no... it is from cocky ass people... you are not better than me... give me the real deal... why such attitude... i am in the same place as you
... Get used to that, and welcome to the navy, much less the nuclear navy. You'll get that from staff/student/officer equally. Don't show any weakness, or they'll swarm on you like rabid flies to a dead cow.
Personally, I can't answer for how the real navy is like. All I've seen is this BS training crap, though it does seem to be progressively easier and better.
A word of advice though, as far as I'm concerned, so far, this life style isn't about what you know, but who you know and your ability to get along with people/talk to people. Trained monkey's can operate the nuclear plant, hell, even MMs could. Heh, but if you're going to get through the pipeline, you'll know enough to be safe. It's that, and all about watch-team backup.