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Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on March 20, 2025 at 3:01pm

Happy 1st Day of Spring!

Comment by AZ_RACCOON on March 20, 2025 at 2:57pm

How soon will my SR know if she will get ETN, EMN, or MMN? She has her PIR on May 8th.

Comment by AZ_RACCOON on March 20, 2025 at 2:25pm

Thanks for the help ladies!

Comment by MomofJoseph on March 20, 2025 at 2:05pm

AZ_RACCOON - First of all, you are NOT a terrible mother!  You are an amazing, concerned, caring mother!

Second, your daughter has time to get a DL and a car.  It will be AT LEAST a year after PIR before she goes to Prototype.  There's not much free time during A School and Power School, but there are breaks before and after each school, so she can get her license and get a car during those times.

Third, when my son was in Prototype (2023), they assigned roommates to the same shifts so that they could carpool. In practice, though, once both of his roommates had cars, my son often chose to drive separately so that he could stay later without inconveniencing his roommates.

Comment by Canuka on March 20, 2025 at 1:55pm

For prototype,  I believe my son said that they try to assign roommates to the same watch shifts so they don't have 3 or 4 vehicles coming from the same place. BUT, that is not guaranteed. Best for each person to have their own transportation. 

Also, a vehicle is almost a must in the fleet too. Many base areas,, especially Norfolk & San Diego, don't have good public transportation systems. Also, ships/boats are in homeport more than they are deployed. It depends on timing, when they report vs. boat/ship's movement. When home, it is like a regular work week with evenings and weekends off, except for 24 hour duty days. So, there is time to get away for short times. Being stuck on the boat//ship will get old, fast.

Comment by AZ_RACCOON on March 20, 2025 at 1:38pm

Yeah, the recruiter didn't say anything, sigh. Now I am super stressed, poor kiddo.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on March 20, 2025 at 1:26pm

And if she ends up stationed in Norfolk she will definitely need a car.  Norfolk Naval Base is "the largest naval complex in the world".

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on March 20, 2025 at 1:23pm

We shipped our son his car at the end of power school because we knew he would be leaving for NY.  Like Chipmunk said, I'm surprised her recruiter didn't tell her she would need a car during prototype.  Everyone lives off base then (although there is some base housing in GC but it's normally reserved for families).  I don't think there was any type of public transport in NY - and their hours are all over the place. 

They work crazy shifts:

Swing - 11:30am-11:30pm

Mids 7pm-7am

Days 7am-7pm

And the shifts constantly rotate....I believe every so many days (weeks?) they would then have 4 days in a row off. It's not a fun schedule - but good thing they are young!

Comment by AZ_RACCOON on March 20, 2025 at 1:10pm

Dang, well that sucks, now I feel like a terrible mother. I wonder if she will have time to obtain one before then. Hopefully there will at least be some type of public transportation. She figured she wouldn't have to worry about having a car for years even. Geez, being a noob at this sucks.

Comment by Chipmunk on March 20, 2025 at 12:56pm

AZ_RACCOON - Your daughter will need to live off base for her Prototype training. And most of the Sailors have their own transportation to and from the Prototype location. I am surprised that her recruiter did not insist on the fact that she needed to have her driver's license. But not all recruiters are aware of the circumstances with Nuke school. 

My son's roommate did not have a car, and I think he was working on getting a driver's license. It was difficult for him to get rides and he and my son were not always on the same rotation cycle. They start learning how to stand watch times with when they go in for training at Prototype. Also, my son was still a fairly new driver himself. He had a bicycle for almost the first year he was at GC and so did not get a car (from his sister, till we drove it out to him), and so he had to refresh his memory even though he had a DL. But as a young, male driver, I would not let him take his roommate out to get any driving practice in for his driver's license.

Any of you who have had sailors at GC more recently with any updated information on transportation please reply. I recall there being a bus at NNPTC at times, but that still did not always work with my son's schedule. 

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