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One point I've been trying to make to you is his quality of life is going to increase dramatically. The Nuc world and the CT Navy are completely different. Answer me these ?'s..
1.) How many times when his ship was import did he pull an all niter just because? Often, 'cause he doesnt get let loose much.
2.) Ask him how many times somebody jumped down his throat because they were under a ton of stress?
I know this answer. Alot.
3.) How many hours did he spend off duty studying? Dinq hours? Alot of those too.
4.) Where has he been stationed at? Any exciting places like Rota Spain, Naples, Guam, Japan? Nuc's have 6 places they go to and I don't call upstate NY exotic.
He is stationed in Japan, and has been for the past 2 years.
With the CT world his day ends when he leaves work due to the classified nature of their environment.
Also how does a year in Pensacola Florida sound to you as this is where the school is "Camp Corry"
Fabulous!
One other ? on his Nuc skills did he qualify as PPWS? If he did he's in great shape to go Reactor Operator in the Civilian World. It takes two years to qualify for RO or SRO if he has this. A RO makes up to about 110k while a SRO will make 140k a year.
^^This last one, I have not a clue...I dont even know what those are. lol I just know he lost NEC. Id have to get a hold of him or his friends onboard, and since the ship just left a little while ago, everybody is uber-busy.
If he lost NEC, does that mean he lost all his qualifications with it? What exactly IS NEC??
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All the RM's which are now IT's had heaters because it was too cold in the tech control facility. Heck they all had foul weather jackets that they wore in their.
As an ET working in a tech control facility we had actual work to do, not just sort papers and play with radios all day, but pm's and actual physical labor type work and you would stay warm as it was normally around 60 degrees with the humidity controlled at a constant %.
Also as far as being denuked, it isn't terminal as long as drugs or something criminal was involved. There are several thousand new nuke jobs being added to the work force during the next 5 years. All in Ga. and S. Carolina.
No, no drugs involved, ever. He hates even taking aspirin. Just followed an order too easily and was probably tired. And, we happen to be from SC, and are right on the border to GA. I was advised by a family friend who is a higher up here in the Nuke industry to tell him to get out and go back to school.
Wise advice??? Thank ya'll SO much for the feedback.
... No, no drugs involved, ever. He hates even taking aspirin. Just followed an order too easily and was probably tired. And, we happen to be from SC, and are right on the border to GA. I was advised by a family friend who is a higher up here in the Nuke industry to tell him to get out and go back to school. Wise advice??? Thank ya'll SO much for the feedback.
I agree.
Get out, go to college using his GI-bill. There are many specialties that he can add onto his previously being a nuc, that would make him highly valued in the industry.
Any job interview seeing that he made a mistake, went back for more education and then hit the career field again would overlook the de-nucing.
One further piece of advise is that he needs to keep his clearance up-to-date.
Even if you gets a p/t job while in college, just to keep his clearance active, will pay off later.
If he gets out, this is what I would advise him to do.
1.) Go to school and pick up a Mechanical Engineering degree or Electrical Engineering degree.
2.) If he wants to stay with the military, go to a Air National Guard Unit, not an army national guard and see if they have anything that interests him.
3.) For engineering students there are co-op programs available to him with power generation companies that pay $18 an hour while in school. This would allow him to get his foot in the door and complete school.
True Engineers where I work top out in the mid 90's without ot.
I agree 100% with Bellhead - he needs an engineering degree. A former enlisted nuc with an engineering degree is a pretty powerful combination. I'm hiring now, and I'd bring on 6-and-out guys for 65k. 90k with an engineering degree. And this is not the nuclear industry.
The new GI Bill is amazing. He should take advantage of it.
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