Posted on 03/28/2005 8:32:56 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit
Friday March 18 was a bitterly cold day in Charleston whence I had traveled to the ceremonies attending the graduation of almost 300 new Navy Nuclear Engineers from the Navy Nuclear Power Command Training school. This event was held out doors where a crowd of parents, family and friends watched our sons and daughters received their certificates marking the end of a grueling and intellectually challenging course of study which will enable the men to be assigned to the Submarines and Carriers defending our freedom across the globe. Female graduates will be performing their duties upon the air craft carriers and surface ships.
One of the graduates was my son, Arlen, who also sang in a quartet our National Anthem. His mother would have been brimming with pride as well.
These young sailors raised a great flame of pride, love and hope for the future in my heart and those of others there. Our Navy will be in good hands while our nation produces young citizens like these.
After graduation most transferred to Ballston Spa in New York's beautiful Hudson River Valley where they will be assigned to prototype training working on actual reactors.
Hats off to these sailors.
Thank you and your son for his service. Congratulations for a job well done, from a member of class 8005.
Congratulations to you and especially your son. Maybe I will see him in the fleet one of these days. (being that Arlen is a somewhat unusual first name)
Bless your son, and all who serve!
That post should have gone to justshutupandtakeit. I'm sure he will appreciate your input, and you are quite right. Balston Spa sure does get cold in the winter, though!
Congrats :D
Maybe you will I hope so. His mom was Arlene so we dropped the e had we had a girl she would have had a variation of mine but no little charmers for us :^(
Since naming him that I have run into a couple including a freeper.
Thanks and thank you for your service to our country.
Thanks.
I will let him know thanks.
You're welcome and I'm sertain that she was. :-)
Fantastic! I graduated in 1989 (Class 8906) myself. They purposely make that school extremely hard with a huge workload. Through the pipeline from 'A' school through Prototype, the attrition rate is like 90%.
Yeah, I understand their thinking. Like the NFL it isn't for everyone actually hardly anyone. Thanks.
Doing some braggin' here.
;>)
Congrats to you and your son from the class 8802. Power School was the toughest 6 months of my life, and graduating is something for which I am most proud.
Thank you.
My boy, the swabbie.
Congratulations. My favorite kind of vanity. May God be with him.
;>)
Right!
My only claim to infamy is a Communist nun cousin who worships Fidel and Cesar instead of Jesus.
At least this Bozo is not related to me. :)
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