Nuke School Charleston

Hi there.  For those moms wanting to join our Moms only secret FB group, Please message me.  Thanks so much. 

Again, that is MOMS only.

Has anyone else's sailor had hard time with his classes.  I feel so bad for our son.  He sure seems to be getting stressed.  He has only had one week of classes.  But he is talking like he is going to be discharged from the Navy.

Marie - Classes are very hard and require many hours outside of the class time for studying and memorization of the material.  It depends on the topic how well each student does.  Hopefully, some topics that he is good at will follow these first few weeks.  Tell him to hang in there and put in as much effort as he is able.  Once they get in the groove, most seem OK.  My LO is more than half way through now.

Rest assured that the Navy wants them to succeed.  Even if they fall behind, they may be put on mandatory study hours.  Not fun, but they are trying to keep them in the program and help them get caught up.  If all else fails for the nuke program, I know of several sailors that were re-classed in other positions.  They are certainly not discharged that quickly.

Marie- The first few weeks of classes are difficult because they are taking two courses at once, on top of all of the structure and regulation. It should get easier after they hit Phase 2. My SO is about to hit Phase 3 and though there are times that it stresses him out and he feels like he doesn't understand, they are fewer than they were before. Like bkell32 said, they will up his study hours if he is struggling, and he will be assigned to a different rate if he still struggles, most likely the non nuke version of their rate, ex: ETN becomes ET. Just keep building him up and encouraging him!

hey All,

My son is having his PIR on Friday, and then on to Charleston on Saturday for MM training. We're very excited!

My son has been in Goose Creek for about a month. We are trying to get his car to him and I was looking at Transport companies when a fellow Navy mom told me that she heard that the Navy will PAY for one car to be shipped. 

Is anyone aware of the Navy's protocol for this and does anyone have any experience in handling this? 

NavyMom2016 - Welcome!  Nope, the Navy won't pay for car to be transported while they are in school.  That's on you (or him)!  Your friend might be thinking of the Navy covering moves once they are in the fleet.  Your son has a while for that.  We transported our sons car to him in Goose Creek back in 2013 (from CA).  We used Door to Door Transport.  Roy was very helpful.  Not sure if he is still there but here's his # 954.703.1113.

If you haven't already joined the Nuke mom's group, please do.  It's much more active than this page. Here's the link:

http://navyformoms.com/group/nukemoms

NavyMom - I found my old post from 2015.

Reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MM on March 6, 2015 at 4:12pm Delete

NavyMom - I found my old post from 2015. It has another # for Door to Door - the # I posted earlier was direct to Roy.

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Gosh I wish I would have found these sites earlier!!!! Thanks for making such a great group! 

Thank you B's Nuke Mom : You have helped TREMENDOUSLY! 

You are very welcome ;-)

I haven't posted in a long while.  I decided to send an update on my Nuke son.  He is almost done with Prototype.  He has a few more quals to get through.  He will be going to Japan.  Nuke school has been long and stressful training for my son, but he prevailed!  His dad and I are so very proud of him.

BZ to your son FLNavymom!  Everyone I know of that has gotten orders to Japan has really enjoyed it.  Hopefully you'll get to visit him at some point!

That's awesome FlnavyMom. Mine is going through the same thing right now! Just a couple more to go. Awesome job to him. Now hopefully our boys can come home for Thanksgiving. 

Thank you all.  I too have heard great things about Japan.  He is very excited about going.  We will be going to see him as soon as we can.  Our youngest is going to Great Lakes in Feb.  He will be a Spook. As empty nesters we will be able to go see them often.  I hope.  Best of luck to your sailor Mindya.  It's been a long journey for them.  I know they are excited to join the fleet.

Whats a spook please? They all have names and most of them I can't understand LOL!!! Mine is a Squid LOL!!!

Kymom - there is a pretty active Japan group on here and they can answer many of your questions.

http://navyformoms.ning.com/group/japanmoms

Please keep me active on the list, thank you!!

Hi all - as long as you have posted since 12/1/15 you will not be deleted from N4M.  The site has topped out at 100,000 members so in order to allow new ones in they have to start purging inactive members.  There are currently about 3500 people waiting to be added!  Hopefully we'll be able to start adding new members soon.

You may delete me from this group.  Thanks!!!

Please keep my in the group. :)

Good morning!   it is about be become "cold" here in SC.....about 2 hours from GC....3500 on the waiting list...that is really amazing....we have 100,00 members? really? amazing...Wishing you all a Christ centered Christmas.....just read the Beatitudes this morning.....found them to be very "counter" to this culture..or any culture...gotta have a Christ centered world view....all history points to Him.....let us celebrate Him this Christmas and enjoy all that He freely gives us....the gift that truly matters most for now and eternity.

Good Morning All!

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Good morning,  my family is planning a week long vacation after Power School graduation March 31st.  My younger son has the following week off of school for spring break so the timing is perfect.  I have heard that the Wild Dunes resort area is a great place to stay at Isle of Palms.  Hoping to rent a house or condo near the beach.  Does anyone have any suggestions or have any of you vacationed near there?  Thanks in advance for any tips!  :)

Sunshine5,

Thank you for the tips and we will check out Obstanant Daugher!  Let me know when you find out your son's graduaiton date.

Will do!  Across the street from the Obstenent Daughter is Poe's Tavern (named after Edgar Allen Poe). Great, casual, beach burger place. Both are on Sullivan's Island, no more than a 5/10 minute drive from Isle of Palm.

I want to make sure that everyone in this group is also a member of our nuke moms group.  It's a little more active over there.....

http://navyformoms.ning.com/group/nukemoms

Hello, I'm new to this group, but not new to Navyfor moms,  my son is at Goose Creek and will be graduating soon, where can I get the time and place, my son said he doesn't know the details.

atwinmom - which school is he graduating from?  You might want to post your question in the nuke moms group.  Maybe someone will have a sailor in the same class as your son & has the answer.  He should have that info though as the grad dates are usually known as soon as the school starts.  Has he asked his SLPO or a fellow classmate?

He is graduating from A school Feb 3rd, it's getting pretty close!!  I'll ask in the nuke moms group too.   Thanks!!

Hi atwinmom, and welcome to the group. Congrats on your son's arrival in Charleston. We're here to help each other, ourselves, and (of course) our Nukes.

From which phase of training is your son graduating? "A" School and Power School both their graduations on base, while Prototype graduation is held on the Yorktown at Patriots Point. Each of these graduations marks a big hurdle, so my advice would be to go to as many as you can.

A Feb graduation means they'll be in their dress blues. To me, they seem much more formal than the whites. Everyone looks so sharp and on form.

I hope this helps. If you haven't already, I *strongly* suggest to also join the Nuke Moms group. It's much more active than this group.

Thank you PacNWmom and B'sNukeMoM, I appreciate your help!

hello all!

I hope you, your sailors and your families are all doing great!

Well our sailor officially gets to the books starting today. Done with all that work/life balance and into the real school.  He knows his target graduation dates so working on schedules now. How close to graduation do they know they have passed A school?

Hello ladies - you'll find the Nuke Moms page is more active and will probably get answers faster over there. 

As far as passing - they comp (take their final test) the week of graduation - if I remember right for A school it's on Monday and graduation is always Friday.  Your sailor would be able to let you know the day of the test.

Here's the link to the NukeMoms group for anyone who hasn't joined yet:

http://navyformoms.ning.com/group/nukemoms

Does anyone have the specifics on A school Grad June 2017?

MissyBo - come on over to the nuke moms page and post your question there - you'll probably get more responses as this group isn't very active.

Welcome NavyMom7102!  Be sure to join our nuke moms group.....it's more active than this page.  Look 3 posts down and I have the link!

Welcome Kim to the Charleston group!  You might want to join the nuke moms group since it's more active (it's ok that you are a spouse, you're still welcome there!)

Here's the link:

http://navyformoms.ning.com/group/nukemoms