If you have any medals some of the other students may worship you like you are some kind of god.
Outside of that, apply yourself in class during A-school to stay on vols and spend time with your family. Buckle down in Power School and be prepared to be doing some work after the day ends. Seeing as you have a family, chances are good you'll just want to stay down in Charleston anyway. If you can kick enough ass through the pipeline they could even take you as a staff pickup. You could almost milk a free 4 year shore duty out of it.
To sum it up, know when you need to make sacrifices and if you're bright enough it will be a really rewarding experience.