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Future Nuke
My "FUTURE NUKE", left tonight for GL. His 18th birthday is on the 19th of this month and of course the holidays are not far behind. It was very difficult to let him go but he has wanted this for many years. He even did Sea Cadets and, of course, DEP to get ready. Thank you all for posting your experiences, it has already helped me in this tough time. My question is..... I live in Maryland so I'm not sure if I should fly up or take the train or just drive. From what I've read, I wont have much time with him so I'm thinking maybe train. Any advice?
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Permalink Reply by NAVY-em's_Mom on
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We live in PA we're driving. I looked into taking the train from here, and was just as expensive as flying and took longer then driving.
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Permalink Reply by frogkisses on
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We flew from Buffalo to Chicago for the PIR. I had 8 hours with my son.
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Permalink Reply by Regi on
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My "future nuke" -- if that's the term to use (I'm going to be learning quite a bit in terminology and acronyms shortly), is flying out to GL tomorrow but we're headed for the airport this evening. Wonderful that your son was able to participate in Sea Cadets. No advice on the transportation since I'm in this for the first time. They'll meet up I'm sure at boot camp or A school. We don't have a graduation (PIR?) date yet and am not sure when parents find out.
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Permalink Reply by GodBlessAmerica on
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You will get the PIR date when you get a form letter. It takes about two weeks to get it. We got to spend the day with our son, and the next day, he didn't fly out until late afternoon. (The nukes were put into groups of 4 or 5 and flew out at staggered times, starting in the wee hours of Saturday morning and ending in the wee hours of Sunday morning.) Your sailor won't know any flight details until you are in the Chicago area, awaiting that glorious PIR!
Important - in the Navy, and especially boot camp, No news is Good news. Good luck on your journey!
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Permalink Reply by Navy Mom x3 on
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My sailor PIR'd on 1/20/12 in the middle of a blizzard. They has shortened liberty that night due to the snow so we got about 6 hours with him. We met him at the airport for what we thought was "a couple of hours" before he flew out. Well, the airplane was broken so we spent the entire day at O'Hare. There were 24 Nukes in the group who all got put up for the night by the airline and were told they were leaving early Sunday. We met him there again on Sunday and spent several hours there before he finally left for GC.
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