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Jadavis · #76 11-13-2006, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by TheDon

i qualify for the Nuclear Program... which is what i wanted.. huzah..

any former sailors here... educate me on the way of the navy

Don,

Please don't sign anything until we have had time to talk.

I got out 5-1/2 years ago as an nuke Electronics Technician First Class (ET1) - a Reactor Operator. Been there, done that. I have lots of good information for you.

I'm not here to talk you out of it. I'm here to give you the no joke truth. Not the stuff the recruiter will give you. You decide. Knowing what you are getting into up front will make all the difference in the world. If you know what you are in for and go ahead and do it then there can be no regrets.

PM on the way.

-Jim

Jadavis · #77 11-13-2006, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by TheDon

i was told its not an associates but a bachelors... ill clear it up when the recruiter comes...

He's full of BS. Give me a call. PM on the way.

-Jim

Jadavis · #78 11-13-2006, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Botnst

back in the '60's one of my older sisters was dating a submariner when I was thinking about joining the USN. He pushed for subs by saying, "Two kinds of vessels in the Navy, submarines and targets."

On a previous subject, I think there is at least one surface combatant ship, not a carrier, that is a nuke. Not sure it's designation.

Found it: CGN. CG is a cruiser, "N" is nuke.

CGN-9 Long Beach
CGN-25 Bainbridge
CGN-35 Truxtun
CGN-36 California
CGN-38 Virginia

Example descriptor:

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/cgn-36.htm

All of the CGNs are decomissioned. You have your choice, bird farm or turd.

Botnst · #79 11-13-2006, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Jadavis

All of the CGNs are decomissioned. You have your choice, bird farm or turd.

Yeah, somebody previously pointed that out. I think the Bainbridge went into commission during my enlistment or shortly afterword. I remember a recruiting poster of a CGN, Enterprise, and one of the nuke subs sailing abreast. It stuck in my mind.

It makes sense to decommission surface nukes on a small vessel. Imagine what could have happened had the attack in Yemen been against a CGN. Perhaps a busted reactor with all that radioactive crap going into the water. People just think a coelacanth is strange.

(Hijack in progress)

What do you submariners think of that german flick, "Das Boot"?

B

TheDon · #80 11-13-2006, 08:32 PM

taked to Jadavis... he told me some negatives of the job, the failure percentage of the ones in A school and stuff. then my phone crapped out... doesnt sound to good... maybe i should see what the air force has