family and nuke life

[stephpatton]

im 24, married, one 2 year old, female.  i will definintely miss my family after being at bootcamp, and i going to have to wait another 24 weeks during a school before they can come stay with me?  what phase of training are family members allowed to come live with you?

[Samabby]

They may come down shortly after you start A school. The search feature beckons you.

[HydroDave63]

for a week!

[xrex1x]

stephpatton,

I know this is quite off topic, but if there is anything I have learned from reading and writing on this forum, it's this: take the time to check your spelling and grammar before hitting the "post" button.  If you don't, you're very likely to receive quite the reaming from these folks.  They're all good people, with an almost endless amount of experience and knowledge (As an aside, I'd be curious to know how much collective nuclear Navy experience exists on this forum...), and you would do well to heed any advice they can give you.  It's kind of the "been there, done that" point of view.  And though things may change quickly in the Navy, there's always someone on here that is up to date.  With that said...

On topic: I leave for basic training on July 10.  From what research I have done, and what has been reported to me from the recruiters (both nuclear and recruiting chief) is that you will go straight from Great Lakes to Charleston.  During the in-processing there, all of a sudden they will "discover" that you are married and have a family and you will be given leave to go move them down.  It is your responsibility to pay your way back home, but the Navy will pay for the move of your family and belongings whether you choose Navy movers or a DITY move.  How long you have to move will depend on how far away you live, because it is based on travel time.  Once you report back to Charleston with your family, you will be assigned your housing (to the best of my knowledge you have no choice but to live in on-base housing when you first arrive) and your life as a NUB will truly begin.  So, including your time at Great Lakes, your total time away from your family will be roughly 9-10 weeks.  I hope that answers your question.

Rex.

[Fermi2]

25 years, 6 Navy, 9 Commercial. I've been licensed for 15 years, the last 11 as an SRO.

Mike

[xrex1x]

Honeycomb,

I know I have absolutely no nuclear experience.  I'm just curious how much knowledge is on here.  That comment was intended to be a positive one, and should be taken as such.  I was merely alluding to the knowledge one can gain from this forum.  I apologize if I stepped on any toes.

Rex.

[Khak-Hater]

No need to apologize man, you were perfectly clear in what you were saying.  I've often considered the same question looking around the room at my local Health Physics Society (HPS) meetings.  Here in Oak Ridge, we have more CHPs show up to our monthly HPS meetings than you could find in over half the states in America combined.  I've often thought that it might be worth while to try to tally an approximate estimate of the combined chapter experience.  I mean, with 20 years of experience, over ten of which as a CHP, I'm really quite a nub compared to several of these dudes who had more experience than that before the AEC split up. 

As far as NukeWorker goes, perhaps you should start a separate thread on the question, and, dependent on responses to it, you could quickly tally an answer.  You might want to do a search first and see if anyone's done it before.  I could easily see one of the first answers bouncing back with a thread reference to where it had been answered before.

Later man,

mgm

[mlslstephens]

I have a total of 23 years:  22 years in the Naval Nuclear Program and 1 year in commercial as SRO certification.

(However, I don't have one year of "experience" in commercial...but I'm learning more each day.)

[stephpatton]

stephpatton,

I know this is quite off topic, but if there is anything I have learned from reading and writing on this forum, it's this: take the time to check your spelling and grammar before hitting the "post" button.  If you don't, you're very likely to receive quite the reaming from these folks.  They're all good people, with an almost endless amount of experience and knowledge (As an aside, I'd be curious to know how much collective nuclear Navy experience exists on this forum...), and you would do well to heed any advice they can give you.  It's kind of the "been there, done that" point of view.  And though things may change quickly in the Navy, there's always someone on here that is up to date.  With that said...

On topic: I leave for basic training on July 10.  From what research I have done, and what has been reported to me from the recruiters (both nuclear and recruiting chief) is that you will go straight from Great Lakes to Charleston.  During the in-processing there, all of a sudden they will "discover" that you are married and have a family and you will be given leave to go move them down.  It is your responsibility to pay your way back home, but the Navy will pay for the move of your family and belongings whether you choose Navy movers or a DITY move.  How long you have to move will depend on how far away you live, because it is based on travel time.  Once you report back to Charleston with your family, you will be assigned your housing (to the best of my knowledge you have no choice but to live in on-base housing when you first arrive) and your life as a NUB will truly begin.  So, including your time at Great Lakes, your total time away from your family will be roughly 9-10 weeks.  I hope that answers your question.

Rex.

Sorry, I had exactly 3 minutes before my break was up before I posted this.  I know proper grammar and punctuation, I just had to get back to my dialysis job and needed an answer and therefore typed sloppily and unclearly stated my question.  IN THE FUTURE, however, I will remember your remark.  I will also remember that even though you didn't like how I through it together, you were still intelligent enough to decipher it.  You must be a nuke...it is so much like one to think that their intelligence must be possessed by everyone else around them.  Congratulations! Thanks for the information, it has made a great impact on my life. 

[Wanna Know Mom]

HoneyComb, with all due respect, lighten up. 
Kathy VPNNM

[Fermi2]

see what I mean?!?!?! the stress just kills them,...6+9 is 15, 6+19 is 25, but regardless of how it's presented the smart engineer always knows what the SM meant to say, the really smart ones leave it at that without further commentary,...
but hey, I was top half of my nuke school class which some would say makes me smart, but I was only barely in the top half (by design), which some would say means I'm not really smart, just smart enough...heheheheheh

That's what I get for working 16 hours straight:).
Sometimes I think I have 1 Year of experience 25 times over.

Mike

[retired nuke]

HoneyComb, with all due respect, lighten up. 
Kathy VPNNM

He wouldn't be near as amusing if he did....

[retired nuke]

Neither would you. 

Exactly how many Navy Nukes have you trained House Dad?  (In the Navy not out of the Navy.)

Zero, Zip, Ziltch, Nada, Bupkus, not a one....

But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...

And I've worked with enough navy nukes to know that they are not the be-all and end-all that some think they are. Many that were average or marginal in the Nav have excelled in commercial or other fields. Many that were stellar in the Nav have struggled with the flexible concepts in the outside. 

Some just turn out amusing...

And moderators...yes, we're off topic, but having harmless fun. Move the posts when you feel they are a hindrance...

[retired nuke]

This can't be .... I agree with you.  Be still my beating heart. 

....Peace?