Welcome back jg. Been a long time.
My son graduated from A&M in December and did his NROTC there. He wanted aviation, but his grades were a tad too high in Aerospace so the sub community drafted him. He starts power school next week, and will eventually be a nuclear engineer on a sub.
Charleston is nice. We had dinner at Amen Street Fish and Raw Bar, one of the best meals I’ve had in a long time. My wife and I definitely be coming back.
Well, Tex, he must be pretty darn sharp to end up as a Nuke. Congrats to him. That power school is tough!!
My brother was a Nuke Machinist Mate, and had a whale of a time at power school. He is really smart, and struggled through portions of the course. He had 30-40 hours independent study per week, after all day classroom instruction. Super stressful. He made it, and the graduation ceremony was really beautiful, and outdoors on a crisp spring day, right around this time of year. He spent about 6 months in Ballston Spa, NY after that. Still his favorite stop in his Navy career.
He ended up with orders to Pearl Harbor, and served on the USS Columbus first, and later the USS Key West. He was really proud to be a submariner.
We took in some good eats as well while we were there. Hyman’s seafood, of course, was one that I remember. Also, a nice little bar and grill in the Market area, and caught the Vols vs. Ohio St. elite 8 game. The Greg Oden team. Good time, tough outcome.
My son is currently in A school up in Great Lakes, IL. He went to boot in early October, and stayed for school. He will be a top sider, and his rate is IC (Interior Communications Electrician). He just turned 19 in December, but seems to be finding himself pretty well out on his own, and we are very proud of him as you can imagine.
Congrats to your son, and your family as well. Hooyah!
