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Permalink Reply by Navyboy_ace on
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Hello, ma'am. My name is Alvin. I ship out for bootcamp on the 17th of this month. Congrats on your son joint along with me as well as so many others. I know you're proud.
Just to help you out a bit, once recruits get to bootcamp, we will spend our first week in a process called P-Week or P-Days (these days are for processin, and do not count along with our regular scheduled 8 and a half basic training weeks) so to be safe you can just round off our training to 9 weeks.
He will call you once he gets to BC in Illinois to let you know he made it. You will be allowed to write him as much as you want but you won't be able to send anything besides letters. In BC we will be able to write family and friends once a week (if I'm not mistaken) but you can write as much as ou want. I hear letters from the fam make BC that much rewarding because we have your support.
After bootcamp and the graduation we will not be granted time to go back home. Some of us will stay over the weekend in Great Lakes, and others may ship out soon after graduation to thier A-School. Since your son is a Nuke rating, I believe he will ship out to South Carolina for A-School. In A-School we will be allowed a bit more privelages than allowed in BC. After A-School we get to go home for a small vacation in preparation for our first Duty Station. So after A-School he'll be home for a while before he reports to duty.
To get more info on his rating in the Nuke field I always visit about.com and type in US Navy then you can navigate to enlisted jobs.
Hope this helps a bit
Alvin Moody
ABF
Ship Date: Feb 17, 2010
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Permalink Reply by Brandons Mom on
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Thanks Alvin for your information I appreciate any info. I can get. Good luck to you!!
Thanks again,
S. Dobbins
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Permalink Reply by Gulf Coast Mom on
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sdobbins - Congratulations for your son making it in the nuke program. He will not have a break between BC and A-school. As a nuke, he will be one of three rates - MM, EM, or ET. He will be able to list which he wants to be, BUT - there is a good chance he won't get it. It is based on "needs of the navy" a phrase you will hear often. The MM's have a shorter A school than EMs or ETs, but the power school and prototype is the same. There is a "nuke moms" site which has lots of info, and a "nuke school Charleston". It is a roller coaster ride. My son is an EM -just graduated from nuke school in December 2009. There are no stupid questions. Ask away - someone will be along to answer. The nuke school is very intense, but my son thrived in it. He volunteered to go subs - he did get subs, but none of the choices he put on his dream sheet. That being said - he is just excited to be finished and finally able to start working on his "dolphins". He has already been out on a short trip.
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Hello, I saw your post while I was browsing this site. I am not a Navy Mom but I myself am joining the Navy and I have found this site very useful. I am also going to boot camp in may, and I am also going into the Nuclear Power Program, I have found some useful information on this site about A-School in particular. I will try to find the link so that you and your son can look at it.
Stephanie
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http://www.navyformoms.com/group/nukeschoolcharleston/forum/topics/...
This is the link that shows some nitty gritty details about nuke A-School like how long your in school each day, and about the liberty that you get as well. I thought it helped a lot and I hope it helps you and your son also. Take care :)
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