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Comment by NF Mom on April 29, 2013 at 7:00am

Turtle, many of us sent things off to our Nukes before they arrived at Goose Creek but you have to know certain things before you send it.  I sent you a private message with a link, but basically you need to know they have passed Battle Stations and if they are going to be a Seaman ( ET ) or a Fireman ( EM OR MM ) when they get there.

Comment by NonnaB on April 29, 2013 at 12:51am

To britefuture - when driving through Richmond take the I295 detour; it's slightly longer but not as much traffic.  After Richmond we really didn't hit much traffic until right outside Charleston but it was rush hour.  And did we also get a spectacular thunderstorm!

Comment by Trix2short on April 28, 2013 at 11:15pm

My son arrived in GC in January and he wasn't able to give us am address till he arrived there.

Comment by Turtle on April 28, 2013 at 11:12pm

My son will be attending PIR on May 10, 2013 and then going on to Charleston as a Nuke.  Can I get an address for him at Charleston so I can send a box of his belongings off a couple of days before the PIR?  I was told the rules for attending PIR changed in January this year.  Now only the people on the "list" can get into the building at all.  There is no longer a standing only or waiting area.

Comment by GodBlessAmerica on April 28, 2013 at 8:59pm

BS stands for Ballston Spa (New York).  It is one of the locations that prototype is held at.

My sailor graduates from power school on Friday.  He will be graduating with distinctions.  

Comment by NavyArmyMarineMom on April 28, 2013 at 8:23pm

Thanks Susank ... I'd like to think that, but there's a pretty complicated divorce-custody battle issue behind this ambiguity.  Anyway, without information, it looks like my decision is being made "for me".  I - by intervention of God! - got to attend his PIR (to which his Dad refused to go when he found out I was going).  So, I take my Son's silence as a possible clue that the Dad is going to this graduation.  And, I'd rather not conflict my Son.  I think he knows I would have said "yes" upon receipt of the initial invite if I could have. I'm pretty sure this is his 2nd graduation in Nuke school ... maybe I can make the third one!  What is BS?

Comment by susank on April 28, 2013 at 6:42pm

And one more thing- there was no limit on how many people could attend. Your sailor does have to put your name on the list at the gate.

Comment by susank on April 28, 2013 at 6:38pm

Navarm-y mom I believe if you got an invitation your son gave them your info so he obviously wants you there. Hopefully another parent on this website has more details on a graduation in SC on June 28. I hope you can get there! My son had 3 graduations in the Nuke Pipeline. There was no prototype graduation in BS at that time.

Comment by pietschie on April 28, 2013 at 6:10pm

hi Mark, thanks for the advice, my son said he will ask again, would be nice to get some of that money back !

Comment by Mark on April 28, 2013 at 5:56pm

pietschie - somehow, the ball got dropped communication-wise with Navy travel at Great Lakes and your son, because they should have made it very clear for your son what the process would be.  The policy is that the Navy absolutely would normally cover the cost of a ticket from Chicago to Charleston, no matter where he was going to fly from (home, presumably).  He would then be responsible for any cost beyond that on the plane ticket.  That is just weird that the ball was dropped such that you ended up buying the ticket with no idea how to get reimbursed.  Reimbursement should still be possible - your son should ask his staff advisor (senior enlisted, whatever the title actually is) for help in making the request through travel.  Trust me - there is (or, was) a process for it; at this point, your son will have to take some initiative to fix it.

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