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This group is for those interested in discussing enlisted commissioning programs.
Members: 32
Latest Activity: Jan 16, 2020
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Started by Chris. Last reply by Sweet*Southern*Lady Jul 18, 2010. 1 Reply 3 Likes
"So you want to be an officer, and you want a free college degree, have you considered the Seaman to Admiral 21 Program! Now that you have enlisted in the Navy, and have become familiar with the…Continue
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Comment by Chris on October 26, 2011 at 9:18pm
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IRRC FY 12 NSI begins 2/19/12 one class only. Whatever is required of the OC's is determined by the NROTC Battalion at the school. There should be a website for more information. My son gets leave for all the school holiday breaks (The Citadel). They have phone musters on break. They have PT several times a week at 5AM. There are FRX (Fleet Readyness Exercises) as well.
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Comment by Carol Aileen on October 24, 2011 at 8:22pm
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I'm saying Congrats again Dolphin! :) so exciting! You are welcome.....
My son was still in prototype when he was selected - he stayed in prototype for a while, but it was getting harder and harder to get signed off on things, and since he was not going to be going on they put him at the bottom of the list.... they finally pulled him from prototype and he just checked in daily - maybe do some work but mostly he was able to get back into shape. and freshen up on swimming.... and a lot of snowboarding.....
after NSI he was able to come home for about a month and then he reported to college/NROTC about a month before school started.
Can't help on the husband part....
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Comment by TheRightThing on October 24, 2011 at 9:11am
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CarolAileen- He is on Grad Hold between Power School & Prototype....in Goose Creek. Thanks so much for the link!
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one more link for you to check out - http://www.ocs.navy.mil/nsi.asp
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oh its actually under other links.......
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Have you checked out the sta-21 page? http://www.sta-21.navy.mil/index.asp - under the FAQ's is a information package letter that will explain some things for you. - Aaron did have to work in the NROTC office while waiting for school to start, and he had to go through the NROTC miniboot camp - which he wasn't too thrilled with having already gone through reg. Boot camp and NSI.... I told him it was a small price to pay for his education.
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I'm still getting this figured out - I know that he has to put in for leave, and he goes to school year around.... but he is coming home for Christmas for about 10 days.... and he got over this summer for a few days also. - Where in the nuke pipeline is your son Rightthing?
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Thanks so much for the info....this is all so new to me. My son wants to go to North Carolina State University. Do they get the "regular college" vacation breaks or does the Navy make them stay on campus and work?
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I think that there will only be one class again this year. I saw someone say in feb. Then start college summer session . Where does ur son want to go? My son is a nuke at Oregon state.
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Comment by Sweet*Southern*Lady on October 23, 2011 at 7:28pm
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The program is much smaller than when the DH got into it in fall of '09. But Last year they only had one NSI program at Newport. They started school in the summer.
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