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Happy Friday 🥰

Happy Friday!! : )

Good afternoon and happy Sunday! Does anyone know if there’s any reason we can’t hit the road immediately or shortly after power school graduation to head to Ballston Spa? Trying to arrange travel and several other moving parts with limited information we have received thus far. Can’t think of any but wanted to run it by this group in case there is something we aren’t thinking of. 

Momof1- I'm sure there's probably some sort of check out procedure they have to do.  Have your sailor check with his SLPO - and there should be a specific check in date that they have to report to Ballston Spa.  

I know B finished power school on 12/18/13 and he got to NY on 1/13/14.  But he didn't actually start Prototype until 4/14/14.

Copy that. Thank you for the information, as always! 

Happy Thursday!

Happy Thursday!  

Happy almost 4th! 

For all of our sailors who are working today, may they know how much their service is appreciated!! 

Chipmunk - YES!!! 

Hello and Happy Monday!! Good news B’sNukeMom…my son and his buddies have secured apartments in BS at the Winners Circle! Woot. Couldn’t have done without you, thank you!!

Momof1 - yay!  Glad I could help....I'm sure they will enjoy it there.  Hopefully you'll get to visit the area too!

That IS Great news, Momof1!  Thank you for sharing!!!

Momof1 - So glad to hear that your sailor has his apartment squared away at BS. I know our kids are adults and they can take care of this stuff, but sometimes it just seems like as a Mom we want to make sure everything is going smoothly and they know what they are doing. 

B’sNukeMom - oh yes, there will definitely be visits! I actually get to make the road trip up there with him. I’m super excited. I haven’t had him trapped in the car, all to myself, since he was a sophomore in high school 😁

MomofJoseph - thank you and you’re welcome!

Chipmunk - YES, absolutely this is it exactly. They are capable but it’s nice to help where we can to make sure they are good. 

Appreciate everyone’s support and feedback!!

Welcome to our newest members ~ Janet Tazer Face and Gwen!

Please be sure to read the ***NEW MEMBERS*** info at the top of the page.  Lots of good info there.  Also take a look at the Pages (21) to the right under the member profiles - be sure to hit "view all".  And the discussion forum above has some good info too - be sure to read Chipmunks "Nuke A School Daily Schedule".  And of course, feel free to ask any questions you may have.

Good morning, Gwen!  Your son and my son could be twins!  :-)  My son went to BC Sept 2021, and went to Nuke school in Nov 2021.  He is smart, loves math, and did not want to go to college.  I don't have great advice about getting him back on track, but for my son, we told him we didn't care what he did, but he had to do SOMETHING after graduation:  College, community college, workforce, Navy - we didn't care, but he was not going to live in our basement and play video games.  For him, the Navy was the best of his options.

He has loved most of his experience.  He loved Nuke school.  It was challenging, but he loved the freedom of school M-F and having weekends off.  He loved that he was paid to go to school while his friends were PAYING for their school.  And now he loves how many options he has for when he separates from the Navy. (Also, the signing bonus and the reenlistment bonus have been a blessing to him.)

I hope some of this triggers some ideas for motivating your son. 

Gwen, I am glad that MomofJoseph replied before I did, as my son's situation was a little different. However, he was still just out of HS and headed to BC in late June of that year and to Nuke school the end of Aug. He never wanted to do more than 6 years and as an ETN he was often pushed to reenlist. He is also short and was queried many times why he did not want to go subs. Nuke school is hard, the schedule for duty watch can be difficult, depending on where your sailor is at. But as MomofJoseph said, they also can earn more and save their money which is what my son did. All in all, the decision has to be his because when it gets tough, he has to decide if it was worth it or not. My son chose not to do the Star reenlistment, but he is now in the reserves and for his situation, that has worked out fairly well. 

Janet Tazer Face and Gwen! - Welcome Aboard!! Please feel free to post your questions here. We may not be able to answer immediately, but we will and if we miss something don't hesitate to ask again. 

My son helped me write this discussion when he was in A school in 2017 - a lot has happened since then but you may still share this with your loved ones to give them and yourself an idea of what A school looks like. - 

Nuke A school daily schedule - sailor's perspective - Navy For Moms