NUKE moms

B'sNukeMom - Happy Belated Birthday!!! I am so glad that you were able to share the day with your guys, even if you were in the stands watching the games. 

Thanks Chipmunk - I'm just happy I was able to have the whole family together - that was the best gift of all ;-D

Family is the best and it is hard when we can't be there with each other. 

Don't forget if your Sailor is in Goose Creek and is looking for somewhere to go for Thanksgiving the Bluebirds Take Flight is serving up a free home cooked meal.  See my post below.  

And they can even get a ride!

Remind them to RSVP!

Hi Ladies, my son was a JSI at NPTU and is moving to his new duty station soon. Wants to rent his 5 bedroom house out furnished to prototype students. He is looking to hire a property manager… he interviewed one who advised him that many HOAs have rules that prohibit leases under 12 months. He checked, and his HOA does have this rule. Does anyone know - Is there a way around this? 

DsMom2020 - I am answering on the fly, so forgive my lack of specific information or proper verbiage. There is some sort of act/clause/provision/law which allows sailors or military personnel to break a lease without penalties if they have orders to move. My son told me about this because I believe the apartment where he stayed had a 6 month or a 1-year lease, or they were looking at an apartment with such. 

I am sorry to hear that your son is dealing with HOA requirements. We are very cautious when we move to make sure that we are not getting into an HOA. But I have other family members who live in an area that is predominantly HOA and so it just depends. I would say that he looks into just setting the least as 1 year and the property management company will know that they are most likely going to be broken. There will be some sailors who end up not being ready to move out immediately after Prototype because of their orders. My son had almost that situation, one of his roommates was still in the apartment after he and the other roommate had moved on. Another friend on this group, her son was in GC for a month or more waiting for his orders to his ship. 

Have your son continue to check and ask around to his buddy's that have rented at apartments. I am sure the HOA has that clause because they do not want random cars in and out. I think another thing to check on would be the # of cars in a driveway or parked on the street and leasing as a multi-person dwelling, versus a single-family dwelling. That could cause some other issues as well. 

All the best to your son. Another option would be to rent to married couples coming into NNPTC from A school forward. 

I do not advocate for multiple married couples in the same house though  - that leads to other issues. - Sorry, I just wanted to make that clear. 

DsMom2020 -- If he is renting to Sailors or other military members, then the Service Member's Civil Relief Act applies (unless waived). One of the SCRA provisions allows for the termination of residential leases with 90 days written notice on PCS orders. That is federal law, and I don't think the HOA can do anything about it except to not allow renting at all. Being close to both NNPTU and Joint Base Charleston, a large portion of the rental market would be military. (From the landlord's point of view, they know exactly what everyone is getting for BAH, so they can be very sure what they can charge and confident of getting paid. That helps assure availability and affordability of housing.)

Thank you ladies for your answers. You are right about the SCRA. My son discussed it with the property manager and she did admit to being aware. I think she must have agreed to rent to military as she is going walk through of his house this coming week. 

I hope it all work out the way he wants. 

Oliver enjoying his 2nd snow this season!

Happy Belated Thanksgiving Everyone!!

And snow to welcome in December!!  We still just have fall leaves on the ground, but it is cold!

I believe we have a new member join our group?

I was caught up in a week of preparation for family coming and then visiting, so I am just getting back on track a little bit. I pulled all of my fall decorations, but they still need to be packed away, neatly. And then it is time to pull out my Christmas houses. My sailor gal has had her tree up for some time, but considering they spent the holidays last year in the hospital with Baby Precious, they are just blessed to be able to go out and about with her and take her to turkey dinner with other families who serve our military! I spoke to my son, (Nuke vet) and I told him how to make the green bean casserole, for their contribution to one of the dinners they attended. 

Hi all - Happy Monday!

My DIL is presenting her Thesis Defense this morning and I'm watching it on zoom right now - thank goodness for technology!

Her defense is "Boater and Angler Behavior to Minimize Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species". This is at Michigan State University.

B'sNukeMom - Thank you so much for always sharing all the great events and everything else you do everyday!  I really appreciate it so much!  It means a lot to all of us!!

The Blue Angels have posted their 2025 and 2026 Show Schedule.

If you've never seen them you should really try!

Seahawks12 - ah you are very welcome!

Hi Everyone!  I am planning my sailors A school graduation in GC the end of March.  Does anyone have any recommendations for hotels?  Hope you Moms are doing good!  Always thinking about all of you!  He won't be home for the Holidays this year.  We are in another country and it is a little tough to get the okay this year! 

Seahawks12 - I "bumped" a discussion up above about places to stay.  

There's also the Foster Creek Villas - here's the link:

Foster Creek Villas

Click on the picture to enlarge and make it easier to read!

B'sNukeMom - Thank you for places to stay info.  This will be very helpful when booking our stay for the Goose Creek A school graduation in March.

Hooyah Navy!

Congratulations to all of our sailors who graduated the Nuke Pipeline!!

Hooyah Navy!!  - My husband was watching the game and I happened to go into the room and see it on and that we were ahead. Otherwise, I was busy with lots of holiday preparations. 

 Seahawks12 - We stayed at the Days Inn there in GC all four times that I went to see my son. My husband thought it smelled of ocean, or such but then again, they are nearby. It is older but they had remodeled a little bit. For me, going to A school graduation by myself with my youngest son and not knowing what to expect, I wanted something that was close to NNPTC, and then also they had a continental hot breakfast (not a big full buffet) and the prices were cheap, I think I had some reward points used by the time we did one of our final visits to the area. They are not posh or upscale, but I am rather frugal at times with my hotel budget. That was all pre-Covid, so I would definitely look at online reviews.