or can i, his mom be here for shipping household goods? Any recommendations greatly appreciated on any of this! Thanks!!!!

Comment by Anti M on April 24, 2016 at 1:09pm

Thanks for the well wishes everyone.  I am home, feel kinda crappy, but improving.

I hope everyone is having a good weekend.

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