Sadly the Civilian Field announced just yesterday they've hired their last chem tech for the next ten years 
A+ sir.
I believe what Mike was trying to say was, search first my friend. Spell check is your friend also. After exhaustive searches across sites like nukeworker, or other job sites, move on to the utilities. If you're still having problems, check back here and ask around. Since you're an ex-Navy Nuke, I'd hope these were done already and you just failed to mention it.
Best of luck! It takes many HR departments awhile to answer sometimes, so be patient. There are definitely open positions out there for Chem Techs though.
