Career Path > Navy Nuke
Enlisted vs. Officer
JustinHEMI05:
--- Quote from: PapaBear765 (3363) on Mar 02, 2008, 12:00 ---Can everyone stop already with the rudeness and lack of civility? How about treating each other with a certain minimum level of respect? If you have something condescending to say to someone, do it via PM not in the thread.
Where's a Moderator when you need one?
--- End quote ---
Are you serious? Nukes have been eating their young since the beginning of time. Why would it change now? And here of all places? Pfft.
;D
Seriously though, why people suddenly attacked this kid is beyond me. I think he was just looking for guidance but others (mike and cyto and LDO) too offense to his comments and lack of knowledge for some reason. Out of those three, one doesn't even know what he is taking offense to. Can you guess which one? :)
Justin
Cycoticpenguin:
--- Quote from: JustinHEMI on Mar 02, 2008, 12:33 ---Shouldn't you be studying something? Leave the kid alone. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
Justin
--- End quote ---
what are YOU talking about? Everyone on the ship has to qualify 3m/QA and craftsman.... and this guy obviously does not know his job (he's in a school). I learned more from talking to my chiefs in A school then I did from my instructors. (sometimes the same person :))
Fermi2:
Oh pish posh, I know exactly what I took offense to, a NUB posting something, then saying that he didn't really know to begin with. If he didn't know to begin with he shouldn't have posted.
As for Cycotic, he's a NUB too. When he gets qualified the other NUBs should pay attention, until then well you know!!
Mike
DDMurray:
--- Quote from: Cycoticpenguin on Mar 02, 2008, 12:41 ---what are YOU talking about? Everyone on the ship has to qualify 3m/QA and craftsman.... and this guy obviously does not know his job (he's in a school). I learned more from talking to my chiefs in A school then I did from my instructors. (sometimes the same person :))
--- End quote ---
Every nuke on every submarine has to qualify PQS 301(3M) and QA Craftsman (Also sometimes called QA 301). I don't know if surface ships have to do the same, though I'm sure they have to qualify 3M PQS 301.
My take on this thread is that the original question left some of us thinking this guy must be pretty high on himself since he's in A school and acts like going enlisted is his back-up plan (My initial thought: "Dude you already made that decision!") . Quite frankly Cycoticpenguin, based on some of your questions and observations in other posts, I question the sageness of your advice/observations. Sometimes the best way to learn is by observing and keeping our thoughts to ourselves.
I think everyone else is bashing each other for the perceived tone of the responses. I doubt seriously there lots of enlisted guys who literally clean bilges for 60 hours a week every week. It may seem like it sometimes, but that alone should not be the reason to go officer. On some boats the officers help clean the bilges. If you want to be an officer solely because it's better than being enlisted, then do so (or attempt to do so). If you have such low opinion of enlisted men, how do you plan on leading them? Throwing your collar devices around will get you so far, but in the end, the best officers are those who share a mutual respect with those who they lead, and I've seen or read very little of this in this thread.
One last thought, if I had it to do over again, I would have applied for every officer program I was eligible for. Somebody told me that once, but I was too smart for them. Though I've had a pretty successful nuclear naval career, in the back of my mind I may have not maximized my potential.
JustinHEMI05:
--- Quote from: Cycoticpenguin on Mar 02, 2008, 12:41 ---what are YOU talking about? Everyone on the ship has to qualify 3m/QA and craftsman.... and this guy obviously does not know his job (he's in a school). I learned more from talking to my chiefs in A school then I did from my instructors. (sometimes the same person :))
--- End quote ---
He isn't talking about 3m.
Justin
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version