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Comment by Pat L. in IL on June 10, 2009 at 9:20pm

Looks like there are a lot of sections in Power School class 0905. But look at it this way, we will all be in Goose Creek for Power school graduation. OOOOHHH, I smell a meet and greet!!!!

Comment by LLovesmysailor on June 10, 2009 at 12:58pm

Time for something lighter. Some one mentioned stress being a strange bedfellow. Which reminded me of when my husband was at prototype. He was an Ensign at the time. Officers have a much heavier load because they have to know all the systems instead of just one area. When the stress got really bad, he started to mutter or talk in his sleep. He would get more and more agitated until I realized he was waiting for some one to answer him. So I would sit up in bed and say things like "and next", "yes sir","continue", until he had finished either the shut down or the start up of the reactor. Then he'd just roll over and continue to sleep. Of course, by then I was wide wake for the rest of the night.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on June 10, 2009 at 10:04am

Jeanne, I've been there. I think its all the school work. Most of the guys they went to BC with are already out in the Fleet. Nukes can feel as if they are not really in the "Navy", but some kind of strange limbo. They don't see the end of the tunnel. The holds between power school and prototype can make it worse. Once he gets into Prototype his attitude may change. There's something about finally getting to do what you've trained to do that make all the difference. As far as putting what he's used to good use outside the Navy. Well, my husband is still a Nuke and works for a company that builds nuclear power plants around the world. They hire nukes out of the Navy all the time. In fact, they will be hiring 5,000 of them in the next 5 or 6 years. I would suggest that you tell your son to sit down and have a long talk with a Senior Chief. There are plenty of them in GC. They will be glad to spend some time with him. As an ex-officer's wife I can tell you that Senior Chiefs are the fountain of all wisdom. Good Luck.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on June 10, 2009 at 7:28am

Good morning Marie, Our son is an EM. We talked to him last night and he starts Power School on Mon. Pat

Comment by Pat L. in IL on June 9, 2009 at 11:25pm

Lori, Congratulations to Sean!!! We KNEW he could do it.

Anybody have a sailor in 0905-2 starting Power School on Mon? Jeff is FINALLY starting after a hold up on his security clearance.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on June 9, 2009 at 7:38pm

For those wives headed to Prototype with their husbands... The stress got so bad sometimes that the guys would do weird things in their sleep. One of the guys started walking in his sleep. His wife couldn't tell anyone because that can get you thrown out of the Navy. So she use to have him sleep with a belt on and she'd attach a rope so that if he got up during the night she could reel him back in.

Comment by LLovesmysailor on June 9, 2009 at 5:39pm

Tammy, It might be good for your husband to remember that his test scores or class rank don't follow him into the Fleet or even power school. My husband was a Nuke Officer and he says they never knew anything about class ranks or test scores. They just assumed that if you passed you were qualified to be where you were and that all that mattered was how you did your job when it really counts. That is when they are in the Fleet. Officers will write their Fit Reps based on their performance when they are working for them. So I hope your husband lets up on himself and saves himself for Prototype. Ah the stories I could tell from ages ago......

Comment by LLovesmysailor on June 9, 2009 at 2:47pm

kate, Don't stress. Alex was a solid C student in High School. He'd kill me if he knew I said that. I asked him how come he was doing so well in Nuke school but couldn't get decent grades in High School. He said "Mom, the Navy pays me. I high school the teachers didn't really care all that much as long as I passed. In the Navy I have to look at my Chief everyday and I know what he expects of me!" The Navy saw his potencial or as the Chief said, " Alex, you are not stupid, you're just lazy and the Navy doesn't pay for lazy" Alex is now an ET. So don't stress, the Chief are there to that for us.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on June 9, 2009 at 2:41pm

Kate, We got a really nice 3ftX5ft. Navy flag from Amazon.We fly it with the stars and stripes every day. Will continue to fly the Navy flag until my son comes home!

Comment by LLovesmysailor on June 9, 2009 at 11:41am

Dawn, ya they do do it on purpose. Carriers run 24/7 and during combat operations they run on little sleep. My husband says its a good thing that they are just redo-ing a couple of things. It means they are expecting her to pass. The Navy runs in strange and mysterious ways.

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