My son has just joined the Navy!!!

DungeonMaster

[DungeonMaster]

My 18 year old home schooled son has just joined the Navy! He is torn between being a Corpsman or a Nuke tech.

My wife and I have so many emotions going through our heads but the biggest one is pride. Of our eight children this particular one is the most shy and quiet and we have wondered for a long time what will be his calling. The Navy suddenly seems to be a perfect fit. He doesn't mind being alone and reading all day and isn't currently occupied with chasing girls.

[Bringbackthedraft]

He is torn between being a Corpsman or a Nuke tech. ........................ Either one, both good foundations for future employmment!

[Dr. Ursus]

Good luck to your son!

[ErnBatavia]

The Navy suddenly seems to be a perfect fit. He doesn't mind being alone and reading all day

Well, just so long as he realizes that, as a serviceman, he ain't EVER going to be anywhere close to "alone"!

[east1234]

Good for him, push him towards Nuke Tech, it’ll be big business down the road. We really have little choice than to dramatically expand nuclear power in this country, and the world for that matter.

[DungeonMaster]

Well, just so long as he realizes that, as a serviceman, he ain't EVER going to be anywhere close to "alone"!

That's very true. I guess my main thought there was the fact that when I was in the Army I hated being away from my wife. I could have had a much more enjoyable enlistment if I had not been mr LovieDovie. My Navy son doesn't have that going against him.

[griswold3]

Land of the Free, BECAUSE of the Brave!!

Good Luck!

[DungeonMaster]

Good for him, push him towards Nuke Tech, it’ll be big business down the road. We really have little choice than to dramatically expand nuclear power in this country, and the world for that matter.

My ex Army Captain friend agrees and says that as a Medic he could easily deploy with the Marines to the front line. That's a concern we wouldn't have to have if he is a Nuke.

[steveo]

BZ

[DungeonMaster]

Good luck to your son!

Thank You very much!

[SubmarineNuke]

Nuke...Ive done bothe Subs and Surface fleets. He may be given a choice before he graduates prototype training.

My IDC (independent duty corpsman) on my first boat is still one of my best friends and is now a physician.

Either choice is a good one.

If he goes corpsman, I’d try to get shacked up with a Marine battalion if I were him.

[DungeonMaster]

If he goes corpsman, I’d try to get shacked up with a Marine battalion if I were him.

Doesn't that kind of put him on the front line?

[HiJinx]

Congrats to the two of you for raising your kids well...and my sincere thanks to your son for his decision to serve his country this way.

[dforest]

Congrats. My son just got out of the Navy after serving about 9 years in the nuke program.

He is now off to finish college.

[DungeonMaster]

Congrats to the two of you for raising your kids well...and my sincere thanks to your son for his decision to serve his country this way.

Thank you very much. I'm getting all misty eyed, which has been happening a lot since he started talking to a Navy recruiter.

[PhilCollins]

I was a navy hospital corpsman. In 2006, I retired from the navy with 21 years of service, 11 on active duty and 10 in the reserves. I was near Baghdad, in a marine infantry battalion, Sept. 2004-Mar. ‘05. However, many corpsmen never serve in marine units. They can, instead, serve in overseas hospitals or on ships.

[P8riot]

I was a Navy Nuke, it is probably the most intensive academic program the Navy offers (the equivalent of 3 yrs engineering school in a 6 month classroom environment, plus additional practical training prior to going to the fleet), plus with the resurgence in nuclear power we're likely to see in the near future (if we don't elect Obama), it could turn out to be a lucrative career as well. I am still in the field, and I got out of the Navy in 1992.

On the other hand, being a corpsman is no slouch of an education either. I know several doctors and nurses that started out as corpsmen. They are the best.

[NonValueAdded]

Congrats! I’m sure you have already told you son how proud we all are of him and that he is starting off his career with a great support team. And if he needs any help making the career decision, Jimmah was a nuke - ‘nuf sed.

[DungeonMaster]

Congrats. My son just got out of the Navy after serving about 9 years in the nuke program.

He is now off to finish college.

How excellent for him! I under stand it's a short trip from the nuclear navy to a BS in Nuclear Engineering.

[HiJinx]

I'm getting all misty eyed,

Here and I thought I was the only sentimental old fool (my wife's words) who did that sort of thing...