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Enlisted vs. Officer
Fermi2:
I was an SRO and SM at a BWR, when I left it for the PWR World I had to license as an SRO but I was hardly entry level and while in the training program it was expected I'd take more responsibility and do more things than a NUB Zero who had never operated anything but a startup source.
I have a very good clue as to how to determine whether a position is entry level. Find an Org Chart, find the top guy then follow the solid lines all the way till you find the guy on the bottom. That person would be the entry level position. Pretty neat eh?
Mike
sfrederick:
--- Quote from: Nuclear NASCAR on Feb 27, 2008, 11:47 ---I know this sounds like dancing around it a little but it depends on what work you're looking at doing in the private sector. An officer might be more acclimated to the daily B.S. that gets high level decisions made while not completely understanding the work that's being done or the frustration being experienced by those he supervises, if he goes that route.
An enlisted person with a bachelors degree could be considered more valuable in some situations, both in management or as a worker on the shop floor. Due to their background they might be able to "translate" between worker bee and mid to upper management and vice versa.
Could you give an idea of which route you are thinking of? By the way, Welcome to Nukeworker and Thanks for your service to our country!
Tom
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I'm just starting MM A-School. I'm most likely going to go the enlisted route, I was just trying to get a bit more information before I decided on whether or not to bother with the officer package. If I get selected for ELT, I think I'd be interested in a QA job. If I don't, I really have no clue what I'd do with the MM experience. Also, I've got an AAS in MET already. Would it be a wise idea to continue toward a BS in ME, NE, or both (With MM or ELT experience)?
Also, I don't think the thread has gotten too off topic. All of the information I've read has been helpful.
JustinHEMI05:
--- Quote from: sfrederick on Feb 28, 2008, 05:40 ---I'm just starting MM A-School. I'm most likely going to go the enlisted route, I was just trying to get a bit more information before I decided on whether or not to bother with the officer package. If I get selected for ELT, I think I'd be interested in a QA job. If I don't, I really have no clue what I'd do with the MM experience. Also, I've got an AAS in MET already. Would it be a wise idea to continue toward a BS in ME, NE, or both (With MM or ELT experience)?
Also, I don't think the thread has gotten too off topic. All of the information I've read has been helpful.
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See it really depends... do you want a career in the navy or do you want to do your 6 and get out? If you want a career, I recommend going for officer. If you just want to do some time to get your foot in the door on the outside, I say stay enlisted, qualify everything you can and of course finish your degree if you have the time and means. Its always a good idea to have a degree in your back pocket if you can, just in case. But, you would be OK without it, too.
Good luck!
Justin
Loffy Muffin:
for commerical nuke ops: six and split...
the ABET degree will not make enough of a difference to be worth the time/effort for you to get the degree. You can get the McDegree from one of these online things, get into an NLO/SRO class and not look back.
Forget NE unless you just love Nuclear. ME is more flexiable.
General all purpose go anywhere engineering:
Other sectors (manufacturing/oil gas, EPC), you need a degree. the online degree will not do it..Staff engineer at a plant, you need a degree.
Love the Navy and want to make it a career (lol):
Go officer. Enlisted stinks. Bad. Unless you love cleaning bilges 60 hours a week to make some dork engineering officer look good for his next promotion. While you are at it, get into something cool like flying jets. Nuke Navy is long, boring, hours. Not fun officer or enlisted. Flying jets compared to standing a watch on a sub? Please.
Marlin:
--- Quote from: HoneyComb on Feb 28, 2008, 07:40 ---I1) Give me 200 feet and 400 knots (in the military) or
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I'm pretty sure that 400 knots is outside the safe operating envelope at any depth.
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