Nuke School Charleston

Hi MomofChris - there is a Best Buy near the base, it is the highest grossing BB in the Country (thanks to our children) Chris will not be allowed to get to it, until he gets out of "indoc" and possibly phase 1, Also he will not need it for school only for his own enjoyment and downtime.  Enjoy PIR - I still tear up thinking about it.

Nursebubbles - the teachers at NNPTC will give your son all the tools he needs to succeed in this program, he just needs to figure out what works best for him and use them,  time management is so important.    It is an extremely fast pase learning curve and if he is struggling, there is always someone around to help him in the evenings and on weekends, my son has gone in as late as 10pm on some nights and as early as 5am. to prepare for test...

Good afternoon.... son is in A school... PIR 8/19.

Any tips or info for the mom?

Ive run to visit him once.

Didnt see much. More a drop and run trip.

Id like to plan a weekend when he gets it in a couple of weeks.

I know Charleston is known for its great food. We've done the Yorktown.

Any heads up on how long before graduation? Before Power school?

What the guys like sent to them? Thank you!

(There is a HUGE laptop discount for Navy online...like 50% off. My son is wanting a new gaming system too! I will have to find it. It is for new military.)

Wamomofchris: orginally post by Casy~Ryans Wife - it is from 2009, but looks like not a lot has changed - Hope this helps

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/nukemoms/forum/topics/your-sailors...

Just got back from a long holiday weekend in Charleston with our son.  I highly recommend O'Charleys and Smokey Bones for good places to eat :)  He did go back to base two mornings so he could put in a few extra study hours which is very unlike him.  He just started power school a few weeks ago and said it is very hard but he is determined.  He said there are instructors at the study hall each night to help out if they are struggling in any given area.  He said they do all they can to help these kids pass.  I was glad to hear that.

im not sure when your sailor will be starting though, donna.   have you heard from your sailor.  he will be told when he starts classes.

good morning!!  praying everyone has a great day!!

donna-  my son is in sc so im not sure when your son will start school.  sorry!!  wish i could help you.

  i think i am going to check into the carriage rides.    maybe take in a movie.  im sure my son will have some ideas when we go down.  i am going to steer him away from best buy.  sounds like he has been there to much already LOL!

good morning all!! wish you all a wonderful and blessed day!!!

good morning!!  wish you all a wonderfully blessed day!!!

my son also shipped out on saturday morning.   we met him at the airport and spent about 5 more hours with him there.  

it does vary though.  

wvnavymom:  your SR will be able to tell you his flight plans right after PIR.  Unless, he has time to call you beforehand if he knows when he calls you for that "I'm a Sailor" call.  My son's PIR was in early June, and I was fortunate enough to be able to spend that whole day Saturday because he flew out at 6 p.m..  However, I have heard that the recent PIR's SR's have been leaving on Saturday morning.  Just to let you know, you can meet him at the USO in the airport. Just take note, that they will be tired with going through boot and finishing and staying up for hours upon hours during BS.  Right after PIR, we brought him to the hotel where he took a shower, nap, relax, went to the PX to buy a Proud Navy Mom shirt, and eat Taco Bell.  Bring a Tide stick - they will protect their uniform!  He'll need cash for the airport but check because I don't know if they have a cap on the amount they can carry - not sure though. 

Good luck and it's great to hear of another great sailor is added to the fleet!

wvnavymom, I can attest to the fact that no news IS good news.  As hard as it is to not hear from our babies, you can be assured that they are being taken care of.  They keep them pretty busy and also don't allow them to write for several weeks as they are trying to break them of old habits of depending on mom and dad and start depending on the Navy team.  Once they can start writing AND sending letters, I am sure you will hear from her.  In the meantime, just know that breaking down into tears in the grocery store, church, lumber yard or the gas station are all very normal and won't go away anytime soon!!!

hello all!!

smcfar--we also went to taco bell after PIR!!!  then just relaxing in the hotel. 

wvnavymom, my son PIR'd last Dec & was in a 900 div as well. It was disheartening initially when other moms were receiving letters & I hadn't received mine. I later learned that his 900 div didn't fill up until the following week & then they became a "push division" to get through all of the training to graduate with the other divs. He was given time to write on Sundays, so I always received my letters on Wed since I live in central IL.

PS My son had not accrued enough leave time at Christmas to take 10 days, but they let him make it up afterward. They get 30 days of leave a year, my son got caught up and earned enough leave to come home again in July.

My son left GL on Saturday, got to O'Hare at 5 am and his flight didn't leave until 2 pm. My biggest regret was scheduling our flight home for 6 am, not realizing we could have spent most of that day with him at the airport if we had booked later that day or the next day. I was so sad.

Good Morning Ladies,

I have a SR at GL with a PIR date of 12/2. I've been reading through some of the previous comments. Thanks for all the good info. Glad to know that they can borrow ahead on leave at Christmas since I thought the school would probably close down. Think he will get more time off than my DD still in HS.