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mm school
Started by Cowboys. Last reply by tina41 Feb 2, 2016. 3 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by proudmom63 on March 20, 2013 at 9:07pm
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found out yesterday, son got his MM request, div doing well.... got all their flags, too!
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Comment by Penny_Nuke_MM2_NimitzNuke on March 11, 2013 at 12:35am
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Hi proudmom63, has your son already been told that he will be chosen (volunTOLD) for Machinist Mate? My son is also a nuclear MM and was chosen to stay on at Prototype and become and instructor there for the next two years. Please feel free to friend me and ask any questions you may have.
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my son will graduate from boot camp april 5, 2013. then, i believe he will do A school and POWER school for nuke in charleston, sc. anyone have any helpful info for me?
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Comment by Luke'sMom on November 16, 2012 at 12:44am
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Julie FL - I don't live far from Groton and I just signed up for the adopt a sailor program for the Thanksgiving holiday. Just wanted to let you know in case your son wants a home cooked meal since he'll be away from home. My son is stationed in Japan and won't be home this Holiday season, so I thought it would be nice to extend a couple of seats at our table.
I'm sorry I can't answer your question exactly, but my MM son got his orders for Japan when he was about 3 wks from finishing school.
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Comment by topazs74 on October 22, 2012 at 8:56am
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Got a call from my daughter she starts A school today. Thanks Pat.
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Comment by Pat on October 22, 2012 at 8:27am
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topazs...I believe that they would start when they have enough sailors to fill a class. Since mine is a Nuke and didn't go through Great Lakes, this would be a guess on my part. Class is 9 weeks long.
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Does anyone know when the next MM A-school start in the Great Lakes?
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Groton is one of the main places for submarine MM's as there are a minimum of 13 subs there, Popeye's Mom. If you look through the homeport list, sub MM's generally will go to the ones with sub's listed...usually CT, Virginia, Georgia, Washington state, Pearl Harbor, San Diego, and Guam and occassionally NH/ME (for drydock). Surface will go wherever there are ships.
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Comment by Popeye's Mom Alum DIV 031 1-6-12 on October 4, 2012 at 7:57am
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I'm confused. I keep reading where the MM's seem to go but my son is in Groton for now after his school was done. He picked the 3 "dream " places or whatever they call them but got good ole Groton, CT. lol He says he's fine with it tho. :)
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Comment by Kellee on October 2, 2012 at 6:02pm
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Thanks Pat!! very helpful and awesome =o)
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