FReQ Z (CDM Z24 coming soon!) wrote:I was an ET. 
Nuke ET?? or conventional?
Nuke MM here.
I graduated boot the day after this topic was posted. Lovin everything so far, school is awesome. So is Charleston
conventional. my recruiter warned me about going nuke, told me to fail the nuke test at MEPS on purpose... so I did.
good luck in school man.
Desert Tuners
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nobling wrote:FReQ Z (CDM Z24 coming soon!) wrote:I was an ET.
Nuke ET?? or conventional?
Nuke MM here.
I graduated boot the day after this topic was posted. Lovin everything so far, school is awesome. So is Charleston
Nuke EM here (been out for a few years). Good luck with Nuke Power School. You plan on going surface or subs?
Hey thanks guys, I wanna go Sub, 6000 stong liberty call...........yeah, not so much...... Plus the SSBN schedule, as long as I get SSBN, will let me be with my wife a whole lot more.
And Mr Rikard, I know boot camp is lovin ya now, you're gonna have a blast in the Navy.
FReQ Z wrote:conventional. my recruiter warned me about going nuke, told me to fail the nuke test at MEPS on purpose... so I did.
good luck in school man.
That's strange. They get more towards their quota for signing nukes. Did he give you a reason for warning you to not go nuke?
the attrition rate (and the supposed "suicide rate") that the Nuke ET's had. I don't know if any of that is true or not.
Desert Tuners
“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”
FReQ Z wrote:the attrition rate (and the supposed "suicide rate") that the Nuke ET's had. I don't know if any of that is true or not.
I think the attrition rate when I was there was about 30% from the start of "A" school to prototype graduation. We had one guy try to play in traffic on I4 while I was there, but he wasn't quite normal anyway. I think the main thing was that you have to pretty much give up most of your life for about a year and a half (40 hours of class plus 30-40 hours of additional studying a week). If you weren't willing to give up the partying, you'd have a quick exit. Overall the training was top notch though.
No suicide rate as far as I know, I've only heard abouot a few cases. I think the attrition rate is still the same. But most everybody that wants out goes for a psych discharge from what I've seen. And yes the training is absolutely top notch. Plus the galley is awesome too
