"Attracting our most talented nuclear operators to NPTU instructor duty is essential to maintaining nuclear fleet readiness. Instructor duty is the most important shore duty in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program (NNPP) and requires our best efforts in attracting and sending the right caliber of Sailor to these positions. The significance of these billets is recognized by the Navy in the level of Special Duty Assignment Pay for prototype instructor personnel, and in Chief Petty Officer selection board precepts that specifically recognize instructor duty as valued in our Chief Petty Officer selectees."
I think if your friend was such a hot shot...he'd be getting a deal for NPTU....not PMT.
Could be on the up and up...but smells fishy to me.
Thats exactly what the recruiters kept shoving down my throat... You can go to NPTU or Prototype (BTW, I'm the guy withroaj was talking about). It didn't sound like my cup of tea so I was going to get out and go to college. I came back from leave and halfway through my checkout process the COB offers PMT and anything else I reasonably wanted (sea time waiver, orders, "terminal leave", no more extended time on the boat... etc.).
So basically it came down to:
1) University of Connecticut -> Free tuition for vets (which the new GI bill trumped)
BS Job until intern and even then its an iffy.
4 Credit Acceptance from the Navy (4 years min for BS in MechEng)
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2) Online TESU BS in NucTech (still don't know if it means anything but hey its a piece of paper in a much faster time frame)
Additional schooling around the country from manufactures (Oil Analysis to Mechanical Seals)
Continued Experience Growth
PMT in Pearl (screw the winters here)
52k bonus for three years
Its just silly to not do it on my part. Also, now that I know about this gem of a website; I can lurk, network, plan for a real life after the Navy. It seems like I'm locked into getting a maintenance position when I get out though with everything I have/will be doing. I don't know but I have 3 years to figure things out. (Maybe the US will open the flood gates for Nuclear power by then
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