Nuke Deppers, Ship Dates, and Stories

[atomicheesehead]

Well, I'm officially in.  I signed my contract today and I leave for boot camp March 15th.  I got a 90 on my ASVAB and didn't have to take the second test.  I don't know what rating I'm going to try and get, but from what I've read it's more than likely going to be MM or EM. I'm feeling really anxious to get to boot camp in Great Lakes and get it over with.

[SRBall]

what's charleston like??? and question.....being a girl, exactly how outnumbered will i really be w/the nukes???

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Hey! I'm a nuke depper girl!!!! I've been kind of nervous about the same. I'm married, though, too, so I won't be living in the Barracks at Charleston.

I ship on Wednesday of next week. Feb 21, 2007.

[znowman]

I am also a depper, going to boot July 19th!!

very much excited.. so happy to get out of the crap hole i live in ha

[Cycoticpenguin]

Man... all these new guys :-D

atomiccheesehead - go for ET haha...  thank me later.....................

I have a question for you senior gentlemen...

My thoughts with women in the navy - they arent women, they are shipmates. I personally find it extremely distasteful and completely immature all the grab-@$$ing that goes on in A school and Power school... does this problem get better or extend into the fleet? I really hope you guys are kickin butt and taking names when it comes to this stuff.

thanks

[grimmreaper42]

Joined the DEP program a little over a week ago and I ship out November 26th if I remember correctly. Had to take the Nuke test after I joined the program because even though I scored a 95 on my ASVAB, my mechanical score was horrible. I aced the Nuke test though with a 71 . I'm actually a little anxious, I want to go already.

[Fermi2]

Man... all these new guys :-D

atomiccheesehead - go for ET haha...  thank me later.....................

I have a question for you senior gentlemen...

My thoughts with women in the navy - they arent women, they are shipmates. I personally find it extremely distasteful and completely immature all the grab-@$$ing that goes on in A school and Power school... does this problem get better or extend into the fleet? I really hope you guys are kickin butt and taking names when it comes to this stuff.

thanks

I agree, When I was in there were no female nukes. In the civilian world I've worked with quite a few. To me they're fellow nukes.

Mike

[drbyyz]

I dep'ed in on feb. 15th 2007.  When I went down to MEPS I had to sign up for SECF because my recruiters hadn't gotten my high school transcripts yet so I couldn't sign up for Nuke quite yet.  A few days later after they got my transcripts I reclassified over to Nuke and had my ship out date set for Sept. 5th.  I want to go as soon as possible so I got put on the roll in thing in case a spot opens up before then.  Last week, I got the call saying I could leave on april 2nd, woot!, went to my recruiting office friday to do all my final paperwork or whatever and they found out that MEPS 'misplaced' my paperwork accepting the april 2nd ship out day.  So now they are in the process of getting that straightened out and hopefully I will be leaving soon, but no date as of yet.

Anyway thats my story, and I'm ready to go, just waiting on a new date.

[ls_comply]

I am now set for late Oct to go down to chicago.  It was the soonest i could get in.  I signed up for a rollup dar(or whatever it is)   My wife and i are really excited.  Whenever i go to the recruiters, my wife will tell me that i can't come home unless it's with news that i can get in sooner.

I didn't, however, have to take the prequalifying exam for nuke.  My ASVAB scores were good enough, i guess.  Just in case anybody was wondering if they would be forced to take it or not.

[longball4414]

I want to go as soon as possible so I got put on the roll in thing in case a spot opens up before then.

I wonder how probable it is to get a spot with the "roll in thing" if you sign up for it. I'm considering it myself.

[drbyyz]

To answer your question about the 'roll in' application, its very probable that you will leave early from what I've seen.  My ship out date was on Sept 5th orginally and I signed up to roll in, and withing 2 days of signing that paperwork (about march 20th) I got a phone call saying I could leave on march 25th or april 3rd.  I opted for april 3rd, but some paperwork got messed up down at MEPS so I couldnt leave on that date, but a few days later they got me an april 25th ship out date.  So I would say your chances are pretty good for leaving early.

[K2]

Hi, I kinda stumbled onto this site about 10 min ago and registered around 5 min ago.  At the end of the last Fall semester I, at the age of 20, decided that I was not ready for "higher education."  I spent the winter break visiting various recruiters.  After taking in all of the advice that I was given and a lengthy argument with my family I decided to shoot for navy nuke.  After getting a 95 on the ASVAB and a 148(or so) on the nuke part of the test I was accepted.  I then requested the first possible ship date...which turned out to be in may.
I have spent the time learning all I could about the program and relearning calculus and physics.  I now have a rather large collection of books on the topics as well as several sites bookmarked on my computer(WIDAW),  but now a month before my ship date to boot camp I find that I have the jitters.  Any advice on other subjects that I should brush up on or even study intently would be appreciated.  In fact, general new recruit advice is welcomed as well.
And just let me say how grateful I am for finding this.

[longball4414]

Interesting  . Heres another question. The signing bonus for the wintertime is significantly lower than springtime. I wonder if you got an 8k signing bonus for sept, but then if you got to go in the month of May with the "roll in" thing I wonder if you would get a bigger bonus. I'll ask my recruiter the next time I see him, but if anyone knows the answer here that'd be great.

[K2]

I ship may 14

[Roll Tide]

Plenty on this board have been through the program. Look around and then ask an informed question.


Plenty on this board have been through the program. Look around and then ask an informed question.

(repeating doesn't help anyone)

And thank you for your service.

[Rad Sponge]

Plenty on this board have been through the program. Look around and then ask an informed question.


Plenty on this board have been through the program. Look around and then ask an informed question.

(repeating doesn't help anyone)

And thank you for your service.

Thank Thank You You For For For Your Your Service Service

There There Are Are Many Many Many Many Threads Threads Threads Addressing Addressing Your Your Jitters Jitters And And And Concerns Concerns Concerns.

PM me with any specifics.

Welcome to nukeworker.

[drbyyz]

Interesting  . Heres another question. The signing bonus for the wintertime is significantly lower than springtime. I wonder if you got an 8k signing bonus for sept, but then if you got to go in lets say may with the "roll in" thing I wonder if you would get a bigger bonus. I'll ask my recruiter the next time I see him, but if anyone knows the answer here that'd be great.

I think it does work that way.  When i signed my contract at MEPS for september, I got a $16,000 bonus, then when I rolled in and got my new contract for April it was $20,000.  I'm pretty sure that it just depends on your ship date.

[drbyyz]

Just in case you didn't notice, the guys on this board are big on looking stuff up for yourself and only asking very specific questions when you can't find your answer through the Search feature.  But hey, thats all part of being a nuke, learning how to research and find stuff out.

As far as being nervous goes I would stop worrying about reteaching yourself calc and physics, they are going to hammer it into your brain for the next year and a half. 

How are you doing physically?  I would be more worried about boot camp than power school if i were you, you're scores are above average as you probably already know, so as long as you have the determination, you will be fine.  Make sure you're in shape to make it through boot camp or you won't ever have a chance to use all that knowledge.

[Marlin]

Yet another poor nub walks the gauntlet of curmudgeons and old salts. The apprehension and the unknown are the worst of it. Many of the posters here have BTDT and know which buttons to push, an experience you will endure throughout your Naval career. Some time in the future you will look back at those following and smile knowingly, just to enter an new phase yourself, but then that is just life. Good luck, Thanks for your service, and start growing a thick skin now it will save you some time.

Marlin

[Dave Warren]

Make sure you're in shape to make it through boot camp or you won't ever have a chance to use all that knowledge.

It is Navy boot camp, after all.
Be more concerned about getting a paper cut than being prepared physically for that.....

[Marlin]

It is Navy boot camp, after all.
Be more concerned about getting a paper cut than being prepared physically for that.....

Can you read "Semper Fi" all over this post. 

[ls_comply]

just signed papers to switch my date from late oct to may 9. my sign on bonus went up as well.

[LaFeet]

Good luck to all you NUBS....  study hard and pay attention, Nuke School is not all that hard if you stay awake.

As for the follow up in the Fleet, thats when life really gets interesting.   

Thank you all for your contribution, time, effort and heart. 

Bravo Zulu

[Human_Glowstick]

I enlisted two weeks ago into the advance nuclear program and i ship to basic in great lakes on November 14

[grimmreaper42]

You and I might see each other then glowstick! 

[LaFeet]

All you newbies just remember... it gets easier after SUB quals