Nuke Deppers, Ship Dates, and Stories

[JustinHEMI05]

Congratulations and good luck! Keep us posted!

[caleb133]

I am actually sad looking back at myself through these baby nuc post.  I was excited about the challenge and opritunities and now I wish for nothing but June 29 to come because that is when my 9 year of hell is up.  There will be great times but the tough times outweigh any good experiences that I had.  I am happy to have the job offerings that I have already received.  ET1/SS, EWS/EDPO, SRO/RO

[Fast Neutron]

I am actually sad looking back at myself through these baby nuc post.  I was excited about the challenge and opritunities and now I wish for nothing but June 29 to come because that is when my 9 year of hell is up.  There will be great times but the tough times outweigh any good experiences that I had.  I am happy to have the job offerings that I have already received.  ET1/SS, EWS/EDPO, SRO/RO

Look, this is the navy nuke part of the forum.  It's likely you'll see elements and former elements of the ship that you didn't like here.  And their probably much like they were on the ship, loud and to the point.  They moved on to this industry after they left the navy, and its likely you'll find them in the plant too.  It could just be acute stress causing all of the negative energy.  If only we could harvest it, then the navy might produce electricity (negatively charged electrons!) that is too cheap to meter! 

Then again, its probably not all bad either.  You didn't sign up for a job, you signed up for sacrifice.  I don't think any of us realize it when we do the paperwork in a civilian shore office. 

Good luck on your future career and I hope you make it peacefully to your separation date!

[skin]

Hey all,

I am currently a DEPer future sailor that leaves for boot camp in a week.  I've been lurking here since I started the joining process back in August and this forum has been a huge help.  I almost feel bad for my NF recruiter because any question I've had has been answered on here rather than using him.  Thanks to everyone for creating such a great resource and I look forward to coming back here when I make it to SC.

[JustinHEMI05]

Congratulations, good luck, keep us posted and thank you for your service!

[yota]

Three. More. Weeks. 

[hugrNmunr]

Greetings everyone,

I signed up March 5, 2010 and ship Sept 9, 2010. I knew absolutely nothing about the nuclear field or what it entailed when they first offered it to me (I had my eye on CT), and ended up walking out that day (they told me it was nuke or nothing). I came across this forum and a week and a half later I was back to sign my contract. Thanks to everyone for helping make an informed decision.

[JustinHEMI05]

Congratulations, good luck and keep us posted!

[BT5064]

This is My first Post on nukeworker.com, although I have been reading since i started the application and enlistment process 3 months ago.

My Ship date is set at January 18, 2011, and would be interested in knowing if anyone else had heard of any ship dates that far out.

Thanks all for the help I've received here.

[Rooteh]

This is My first Post on nukeworker.com, although I have been reading since i started the application and enlistment process 3 months ago.

My Ship date is set at January 18, 2011, and would be interested in knowing if anyone else had heard of any ship dates that far out.

Thanks all for the help I've received here.

Hello,  I dep'd in at the end of Feb.   I ship out 2010/12/13

[Valet]

I DEPped in mid march.  Ship date is Jan 2 2011.
A slot opened up in July, but my recruiter told me that the Navy wasn't refilling slots right now.  Why? I do not know.

[shocker]

The Navy is filling slots.  People are constantly getting bumped from slots.  That is why my shipdate from January is Oct-5 while another poster is shipping out for Great Lakes in August when he signed up in March.  If you have already signed request a DAR (DEP Action Request) to get your date moved up.

An important note to that however - when I submitted mine I had to pass the PFT.  Not sure if that is Navy regulation or just a "if we fill out these forms you better be ready" thing my recruiters had.  If you were like me and haven't done cardio for 5+ years AND picked up smoking in the mean time it could be rough :-P

[sfeeny00]

Hello Nukeworker. I depped in, in mid-march 2010 and my ship date is 20100110. From what i hear its going to cold for those of us leaving in Jan. Im currently living in ohio and i am attending college until my ship date. I'm 24 years old (yes i know im going to be the "old guy" at bootcamp) and got married last Aug. I've been reading on nukeworker for months and trying to learn as much as i can about NF. Just thought i would sign up for the website and offer a friendly hello to nukeworker and especially those of you whom i will see in a few months at Great Lakes.

[crusemm]

Congratulations and good luck.  Btw, your date "20100110" translates as either Jan 10 2010, which was 4 months ago, or Oct 1 2010, which while in the future does not correspond to your "From what i hear its going to cold for those of us leaving in Jan" statement.  Just to let you know, and because us nukes are sticklers for detail
Have a Day
-Matt

[JustinHEMI05]

Congratulations and good luck! One piece of advice, never be in the presence of alcohol and your underage class mates at the same time.

I hate that date format so much. 

[Fast Neutron]

Hello Nukeworker. I depped in, in mid-march 2010 and my ship date is 20100110. From what i hear its going to cold for those of us leaving in Jan. Im currently living in ohio and i am attending college until my ship date. I'm 24 years old (yes i know im going to be the "old guy" at bootcamp) and got married last Aug. I've been reading on nukeworker for months and trying to learn as much as i can about NF. Just thought i would sign up for the website and offer a friendly hello to nukeworker and especially those of you whom i will see in a few months at Great Lakes.

You will most probably not be the old guy.  I had a 36 year old in my division, and several older ones.  Nuke school will be somewhat younger, but people get waivers and others come in from other services.  I've seen an E-3 with two service stripes.  That's eight years of military experience.

[fireb0x]

Thought I might as well add myself to this list since I signed up for an account.

My ship date is December 7th, 2010.

I am born and raised in San Antonio, TX and have never touched snow in my life. This seems like a cruel way to introduce it to me, ...

[HydroDave63]

Thought I might as well add myself to this list since I signed up for an account.

My ship date is December 7th, 2010.

I am born and raised in San Antonio, TX and have never touched snow in my life. This seems like a cruel way to introduce it to me, ...

Look at it as free air-conditioning! Seriously, you'll probably get acclimated to the temps after a couple weeks, but the hazards of serious injury on ice are always there. Think more about that and less about the temps, and you'll be fine.

I still recall the refreshing breezes topside in the Bering Sea in November, after too many hours in the engineroom (did I mention that surface is a better way to go with the drone in the distance of the Bear-H flying on the deck. Live entertainment and free air conditiong, plus a paycheck!

[propaganda]

I'm leaving on the 17th of this month. I can't wait

[deltarho]

Look at it as free air-conditioning! Seriously, you'll probably get acclimated to the temps after a couple weeks, but the hazards of serious injury on ice are always there. Think more about that and less about the temps, and you'll be fine.

I still recall the refreshing breezes topside in the Bering Sea in November, after too many hours in the engineroom (did I mention that surface is a better way to go with the drone in the distance of the Bear-H flying on the deck. Live entertainment and free air conditiong, plus a paycheck!

And don't forget...all the peanut butter and banana pudding sandwiches you can eat.  And the movies with titles and actors nobody ever heard of; but hey, I ain't knocking them, gave the young guys something to do as they looked for the rascally and rare animal called: Wardrobeflexus Malfunctiondomesticus.

[seconskin552]

Thought I might as well add myself to this list since I signed up for an account.

My ship date is December 7th, 2010.

I am born and raised in San Antonio, TX and have never touched snow in my life. This seems like a cruel way to introduce it to me, ...

My Ship date is December 6th, so I guess I'll see you there. I grew up in New Hampshire though, So I'm not too worried about the snow. I'm just excited to have my birthday and Christmas at boot. But mostly because I move up in the PT requirement bracket.

secon

[DoorMatt]

Is there any way to possibly sign myself up for a cryogenic experiment to freeze me, but pay enough to cover my bills until my ship date?

If not, I'm way behind on getting out to RTC on April 4 2011. I wouldn't mind a winter ship date...

(Here I come, DAR!)

[Estis]

Just Depped in. Looks like I'll be shipping on Feb 22, 2011. Hopefully, a DAR will come through for me. In the meantime though, looks like I will be hanging out here on the forums and looking for work =).

[Sirboevalot]

Hey everyone, This is my first time posting, and I am supposed to leave for boot camp on December 14, but I plan to rollup and leave earlier.  Does anyone have any idea what the probability of leaving before my ship date, or the number of days I will have to wait might be?

Also, I would like to thank everyone for their contributions to this forum, it has been full of more help and information than anything else I have come across.

[yota]

I made it through boot camp just fine. I'm now <5 weeks away from completing A-school as an MM and I can say that I am having a blast! for those wondering, boot camp is super easy these days. Basically if you can fold your clothes like they tell you to and pass the PFA you'll be fine. Boot camp is nothing more than a mind game. Once you make it to Goose Creek, remember a few simple rules; don't do anything stupid (you'll be well aware of what that means by the time you get here), don't spend your boot camp fortune on stupid stuff, don't short your study hours- de extra if you aren't sure about something, and don't let school stress you out. Follow this and you will do just fine. That's literally all I've done and I'm the proud owner of a 3.68gpa and second spot overall in my class after 9+ weeks.