Well, the calibration I gave him was more about the Navy, not the Nuke part. I'd gotten to know him a little..ie..he has no use for the "dress code" here at work, is late almost every day, etc. I told him that "hurry up and wait" is a way of life in the Navy, that most times you will wait in line an hour for chow after marching, in the rain, and no one will care if you are soaked, they don't care if you'd rather not do GQ because you had a late night playing cards, etc. You know, that kind of thing.
We have since had to let him go because of his habits, which seemed mainly that he used this job as a way to further "express himself". I'm sure his recruiter has told him all kinds of stuff, I just don't think that m.o. is going to fly in the military. But maybe the Navy, from boot camp on out to discharge, has changed in 20 years? Maybe now it's changed so that his Company Commander can demand one thing but since he feels like doing another, that's ok. He's a really nice kid, friendly, etc. It's just that, no matter what you tell him, he knows better...even if he's never done it before.
Wow, the money is amazing now. I remember I got 2k for getting through NPTU and the re-enlistment was 30K for two years. The only thing I'd change about it now is that I'd never, ever go on a carrier if I had the choice. Did we have a choice? I can't remember...