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Comment by shihtzulover56 on June 18, 2013 at 11:47pm

My son is in school at Goose Creek to so thought I would join the group.

Comment by mn linda (nuke MM ELT Groton CT) on June 18, 2013 at 8:26pm

I can meet in Ft Dodge on either of the July dates

Comment by ProudNavyDad on June 18, 2013 at 7:41pm

Mark & J's Mom - It's funny cause I picked my site name NavyNucDad just based on the spelling, but I've seen "nuke" used all over to refer to destroying something with nuclear weapons or other harsh measures (like the game Duke Nuk'em).  I asuume it has more to do with not being called "nuc" (wiht the u sounding like "nut") versus Nuke which is pronounced "noook" (long oo - like Duke or Luke)

Comment by tina41 on June 18, 2013 at 5:33pm

hello all!!

Michele--congrats to your sailor!!  have you asked someone from this site who is going to the graduation to maybe get you a picture or two?  that is what I did.

Comment by Michelle/ET (PowerSchool 1306) on June 17, 2013 at 9:58pm

Received word my son passed his comps for A School today finishing #7 out of 21. So proud of him. Wish I was able to make it to Goose Creek Friday to celebrate with him. Too far of a drive from Iowa. : (

Comment by Mark on June 17, 2013 at 6:01pm

Ah yes... I'm surprised that question wasn't asked of me a long time ago :).  "Nuc" was the more common spelling in the 80's to my memory among those of us in the program.  This is purely my speculation, but I've always thought that we were trying to make a distinction between the nuclear power and the nuclear weapons communities, and somehow thought "nuke" was more of a nuclear weapons term.  I know some of the regular posters here know other veterans from my era, and I'm curious what their thoughts are.

Comment by Mark on June 17, 2013 at 5:24pm

NF Mom - it was really just the specific term, "dinq" that seemed more prevalent in the fleet back them.  Progress in prototype was managed basically the same (though I suspect computers are used more now).  It was just more common in proto to talk about being "behind the curve", or something like that.  There were never any "grad holds" or the like back then either - whole classes left Power School at the same time like clockwork after graduation, with groups bound for either New York, Idaho, or Connecticut. 
To z'smom - the quals at "A" school you ask about are strictly for the "watchstanding" they do in the buildings for "A" school and Power school; totally different from the honest-to-god "nuc stuff" of prototype.

Comment by NF Mom on June 17, 2013 at 5:23pm

J's Mom, I did not notice anything too specific, sorry if I was being dramatic.

I had posted some specific things from last year sometime ago, and I was talking for my own benefit as much as anyone else's.

I doubt anyone of us knows enough specifics to be dangerous, but if we start sharing information from different periods of time, and then asking our sons and daughters specific information and sharing it, it could paint a picture.

As it turns out much of the planning information is public information through the budgeting process, so if you added a comprehensive picture of the actual versus the planned over a period of years, it might provide significant information on fleet manning.

But then again, I am probably just being dramatic :)

Comment by NF Mom on June 17, 2013 at 5:02pm

Susan,

              I agree with Mark.  I like yours better :)

              The official one makes them sound like a bunch of Juvenile Delinquents ...

 

Comment by NF Mom on June 17, 2013 at 4:54pm

William, that is very interesting information, regarding what was going on in New York versus what happened in Goose Creek just three or four months later.

In Goose Creek they posted the list of who was going where the Friday before graduation.  Some of my son's buddies new where they were going before that, but those buddies may, or may not, have all been from the proto-type class that graduated two months before.  I do know that his roommate was from the previous class, but others may, or may not, have been from the same class and received their fleet assignment information sooner than the week before.

I do know that my son was totally focused on where he was going, for him his official orders were an after thought.  So seven days before graduation was when he and very long list of others found out where they were going.

As to speculation as why the difference in when they knew:

Class standing in Power School ?

Different Procedures in New York than Goose Creek ?

Detailers being on a different cycle during the last part of 2012 vs the first part of 2013 ?

Who knows.

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