(This was split from another thread. It really belongs under "Getting out". RT)
Thank you for this...I love a good laugh in the morning.
Sounds to me like you just don't like being told what to do...so don't worry too much, once you fail out of NPS (if you even make it that far...I have my doubts) and get sent back to the civilian world you won't have to listen to anyone anymore...er...scratch that, it is just as bad out here so sounds like you are s**t out of luck my friend.
I always get a kick though out of these young men who think they are so smart that they are going to do their 6 years in the Nuke field and then get out and make 80 to 100K...
...you guys kill me. Hey...maybe standup comedy is for you!
Grow up...grow some nads...and tell your recruiter what things you can do and what things you have a problem making and why...I am sure if you are both adults you can work things out so that all the requirements are met. You have a rude awakening coming your way my friend...good luck with that.
Dear EMCS,
Figured you and I probably got in about the same time. But unfortunately, I was one of those Nuke drops you were referring too. Just so you'll feel better tonight sleeping, I'm on shift at one of those commercial power plants protecting the employees here and the general public in the vicinity of our plant nestled snug in their beds.
I lucked out I guess. Ended up with my NEC 9591 before leaving the Navy, worked hard too, but I guess lucky too. Lucked out like JMK said on another post and stayed in while AS-32 went to GITMO and guarded a PET (tank). Managed during the time to get out 111 resumes to various utilities. Landed another great government job and they didn't even want to interview me, sight unseen, lucky I guess.
They don't ask much of me though out here since I flunked out of Nuke school. Once in a while I get asked to escort the NRC resident and his tour group or INPO inside the RCA because frankly I don't know why. Once in a while we have what they call a refueling outage and they ask me if I want to be one of those Shift Supervisors, you know tell people what to do and know these things called procedures so that we do it right, I don't know why. I even get to help send Radioactive Material over our nations highways, sometimes I even have to talk to these guys in the black suburbans with really tinted windows and they are really nervous too. Especially the one that sits with all the computers and tracking equipment, maybe because I didn't make it in NPS, I don't know why.
I'm glad you and I got to laugh about them dumb old Nuke drops. You said you were thinking about jumping back over in the the Nuke side, come on over. Maybe you'll luck out and I'll get to sit in on your interview board, they do that sometimes, I don't why. There's plenty $ for everyone. Why over the last 6 years since you've gotten out I've made only $616K during that time. Seems like I even turned down some overtime because I don't know why.
One thing that I have learned in this business and it's a funny business. You always treat those who work for you as per the old "Golden Rule". You never know when the guy who worked sometime for you now might be the guy your working for in the future. That's funny, and I don't know why.
Many regards,
Class 8101 dropout