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Comment by BunkerQB on June 15, 2013 at 3:15am

Betsyleebig, left you a comment on your page. From menu bar, click "MY PAGE" in case you have forgotten. (((hug))) BQB.

Comment by GodBlessAmerica on June 14, 2013 at 11:14pm

Mine got word that he is staying in GC for prototype.  For him, it is great news.  He has a very good friend from HS that is at the Citadel.  For us, it is cheaper to fly in and out of Charleston than NY.  

Comment by CountryGirl on June 14, 2013 at 5:34pm

MN Mom of MM 

I happen to be from the Norfolk area and this may brighten your day.  This is a link from a local tv station letting us know the Eike is on its way home.  http://on.wtkr.com/MAxuLol

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on June 14, 2013 at 2:37pm

Wise words as always, J's mom. Nobody can say it like you do.

Comment by Adam'sProudMom on June 14, 2013 at 2:11pm

Betsyleebig, you sounded very discouraged in your post. I hope that you're feeling better, now. The most important thing is that you make sure your son knows that you're proud of him, no matter what.

It goes without saying that you'd rather have him alive and happy than to be one of the many Goose Creek statistics who felt they were letting their family down.

I only know about your son what you've written about him, but he seems like a very sensitive young man who could really use your support right now. All of the stories I've read on N4M of sailors who've left the Nuclear program seem to have happy endings. I'm sure yours will, too.

Sending you good thoughts.

Comment by Robin - Nuke ET on June 14, 2013 at 12:49pm

PattiP...He was told to move his things into a new room on Monday (finally living alone w/o a roommate) and then the list came out last night that he's leaving for NY.  I guess he won't unpack much now!  I offered to come help him move but he politely said thanks, but that he could handle it.  Maybe it's time to cut the cord LOL

Comment by Robin - Nuke ET on June 14, 2013 at 12:27pm

Thanks NF Mom.  That is a lot of good information.  I will probably read your post a million times this weekend.  I have more knowledge and less tears thanks to all of you:)

Comment by NF Mom on June 14, 2013 at 12:22pm

Robin,

 congratulations on you son graduating from both A-School and Power School.   For many students Power school is the hardest, at least academically, so now he just needs to survive the long hours and designed in stresses of Prototype.  They  need lots of support that they can do it and they just need to hang in there in Prototype.  Lots of frustration that they need to call someone and vent about in Prototype, at least that was the way it was for my son.

In many ways your son should count his blessing getting out of Goose Creek and going to New York.   After my son graduated Power School he spent a year at Goose Creek trying to get through Prototype and only two months of that was in Grad Hold.

My son was in one of the lucky Prototype classes during that time at Goose Creek.  Some of his peers who graduated  Power School with him, and classed up for prototype in Goose Creek at about the same time,  were still looking at another four, five or six months in prototype after my son graduated Prototype. 

By  contrast, my son's peers who went to New York for prototype graduated 3, 4 and even 5 months earlier than my son from Prototype.

I am not sure the exact reasons for all the very long, and also many short delays in Prototype at Goose Creek, but I expect the fact that both prototype  training facilities in Goose Creek will be 50 years old this year has something to do with it.

My son also spent a lot more time on the phone with his parents during Prototype  than he did in Power School where he spent huge number of hours in the secure building studying in the evenings and very early mornings and weekends.

The biggest deal is he is almost through the training pipeline and he could always put in to be home-ported in Georgia, and limit his dream sheet to only Georgia.   They do sometimes get the home port they want, especially when it has lot's of Crews that need ET Nukes.  It worked for my son, he used that method, he wanted a boomer in Washington State, he put in exclusively for Washington State and he got a boomer in Washington State.

The Boomers and Guided missile subs in Georgia all need two crews each, so there are a lot of Nuke ET jobs in Georgia.

Finally, it is all worth it. My son is out in the fleet now on a Submarine and it is very different, and many times better than the training pipeline.  The sooner your son can get through prototype the sooner he can get out in the fleet, and recent history indicates the fastest way to get through prototype is go to New York

Congratulations, again, to your son,  and his parents for graduating A-School and Power School.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on June 14, 2013 at 12:12pm

Betsyleebig, it's hard news to hear but we have heard it before and these sailors go on to jobs they are better suited for and are happy once they realize it isn't all over for them. Chin up, my friend. Just be sure and let your sailor know that no matter what the navy has in store for him you love him and are proud of him. You might also tell him he has all the virtual love and support N4Ms can send him.

And please don't leave us. Sailors like yours hold a special place in our hearts and we like to hear how they do. Besides, we are all part of the navy family and we stick together.

Comment by Robin - Nuke ET on June 14, 2013 at 11:13am

MN Mom...not sure how you all do it. I hope you hear from your sailor soon.  My son volunteered for sub duty. 

Betsylee... I stopped feeling sorry for myself when I read your post.   I don't know what you're feeling but your son is a bright young man or he wouldn't be where he is.  It will all work out.  Take care.

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