Nuke Deppers, Ship Dates, and Stories

[Golly Orby]

I'm now a Boot Camp graduate.  We got Hall of Fame and all that good stuff.

Unfortunately, I have some major problems.

I was aware going into the program that I owe money to the VA.  I was not aware that I owed money (three years past due!) for an old doctor's visit and an x-ray.  When we were asked if we owed any money during the first nuke brief, I disclosed my VA debt, but the chief told me that it wouldn't be an issue.  So I have no financial waiver.

I got curious of my financial situation and did a credit report on myself as soon as I could, and discovered all the bad stuff in my history.  I've paid it off today (Liberty Saturday), and the money will clear on Monday (hopefully?).  I don't like weekends.

I'm hoping that someone else has maybe had a similar situation and might be able to let me know about what my next step should be.  Who should I make aware that I had these debts?  Have I paid them off too late and may face having my classification denied?  If I get denied, am I able to submit proof of having these paid off to hopefully appeal?

I'm sweating bullets and worried about my future.

[JustinHEMI05]

I wouldn't sweat it too much. It can be worked out and I would bring it up to your supervisor and go from there. It might be a painful process if they first reject you for not disclosing it, but you should be able to appeal and explain the situation and provide proof of payment. They should then grant you the clearance (I have seen a similar situation with one of my sailors back in the day), but this process would take several months. If it gets through OK without being rejected, you have nothing to worry about until your 5 year. However, at that point, if it still shows on your credit report, you must list it on the the paperwork even if its paid off. But, you need to be sure you actually paid it off or are making a good faith effort to pay it off. They will work with you and you need not worry about this being the end of your career, it is not. It just might be a little bumpy for a bit.

Justin

[mishin]

just wondering what are my chances of getting an earlier shipping date as a female nuke?
-I got my shipping date for Nov 09 in Nov 08.  Recently there was an offer to leave by the end of Feb, and I replied right away, but my petty officer was in meeting for the whole next day and 2 days later the reply is someone from Texas got it.  My petty officer and recruiter said, they will try to get me the next possible seat, and that i have a very high chance of getting the next ship date for end of feb because I'm first on the list. They're not going to even ask me first = they'll tell me when they grabbed the spot. (that's the situation)
-I am curious because financially I have to prep for this, and I have to tell 2 of my bosses and my landlord.  I'm thinking if i should bother mentioning it to them.

[HydroDave63]

I'm thinking if i should bother mentioning it to them.

Not getting out of your lease if you ship early would be a bad idea, especially if the landlord does a chargeoff that hits your credit.

[AFT21]

Under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act you can terminate your lease when you join military service.  You can also have the interest rate on all of your debts reduced to 6%.

MM1/SS

[HydroDave63]

I'm now a Boot Camp graduate.  We got Hall of Fame and all that good stuff.

Unfortunately, I have some major problems.

I was aware going into the program that I owe money to the VA.  I was not aware that I owed money (three years past due!) for an old doctor's visit and an x-ray.  When we were asked if we owed any money during the first nuke brief, I disclosed my VA debt, but the chief told me that it wouldn't be an issue.  So I have no financial waiver.

I got curious of my financial situation and did a credit report on myself as soon as I could, and discovered all the bad stuff in my history.  I've paid it off today (Liberty Saturday), and the money will clear on Monday (hopefully?).  I don't like weekends.

I'm hoping that someone else has maybe had a similar situation and might be able to let me know about what my next step should be.  Who should I make aware that I had these debts?  Have I paid them off too late and may face having my classification denied?  If I get denied, am I able to submit proof of having these paid off to hopefully appeal?

I'm sweating bullets and worried about my future.

How did this end up? Hope it worked out well for you, just curious... for sharing with us!

[redneckrecruit]

Well I've been looking through this site for a while now ever since i DEPed in and it has helped me a lot. I'm shipping for boot camp today and couldn't be happer with where I'm going well I'm happy about the navy part not so sure about the boot camp part. Any was thanks for all of your help. Ill see y'all in the fleet

[Golly Orby]

How did this end up? Hope it worked out well for you, just curious... for sharing with us!

Still unresolved. I was in the Temporary Holding Unit at RTC for a short time, so I'm currently midway through mechanics a school.  The results on my background check haven't even come back yet, since I had to submit it all again when I got here.  They didn't like the way it was entered by the recruiter (misspelled last name).  I just checked with the Security Manager yesterday, and I may know more by the end of the month. Other than that, my committment to the VA keeps me pretty straight, since I don't have a whole lot of play money.

Sorry to not have any news for you, but I think the situation is going to turn out okay. Thanks for asking!

[Wanna Know Mom]

Redneck.....Good luck on your path thru the Nuke pipeline and thank you for your 8 year commitment with the USN. Remember, boot camp is only 9/416 of that time.  You willl do fine if you listen, follow instructions, put out 100% effort....just a few words of advice from a VPNNM
Kathy

[Hakke]

Wow, what a great site this is.  I got a pretty big dose of truth from reading various threads here.  My questions were answered, and I feel like I at least have an idea of what I'm going to be experiencing.  I'm in DEP now, shipping in November.  I'm not a huge fan of the wait, but there's nothing I can do about it.  Anyway, thanks for all the information!  I hope I can make my own contributions soon enough.

-Jake

[justfoundfreedom]

This site definitely gave me a ton of info, thanks nukeworker. My ship date is May 4th, only 11 days away, I'm just patiently waiting, trying to find some reading material I should probably know before a school.

[stephpatton]

Just got the good news that a spot opened up for an August 3rd shipdate!  I don't know why I am so excited for bootcamp, I'm pretty sure the first few weeks are going to feel like a bad dream that you don't wake up from.  Anyone in the DEP shipping then? Wish me luck.  I'm really hating on the push-ups.  When you wake up and it feels like your chest/armpit area has been pried off your ribcage and then slapsticked back on, you know you're one sore sob.   Nukeprincess informed me 8 count body builders will help.  So I did them.  Until I couldn't.  Now I smell like horse linament (which really helps, even if you have to go to the tractor suppy store to buy it.).  Hope to work with some of you guys one day.   

[Fermi2]

The Navy does pushups now???

[IPREGEN]

The Navy loved jumping jacks when I was in. The first day someone in our company had to do 200 of them. We thought that was a lot. Then we also started including "hello Dolly's' and by the time we left we were up to 1,000 jumping jacks. Thats right, I said a thousand. We had what was called "Deck Parties" Besides getting you in only slightly better shape the most important thing is that it prepares you to deal with the absurd.

Oh yeah, avoid this last day bootcamp scam. It happens after graduation when you get back to the barracks to get your stuff together. Another company commander will come into your barracks, while yours is, no doubt, visiting the other company and saying something like, " your CC is a great guy and you all owe him a lot for how he got you through this and made sailors out of you. Well, I'm a pilot and offered to take your chief with me on a little trip, but he's a little low on cash. It would really show your chief how much you want to thank him if I can collect some money from you sailors so your chief can take a little trip." People were dumping all kinds of cash into this guys hat. Save you money, it's bullsh_t.

[imthehoopa]

The last few posts have me cracking up. I just graduated from boot camp this morning. Push-ups, sit-ups and 8-counts are definitely in all of your near futures if you're a DEPper. Jumping jacks, not so much. Honestly, I enjoyed it. If you listen and pay attention to detail, you will too. Good luck to you soon to be Recruits (that or " hey, you" will be your name for 2 months). If you have questions PM me. I can answer a lot of them seeing as it's very fresh in my memory, but some things you're just going to have to learn when you get here.

I don't know how abnormal this is, but we had 11 Nukes in our division. We all got the ratings they wanted; 1 ET, 2 EMs, and 8 MMs. I don't know if we all just got lucky or not, but I sure won't be complaining. Thank you all for the help you've provided me. I look forward to putting it into practice very soon in MM A-school. Shipping to Charleston next week and starting classes in two (I believe. My orders were messed up so I'm going off of what every other Nuke got. Somehow they had me as undesignated for a while.).

-FN imthehoopa

[Gamecock]

The last few posts have me cracking up. I just graduated from boot camp this morning. Push-ups, sit-ups and 8-counts are definitely in all of your near futures if you're a DEPper. Jumping jacks, not so much. Honestly, I enjoyed it. If you listen and pay attention to detail, you will too. Good luck to you soon to be Recruits (that or " hey, you" will be your name for 2 months). If you have questions PM me. I can answer a lot of them seeing as it's very fresh in my memory, but some things you're just going to have to learn when you get here.

I don't know how abnormal this is, but we had 11 Nukes in our division. We all got the ratings they wanted; 1 ET, 2 EMs, and 8 MMs. I don't know if we all just got lucky or not, but I sure won't be complaining. Thank you all for the help you've provided me. I look forward to putting it into practice very soon in MM A-school. Shipping to Charleston next week and starting classes in two (I believe. My orders were messed up so I'm going off of what every other Nuke got. Somehow they had me as undesignated for a while.).

-FN imthehoopa

Good on you (or Bravo Zulu in Navy lingo) for finishing Boot Camp....

Now, the real work begins.....

Go forth and prosper.

Cheers,
GC

[Maziwrath]

The last few posts have me cracking up. I just graduated from boot camp this morning. Push-ups, sit-ups and 8-counts are definitely in all of your near futures if you're a DEPper. Jumping jacks, not so much. Honestly, I enjoyed it. If you listen and pay attention to detail, you will too. Good luck to you soon to be Recruits (that or " hey, you" will be your name for 2 months). If you have questions PM me. I can answer a lot of them seeing as it's very fresh in my memory, but some things you're just going to have to learn when you get here.

I don't know how abnormal this is, but we had 11 Nukes in our division. We all got the ratings they wanted; 1 ET, 2 EMs, and 8 MMs. I don't know if we all just got lucky or not, but I sure won't be complaining. Thank you all for the help you've provided me. I look forward to putting it into practice very soon in MM A-school. Shipping to Charleston next week and starting classes in two (I believe. My orders were messed up so I'm going off of what every other Nuke got. Somehow they had me as undesignated for a while.).

-FN imthehoopa

In my division we had 7 nukes. 2 ETs, 2 EMs and 3 MMs. Everyone got what they wanted except for me. Though now that I am an EM3 I'd not want to be anything else. I just finished A-school a couple weeks ago so if you have any questions just let me know.

[withroaj]

In my division we had 7 nukes. 2 ETs, 2 EMs and 3 MMs. Everyone got what they wanted except for me. Though now that I am an EM3 I'd not want to be anything else. I just finished A-school a couple weeks ago so if you have any questions just let me know.

What's A-School like? 

[imthehoopa]

What's A-School like? 

You should really learn to use the site's search function. Until you learn how it works, you can use the link listed here:

http://www.nukeworker.com/forum/index.php/topic,17568.0.html

[Maziwrath]

What's A-School like? 

[Golly Orby]

To wrap up all of my earlier posts in this thread:  I got my clearance.

[ravenuke]

I ship out 20091112 to basic.  I've posted on this forum a few times and got lots of help by everyone on here.  I have become addicted to this site and find myself getting on here almost every day to see what new things people have to say.  This site has scared me, and excited me more than anyone could ever know and I feel very prepared for what my wife and I are about to go through. 

Are there any other married people going to ship out around November or any that will be in SC around February.  I am fully aware that i need to work very hard to make it through this school, but it would be easier for both her and I if she knew someone when we got down there.

Thanks to everyone at this site again, your knowledge and experiences will not be forgotten and will be put to great use.

[imthehoopa]

Greetings fellow NukeWorker members. Just wanted to give an update on my A-school progress. We are a bit past halfway done (5 weeks until comp), and I'm doing pretty well thus far. I've managed to stay on 10-1's since we started (our SLPO doesn't believe in vols) with just under a 3.7 g.p.a. I leave a lot of credit to the advice I received here before I started. Studying before I got here would have been a waste of time, dry-erase boards and note cards are key memorization tools, and being on 10-1's doesn't mean that I shouldn't be doing more (I still have to put in 20-25 hours a week). I get out of here on weekends to release (a good movie on Saturday nights usually does the trick) and get in some good PT at least once a day. I think that had I not found this site, I would have come into this with completely the wrong mindset and I would have had a much more difficult time starting out. Thanks again to everyone who consistently helps us nubs. It is appreciated.

-FN imthehoopa

[Preciousblue1965]

Greetings fellow NukeWorker members. Just wanted to give an update on my A-school progress. We are a bit past halfway done (5 weeks until comp), and I'm doing pretty well thus far. I've managed to stay on 10-1's since we started (our SLPO doesn't believe in vols) with just under a 3.7 g.p.a. I leave a lot of credit to the advice I received here before I started. Studying before I got here would have been a waste of time, dry-erase boards and note cards are key memorization tools, and being on 10-1's doesn't mean that I shouldn't be doing more (I still have to put in 20-25 hours a week). I get out of here on weekends to release (a good movie on Saturday nights usually does the trick) and get in some good PT at least once a day. I think that had I not found this site, I would have come into this with completely the wrong mindset and I would have had a much more difficult time starting out. Thanks again to everyone who consistently helps us nubs. It is appreciated.

-FN imthehoopa

Well keep up the good work.  You seem to have a good outlook on the program and a solid grasp of the material based on your GPA.  Just keep in mind that once you get to NPS, the world changes a little, but once you get to Prototype, the world gets flipped upside down.  Just keep your nose to the grind and soon you too will be one with the Matrix(not a reference to anything to do with Keanu, rather a movie that had a profound impact on my childhood).

[JustinHEMI05]

Nice update! Thanks and keep it up!

Justin